Election Funding
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Electoral bonds: Black money for political parties remains the elephant in the room
The government can try convoluted schemes or imposing limits, but cash is not going to go away.
Jagdeep S Chhokar
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SBI must disclose unique electoral bond code to match donations with parties, says Supreme Court
The bank was silent on the codes in its affidavit in which it said it had furnished details of electoral bonds to the Election Commission.
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‘Lottery king’, ‘top donors’: What front pages said about electoral bonds data released by EC
Three of the top five donors purchased electoral bonds after they faced investigations by the ED and the Income Tax department, The Indian Express pointed out.
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Trending
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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Ramachandra Guha: How Narendra Modi has undermined the practice of science in India
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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BJP Karnataka’s online video sparks outrage for ‘demonising Muslims’
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Punjab: 19-year-old beaten to death by mob over alleged sacrilege at Ferozepur gurdwara
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Election Commission moves SC seeking return of electoral bonds data submitted in sealed cover
In November, the poll panel agreed to hand over to the court the data about the electoral bonds sold and encashed before April 12, 2019.
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Did not authorise letter on electoral bonds to President Murmu, says Supreme Court Bar Association
The association’s president had written to Murmu, asking for the top court’s judgement to be put on hold.
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Electoral bonds: Day after SC criticism, SBI submits data to Election Commission
Unidentified sources from the poll panel, however, reportedly said that uploading the data by the deadline of March 15 was likely to be a challenge.
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Video
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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Electoral bonds: NGO files contempt plea in Supreme Court as SBI fails to submit data by deadline
The public sector bank was to submit details to the Election Commission about the bonds by Wednesday.
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In charts: BJP received more money from electoral bonds than 30 other parties combined
The Supreme Court has struck down the scheme and asked the Election Commission to publish details of all donations by March 13.
Abhik Deb
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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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The Reel
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
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‘Lampan’ trailer: Marathi series is based on Prakash Narayan Sant’s stories
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Watch: ‘Murder in Mahim’ series is based on Jerry Pinto’s crime novel
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‘Women Of My Billion’ review: What happens when women get talking
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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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The Field
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Women’s T20 World Cup: India to face Pakistan on October 6 as ICC announce tournament schedule
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24 final: Mumbai City beat Mohun Bagan Super Giant for second Cup title
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IPL 2024: Bengaluru keep play-off hopes alive on back of dominating win over Gujarat
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Shooting, Baku World Cup: Shreyasi Singh placed eight at end of first day of women’s trap event
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Akash, Vishvanath, Nikhil and Preet reach men’s finals