ECI issues letter of intent for purchase of 16,15,000 VVPATs

New Delhi, Apr 23: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued a letter of intent for purchase of 16,15,000 Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs) at an estimated cost of Rs 3,173 point 47-crore during 2017-18 and 2018-19 from PSUs BEL and ECIL, a release by the ECI said today.
The letter of intent follows an approval by the Union Cabinet earlier this week for the purchase of VVPAT machines.