India, Jan. 23 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday launched ECINET, a new digital interface for voters, officials and political parties, describing it as a tool to counter misinformation.

Speaking at the occasion, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said the ECINET will integrate over 40 of its existing mobile and web applications and provide a singular platform for all electoral-related activities. The ECINET will subsume existing apps like the Voter Helpline App, Voter Turnout App, cVIGIL, Suvidha, Saksham and KYC App, which together have clocked over 5.5 crore downloads.

Kumar noted that ECINET is the world's largest electoral service platform, bringing all electoral services of the world's largest democracy t...