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Digital time voucher system for political parties

ECI to issue digital time vouchers to National & State political parties for campaigning on Doordarshan & All India Radio during elections

What are Time Vouchers?

  •  These are Vouchers of different denominations of, 5 minutes and 10 minutes sequel to the total time allotted to it for telecasts on Doordarshan and broadcasts on AIR.
  • The party has the power to choose any representatives and allow them to use those time vouchers provided.
  • No such individual representative can be allowed to use more than 20 minutes of the total time allotted to that party.
  • How It Works: Parties get a base time on TV and Radio. Extra time is based on past election performance.
  • Background: This rule was made in 1998 under Section.