Political Funding

Ahead of Assembly elections, 12th tranche of electoral bonds to be issued from today

Electoral bonds are being pitched as an alternative to cash donations made to political parties as part of efforts to bring transparency in political funding

Lok Sabha polls: Electoral bonds may be exacerbating the problem of black money in politics; here's why parties are silent

The Supreme Court asking all political parties to furnish details of donations through electoral bonds by 31 May put this problem back into the spotlight.

EC tells Supreme Court provisions in laws on political funding will have 'serious repercussions' on transparency

The Election Commission, which has filed affidavit in the apex court, said that on 26 May, 2017 it had written to the Ministry of Law and Justice about its views that the changes made in the Income Tax Act, the Representation of People Act and the Finance Act would be against the endeavour to have transparency in funding to political parties.

'AAP is kangaal': Arvind Kejriwal launches donation drive to garner funds for before 2019 Lok Sabha polls

Arvind Kejriwal has urged AAP workers and supporters to donate money to the party, for which it has launched a mobile number — 9871010101.

Fifth tranche of electoral bonds sale will take place during 1-10 October: Finance ministry

Electoral bonds are being pitched as an alternative to cash donations made to political parties as part of efforts to bring transparency in political funding.

Parliament Logjam Part 9: Corporate funding of elections continues to bankrupt legislative morality, weaken electoral integrity

Outlawing corporate funding of elections not just about parliamentary will, it's a debate between competing constitutional values & reworking the framework.

Narendra Modi’s unfulfilled promises: In 5th year, PM must take a hard look at opaque political funding rules

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's four years in office have never been unexciting as far as the government's reform-intent is concerned

Electoral bonds: Second tranche on sale from 2 April; to be issued at 11 SBI branches

The 11 specified branches are located in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Gandhinagar, Chandigarh, Bangalore, Bhopal, Jaipur, Lucknow and Guwahati.

Electoral bonds worth Rs 222 cr sold in maiden issue, subscription opened on 1 March

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley introduced 'electoral bonds' in Union Budget 2017-18 as a measure to cleanse the funding to political parties

State Bank of India will start selling electoral bonds from 1 March; here are benefits of EBs bank has listed out