India's electoral bonds declared illegal; a rare victory against authoritarianism
20 Feb 2024 12:30 AM
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
Supreme Court quashes electoral bonds, deeming them opaque and undemocratic, highlighting the need for transparent political funding.
16 Feb 2024 12:02 AM
The court, however, refused to stay the scheme in the middle of national election.
13 Apr 2019 1:44 AM
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
Electoral bonds are being pitched as an alternative to cash donations made to political parties.
24 Apr 2018 4:16 PM
Civil society and its many think tanks have not exerted enough to provide effective and realistic measures.
08 Apr 2018 4:41 AM
The way the bonds are being introduced for political contributions cannot help in making political funding more transparent.
16 Oct 2017 4:40 AM
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
Finance Minister had capped anonymous cash donations to political parties at Rs 2,000 in budget.
22 Jul 2017 5:17 PM
Finance Minister added Election Commission has failed to keep stringent check on political funding.
22 Jul 2017 2:50 PM
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
At present all the political parties have to make public the political donations above Rs 20,000.
08 Dec 2016 10:06 AM