Kathmandu, 5 August:  With the government's decision to hold federal and provincial elections in a single phase on November 20, the Election Commission (EC) has geared up preparations for it. The EC on Thursday made it clear that it was capable to hold the elections on the stipulated date in a free and fair manner. Organizing a press conference after the announcement of the election date on Thursday, Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya said  the election calendar would be published immediately after Dashain. Some one million voters will be increased for the elections. He said Rs 8.11 billion was spent to hold the local level elections while Rs 10 billion is estimated to be spent for the coming election. The EC will also update the booth and voting centres. People's News Monitoring Service