The Election Commission of India has appointed four additional Special Roll Observers (SROs) for West Bengal to ensure the smooth completion of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Supreme Court Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa criticised the practice of reserving government job seats for the children of bureaucrats in Pakistan, calling for a transparent, merit-based hiring system. He questioned how Statutory Regulatory Orders (SROs) could be issued by lower-level officials
The framework was introduced given the potential role of Self-Regulatory Organisations (SROs) in strengthening compliance culture among their members and also providing a consultative platform for policy-making.