Election Commission invites nominations for National Media Award 2023 for best voters awareness campaign
Chandigarh
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday invited the applications from the mediapersons for the “National Media Award 2023”.
The awards will be conferred on those mediapersons who had ran best campaign on voters’ education and awareness during the year 2023.
‘Four awards, one each for Print media, Electronic (Television) Media, Electronic (Radio) Media and Online (Internet)/Social media will be conferred under 2023 National Media Award.
The awards are to recognize the outstanding contributions by Media Houses to promote electoral participation by creating awareness about accessible elections, educating people about the electoral process, election related IT applications, stories on unique/remote polling stations and raising awareness among the general public about the relevance and importance of voting and registration, said an ECI spokesperson.
The spokesperson stated that the awards will be in the form of a citation and plaque and will be given to the media persons on the National Voters Day i.e. 25th January 2024.
The entries must have been published or broadcast/telecast during the relevant period.
Interested persons can submit their entries in English/Hindi and other language candidates will have to submit an accompanying english translation otherwise it will be rejected.
The entries must reach before December 10, 2023 to Under Secretary (Communication), Election Commission of India, Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi 110001 or by Email on media-division@eci.gov.in. Other details can be downloaded from website https://eci.gov.in/.
