Tag: Electoral Bond Scheme

PSST! Shall we inform the reader or let sleeping bonds lie?

The senior editor questions the strange shadows and silences in the pre-eminent and dominant Indian media industry on the obvious follow-ups to the mammoth Electoral Bonds Scam and points out how, from the questionable role of the State Bank of India (SBI) to former, Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley there are some crucial stories still crying to be done

Electoral Bonds Scheme ‘Unconstitutional’: How do countries across the world deal with Campaign Finance?

How can the damage caused by the unconstitutional Electoral Bonds Scheme be undone and a level playing field be assured? Will answers become more clear after March 13 when the Election Commission of India (ECI) always opposed to the non-transparent scheme prone to an unhealthy non-transparency and possibility of unethical quid pro quos makes public the List of Donors that have contributed substantively to the coffers of the ruling Party? This explainer explores such schemes world-over.

Supreme Court unanimously hold Electoral Bond scheme to be unconstitutional, violative of right to information

The five-judge Constitutional bench has struck down the scheme and the amendments made to the RPA Act, IT Act and the Companies Act; observed the right to privacy donors is important, transparency in political funding cannot be achieved by granting absolute exemptions

‘Electoral Bond Scheme must be abrogated, favours ruling party, threats of money laundering,’: Coalition Report tells FATF

The NGO report, compiled by anonymous civil society actors calling themselves the Global NPO Coalition on FATF, looks at the many-layered and complex threat that the electoral bond scheme poses in a democracy. 

Electoral bond scheme: CIC pulls up govt for not providing donor info

CIC took serious note of government agencies providing incomplete and vague information on RTI application seeking names of anonymous donors.

Electoral bonds: Why the BJP is batting so hard for it

Opposition parties stage walkout after the Lok Sabha Speaker refuses to allow fair discussion on sale of electoral bonds for state elections

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