SIR exercise not linked to welfare schemes, clarifies Telangana CEOTelangana CEO C. Sudarshan Reddy clarified that the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is solely to ensure error-free digitisation and has no link to government welfare schemes. Reddy, who reviewed the SIR exercise with the District Election Officers, said the revision was only aimed at preparing an error-free electoral roll and had nothing to do with any government welfare programmes. Noting that only five days were left for the exercise, Reddy directed the DEOs to ensure 100 percent completion of the digitisation process by August 3. The BLOs and supervisors were directed to exercise utmost care while digitising the enumeration forms so that voters’ names are uploaded without any errors. The Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and Assistant EROs were asked to monitor the process to ensure accuracy.