Political finance and electoral bonds
Donations, electoral trusts and bonds, funding disclosure and political-finance reform.
विदेशी चंदे पर फिर कोर्ट में घिरेगी सरकार! FCRA कानून में बदलाव को दी जाएगी चुनौती
Hidden in Budget 2018, Blatant Subterfuge on Political Funding
The proposed amendment to the already repealed FCRA 1976, tucked away in the last page of the Finance Bill, is akin to trying to conduct a heart or liver transplant…
Jaitley’s Electoral Bonds Are Proof That Political Parties Are Sovereign in India and Not the People
Political parties are often able to exercise supreme power with impunity, even while blatantly defying statutory authorities. A dictionary defines ‘sovereignty’ as “the quality or the state of being sovereign,…
Much Ado About Nothing: Electoral Bonds and an Unapologetic Lack of Transparency
The new scheme to buy electoral bonds seeks to ‘cleanse the system of political funding’, but without revealing the names of donors. The day that everyone interested in political and…
Much Ado About Nothing: Electoral Bonds and an Unapologetic Lack of Transparency
Are Electoral Bonds Actually Transparent?
No one will know who has donated how much to which political party. Are electoral bonds truly transparent? Join the discussion with Congress MP Rajeev Gowda, BJP Leader Seshadri Chari,…
Primetime Debate: 2 January 2018
Debate 1: Are electoral bonds actually transparent? Join the discussion with Congress MP Rajeev Gowda, BJP Leader Seshadri Chari, Jagdeep Chhokar. Debate 2: Will the new IBC regime fast-track or…
Lack of Transparency In Political Funding
Salman Soz, Narendra Taneja & Jagdeep Chhokar speak to BloombergQuint's Tamanna Inamdar.