Economist Bibek Debroy, who passed away in 2024, flagged for notice in Delhi SIR

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Economist and Padma awardee Bibek Debroy, who died in November 2024, figures in Delhi’s draft electoral roll and has been flagged for “no mapping” with the previous Special Intensive Revision (SIR) roll.

Debroy, who was 69 when he passed away, is listed as a 70-year-old elector in polling part 73 of the Delhi Cantonment Assembly constituency in the draft electoral roll published on August 31, The Hindu has found. He has further been listed on the polling-part-wise list of 33.1 lakh electors against whom notices have been issued, published by the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer’s office on Friday (September 18, 2026).

These names have been flagged either for one of 11 “logical discrepancies” identified by the Election Commission of India’s software or for “no mapping” with the previous SIR roll. Notices are being generated to verify documents in cases of logical discrepancies and to establish eligibility in cases of “no mapping”.

A notice has been generated against his name because his record is unmapped to the previous SIR roll.

Debroy had served as chairman of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council since 2017 and was a member of the NITI Aayog. Following his death, political leaders across the political spectrum paid tribute to him. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that Debroy “left an indelible mark on India’s intellectual landscape”, while President Droupadi Murmu had also condoled his death.

Several other prominent names also figure in the list. In the Jangpura constituency’s polling part 33 in Nizamuddin East, sociologist and social psychologist Ashis Nandy, 88, senior advocate Indira Jaising, 85, and senior advocate Anand Grover, 74, Political communications consultant Dilip Cherian, 68, have been flagged for notices, all marked “unmapped with Last SIR”.

Journalist Sheela Bhatt, 66, has been flagged for a “self-name mismatch”. Senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, 56, also in the same polling part, has been similarly flagged for no mapping. Economist Deepak Nayyar, 79, in the Kalkaji constituency, has been marked for a “parent name mismatch”.

Under the ECI’s guidelines for the SIR, the draft electoral roll was prepared on the basis of duly filled enumeration forms received and successfully verified by Booth Level Officers.