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Aakar Patel | SC bonds ruling a reminder how weak India’s key institutions are
India's electoral bonds declared illegal; a rare victory against authoritarianism
20 Feb 2024 12:30 AM
Sanjaya Baru | The bond of wealth, power: SC verdict won’t end nexus
Supreme Court's verdict on electoral bonds aims for transparency but the nexus between wealth & political power persists in Indian democracy
19 Feb 2024 12:05 AM
AA Edit | Electoral bond scheme was bound to fail test of probity
Supreme Court quashes electoral bonds, deeming them opaque and undemocratic, highlighting the need for transparent political funding.
16 Feb 2024 12:02 AM
Name donors, give fund details: Supreme Court
The court, however, refused to stay the scheme in the middle of national election.
13 Apr 2019 1:44 AM
Transparency in political funding must: Cong hails SC’s electoral bonds order
Chaturvedi alleged that BJP, which came to power by promising to bring in transparency in the system, has done nothing towards it.
12 Apr 2019 2:03 PM
3rd tranche of electoral bonds sale from May 1: Finance ministry
Electoral bonds are being pitched as an alternative to cash donations made to political parties.
24 Apr 2018 4:16 PM
Need to curb funds’ misuse by parties
Civil society and its many think tanks have not exerted enough to provide effective and realistic measures.
08 Apr 2018 4:41 AM
Electoral bonds won’t lead to fairer politics
The way the bonds are being introduced for political contributions cannot help in making political funding more transparent.
16 Oct 2017 4:40 AM
Not all money returned after note ban was legal: Jaitley
RBI on Wednesday disclosed it received scrapped notes worth Rs 15.28 lakh crore since November 8 last year.
31 Aug 2017 11:13 AM
Govt wants cleaner money for political parties: Jaitley
Finance Minister had capped anonymous cash donations to political parties at Rs 2,000 in budget.
22 Jul 2017 5:17 PM
Govt working on tracking invisible economy: Jaitley
Finance Minister added Election Commission has failed to keep stringent check on political funding.
22 Jul 2017 2:50 PM
I-T department issues notice to AAP citing discrepancies in donors' list
Terming the notice as ‘malicious’, AAP alleged that the BJP-led NDA government is harassing the party and targeting its donors.
27 Dec 2016 12:06 PM
Govt open to making political donations public: Piyush Goyal
At present all the political parties have to make public the political donations above Rs 20,000.
08 Dec 2016 10:06 AM
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