NEW DELHI, October 17 — The Election Commission of India (ECI) unveiled an advanced satellite-linked logistics and security tracking protocol designated 'ECISAT' on Saturday to monitor the real-time movement and warehouse storage of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and VVPATs.
Harnessing ISRO's indigenous Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) architecture and encrypted cellular telemetry, the system integrates geofencing, automated route deviation alarms, and multi-sensor tamper detectors across all transport vehicles deployed during electoral transit. Any unapproved stoppage or departure from pre-cleared transport corridors immediately triggers high-priority alerts across District Election Offices and the Central Control Room at Nirvachan Sadan.
The Commission emphasized that the ECISAT protocol complements existing two-stage randomization procedures and mock poll audits, providing immutable digital chain-of-custody ledgers that reinforce the credibility, operational integrity, and transparency of democratic elections across the nation.
Constitutional mandates governing the Election Commission of India under Article 324, statutory mechanisms under the Representation of the People Acts (1950 and 1951), evolution of indigenous M3 EVMs and VVPAT verification (Subramanian Swamy v. ECI 2013), and NavIC positioning applications are high-yield study topics for UPSC GS-II and State PSC exams.