Chief Electoral Officer Shri Anupam Rajan has said that the Election Commission of India has made a provision of ex-gratia amount to the families of polling/security personnel in case of death or serious injuries while on election duty. This includes all personnel deployed on all types of election related duties, all security personnel of CAPFs, SAPS, State Police, Home Guards, any private person like drivers, cleaners etc. appointed for election duty and also BEL/ECIL engineers who are engaged in First Level Checking (FLC), EVM commissioning, polling day and counting day duty.