India, Oct. 7 -- When Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar formally announced the two-phase 2025 Bihar assembly elections on Monday afternoon, he also spoke about a raft of new technologies the Election Commission of India (ECI) was leveraging, the 17 reforms it had undertaken and the upcoming Special Intensive Revision (SIR) across the country.

The CEC described the upcoming elections as the most "transparent, secure and easy" in India's history, noting ECI's emphasis oversight to ensure the integrity of the process.

"Bihar elections this time might be the most transparent, secure, and easy in history of Indian elections. It will be the mother of all elections," said Kumar.

ECI's expanded use of technology will include the introd...