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Rosamma Thomas
Electoral Bonds: As Fresh Tranche Rolls Out, Will SC Help Keep Track?
02 Jan 2021
It is now a whole year since SC last heard the matter in January 2020, when it gave the Election Commission time to respond to a demand for a stay on the scheme.
Rosamma Thomas
RTI Reveals Gaping Holes in Electoral Bonds Scheme; SBI Unable to Monitor
01 Dec 2020
SBI said it had no information on the action initiated in case electoral bonds were sold to ineligible political parties.
Newsclick Report
Contempt of Court Plea: Won’t Retract Tweets, Won’t Apologise, Says Comedian Kunal Kamra
13 Nov 2020
The stand-up comedian said petitions on electoral bonds’ legality, abrogation of Article 370 “deserved more attention”.
PTI
NGO Moves SC Challenging Electoral Bonds Scheme Ahead of Bihar Assembly Polls
27 Oct 2020
The application sough urgent hearing on account of the opening of sale window for electoral bonds right before the Bihar elections.
Ravi Nair
Electoral Bonds Worth Almost Rs 19,000 Crore Printed in Past 2 Years, Reveals RTI
07 May 2020
Out of 6,64,250 bonds printed in these two years, only 12,452 have been sold so far, begging the question as to why the government printed so many bonds at a huge cost to the exchequer.
Newsclick Report
At Over Rs 100 crore, BJP Got About 40% of Electoral Trust Funds in 2018-19
05 Feb 2020
Data by the Association for Democratic Reforms shows that parties received Rs 251.554 crore from electoral trusts in 2018-19
Law Ministry Warned Modi Govt on Electoral Bonds, Reveals Report
29 Jan 2020
It has also been revealed that SBI reportedly provided false responses on RTI questions filed by transparency activist, despite providing the same information to Finance Ministry on a regular basis.
PTI
Electoral Bonds: SC Refuses Interim Stay, Seeks Centre, EC Response in 2 Weeks
20 Jan 2020
The government has opened sale of electoral bonds for 10 days for the Delhi Assembly election on February 8.
Over 60% of BJP's Income Last Year Came from Controversial Electoral Bonds
15 Jan 2020
While electoral bonds worth Rs 2539.58 crore were redeemed by parties in 2018-19, so far, the total amount through electoral bonds route declared by national and regional parties is Rs 2422.02 crore.
Newsclick Team
Everything You Need to Know About Electoral Bonds
30 Nov 2019
Since the BJP has introduced the electoral bonds Scheme, over Rs 6,000 crore have been transferred to political parties from unknown sources.