Election Funding

Prosecution against flouting of finance electoral laws remains weak

The pernicious effect of vast amounts of illegal money in an election is therefore a very real threat, and the need for reform very evident.

Black money hunt: Why protect political parties and harass the common man?

Why the double standard Prime Minister Modi?

Jaitley’s war on black money: Can we do what Brazil has done – ban corporate funding of elections?

Once political/election funding is made transparent and free from clutches of big corporates, the incentive for politicians to guard vested interests will cease to exist and the corporate-political nexus that generate black-money will begin to break. That’s where the government should act

Funding row: Sorry BJP, your donation pot is a whole lot blacker than AAP's

Modi's government is for the moment only interested in making insinuations for political gains. It has no interest in going to the roots of black money which funds elections.

Polls should be state-funded, says Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister on Mamata Banerjee Wednesday contended the union cabinet's decision to increase the poll campaign expenditure limit for candidates will encourage corruption and called for state funding of elections.

Rs 18,000 cr will be spent in election 2014 - and much of it in black

Given the extremely competitive nature of this year's general election, we could be spending upto Rs 18,000 crore this year. And even this could be an underestimate

This election could cost all of Rs 18,000 crore - and much of it will be black money

Given the extremely competitive nature of this year's general election, we could be spending upto Rs 18,000 crore this year. And even this could be an underestimate

An open (non-nonsensical) letter to Rahul Gandhi

Here are some other topics that the Congress Vice President should turn his attention to and might find nonsense.