Political finance and electoral bonds
Donations, electoral trusts and bonds, funding disclosure and political-finance reform.
Financial Bill Reflects Modi Government’s Consistent Opacity on Political Funding
Contrary to the finance minister’s assurance in the Budget speech, amendments to the Finance Bill ensuring anonymity to the donor as well as the receiver will only add opacity to…
Do transparency and anonymity go together?
The Finance Minister has redefined these terms and now there’s a completely opaque system of political funding in place. This is the question that the Finance Minister has placed squarely…
Parallel bodies abroad funding Indian political parties, says pro-democracy NGO; refuses to name Sangh Parivar
Jaitley talked of transparency in electoral funding. But he decided to ensure anonymity
Why Modi Government’s Political Funding Reforms May Just Be a Smokescreen
While the Budget’s effort to include electoral funding issues is commendable, a closer look at the provisions tells a different story. In a significant departure from past practice, the Budget…