Political Funding
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Over Rs 1,000 crore raised through electoral bonds amid state polls in November
This marks a 400% increase in political donations raised through electoral bonds as compared to funds raised during the last Assembly elections in these states.
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Submit details of all donations through electoral bonds by November 15, EC tells political parties
The poll panel sought the information in a double-sealed cover – one sealed envelope with details of donations and another envelope enclosing the first one.
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Supreme Court reserves judgement in electoral bonds case
The court also told the Election Commission to collect data on donations that political parties received through the scheme till September 30.
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Election Commission must maintain records of electoral bond donations, says Supreme Court
The poll panel’s counsel said they have data only till 2019.
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Electoral bonds: Anonymous donations to political parties promote corruption, petitioners tell SC
Such a mechanism defeats the people’s right to know the source of funding of political parties, lawyer Prashant Bhushan told the court.
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Electoral bonds: Citizens have no right to know source of political parties’ funds, Centre tells SC
The judges need not intervene in the policy domain, Attorney General R Venkataramani said ahead of the court hearing pleas challenging the scheme.
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Supreme Court refers electoral bonds case to 5-judge Constitution bench
The top court will begin the final hearing of the pleas, pending since 2017, on October 31.
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Supreme Court to hear pleas challenging electoral bonds scheme on October 31
The case was filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms in September 2017, but has remained pending.
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BJP’s assets highest among national parties, 7.5 times those of Congress in 2021-’22, says ADR
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s declared assets amounted to Rs 6,046.81 crore last year, while Congress’ stood at 805.68 crore.
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Over 80 former civil servants urge EC to seek early hearing in electoral bonds case
The case against electoral bonds has remained pending in the Supreme Court since 2017.
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27 regional parties received 76% income from unknown sources in 2021-’22: ADR report
Over 93% of the income from unknown sources came from electoral bonds, the organisation said.
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Karnataka elections: Sale of electoral bonds increased nine times from last polls, shows RTI reply
Last month, the State bank of India sold bonds worth Rs 970.50 crore as compared to Rs 114.90 crore in April 2018.
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