Transparency Debate

Controversial electoral bonds are not only opaque, they come at a cost to the Indian taxpayer

RTI reply reveals that the State Bank of India charged the government a commission for the bonds.

Sruthisagar Yamunan
· Jul 27, 2019 · 10:56 am
By refusing to disclose names of corporate loan defaulters, Indian government is violating the law

And the Supreme Court’s orders.

Anjali Bhardwaj
&
Amrita Johri
· Apr 07, 2018 · 08:00 am
Interview: Insolvency process must be more transparent, says researcher

Bhargavi Zaveri says proceedings under the Insolvency and Banking Code are secretive, with the authorities acting outside the law at times.

Nitin Sethi
· Dec 23, 2017 · 07:30 am

EVM debate: Arvind Kejriwal wants Delhi civic polls to be held using only ballot paper system

Congress leader Ajay Maken wrote to him questioning the efficacy of the voting machines, after which the chief minister appealed to the Election Commission.

Scroll Staff
· Mar 14, 2017 · 03:47 pm
Right to information is misused, but those who do so make up less than 5% of total applicants

Constant attacks on the RTI Act are leading to an impression that it needs to be curbed and its activists deprecated.

Shailesh Gandhi
· Jan 27, 2017 · 06:30 pm
How the BJP and Congress are stonewalling authorities so they can hide from the RTI

Gaps in the law allow the parties to ignore an order to become transparent.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
· Mar 17, 2015 · 03:23 pm

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Controversial electoral bonds are not only opaque, they come at a cost to the Indian taxpayer

RTI reply reveals that the State Bank of India charged the government a commission for the bonds.

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