Election Funding
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Political parties should give details of how they plan to finance poll promises, proposes EC
The Election Commission wrote to all recognised national and state parties about its proposal to amend the Model Code of Conduct guidelines.
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Electoral bonds: Centre has paid Rs 4.1 crore to SBI as commission for sale, shows RTI response
A total of 6,64,250 electoral bonds have been printed till date, amassing donations worth Rs 6,535 crore.
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Electoral bonds: NGO moves SC seeking stay on sale ahead of Assembly polls in four states, UT
The Association for Democratic Reforms said the sale of any more electoral bonds would lead to increase in illegal funding of political parties.
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Electoral bonds worth Rs 6,210 crore sold since 2018, Rs 1.85 crore of taxpayers’ money spent: RTI
The response to the RTI query revealed that almost 6,60,000 electoral bonds had been printed till March 19, but only 12,452 were sold till then.
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Electoral bonds worth more than Rs 282 crore sold ahead of Bihar polls, reveals RTI query
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A report next year may throw some light on the Rs 6,000-crore spent on electoral bonds so far
While 23.5% of the bonds purchased in 2018-’19 have been accounted for, the BJP and Congress are yet to release their audit reports.
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Mumbai and Kolkata account for over 50% of electoral bonds sold, shows RTI response
The total value of electoral bonds sold in 12 phases between March 2018 and this October was Rs 6,128 crore.
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Electoral bonds worth Rs 1,716 crore already sold this year, Rs 1,057 crore in 2018: RTI
The bank issued electoral bonds in January and March this year.
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The lack of transparency in political funding is a cause for concern and electoral bonds have made it worse.
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Aam Aadmi Party says it will no longer publish a list of its donors on website
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Electoral bonds of Rs 1,000 and Rs 10,000 denominations remained unsold in July, says report
So far, the Rs 10 lakh and Rs 1 crore denominations are the most popular, accounting for 99.9% of the total value of electoral bonds purchased.
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As electoral bonds go on sale again, their popularity may lie in absence of transparency around them
The public will have little idea about where the money is coming from or which political party it is going.
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