India's cabinet has accepted a recommendation to hold simultaneous elections to state assemblies and the national parliament, the information minister said on Wednesday, a move pushed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to improve governance.

The committee, led by former President Ram Nath Kovind, had submitted its report in March, prior to the Lok Sabha election announcement.

How will the simultaneous election project, cleared by the Union Cabinet, be implemented? What steps have been proposed by the Kovind panel? What constitutional amendments will be required?

India’s federal cabinet Wednesday accepted the recommendation by a government-appointed committee for conducting national and state elections simultaneously, a policy favored by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The panel headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind had submitted the report in March ahead of the announcement of Lok Sabha elections.