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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· Oct 04, 2022 · 06:58 pm

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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· Mar 22, 2021 · 11:11 am

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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· Mar 09, 2021 · 08:15 pm

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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· Dec 07, 2020 · 07:30 pm

Electoral bonds worth more than Rs 282 crore sold ahead of Bihar polls, reveals RTI query

One electoral bond worth Rs 1,000 was not encashed and was transferred to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund.

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· Nov 21, 2020 · 11:35 am

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.

Bharath Kancharla

· Dec 03, 2019 · 08:30 pm

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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· Nov 19, 2019 · 01:04 pm

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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· Apr 01, 2019 · 02:51 pm

In charts: Who funds India’s political parties?

The lack of transparency in political funding is a cause for concern and electoral bonds have made it worse.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Feb 05, 2019 · 07:00 am

Aam Aadmi Party says it will no longer publish a list of its donors on website

AAP’s Delhi convener Gopal Rai said donors have alleged that they were harassed by members of the Opposition parties just before elections.

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· Sep 14, 2018 · 03:01 pm

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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· Aug 23, 2018 · 07:25 pm

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.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Apr 02, 2018 · 06:30 am