Electoral Bonds : All

Newsclick Team
Corporate Concession, Defence Budget, US-Taliban Talks and More
09 Jul 2019
In NewsClick's Daily Round-up, we bring to you important stories of the day from India and abroad.
Newsclick Report
Between 2016-18, BJP Received Rs 915 Crore from Corporate Donations, Highest Among Parties: Report
09 Jul 2019
Prudent or Satya Electoral Trust donated Rs 405.52 crore to BJP and Rs 23.90 crore to Congress during the period.
PTI
Electoral Bonds: SBI Refuses to Divulge Memos from RBI, Govt, Terms it 'Personal Info'
14 Jun 2019
The bank, the only authorised one to sell electoral bonds, also refused an RTI reply on details of action taken on such communications by RBI and the Centre.
Sagari Chhabra
In My Own Voice: The Secret Behind Winning an Election
06 Jun 2019
The number of parliamentarians with serious criminal cases is on the rise, donations have become opaque due to electoral bonds. Surely, democracy deserves better than this.
Prabir Purkayastha
Electoral Bonds SC Verdict: 'Light Shed on Some Dark Places'
12 Apr 2019
Prabir Purkayastha discusses with Vipul Mudgal the recent SC judgement about electoral bonds.
Prabir Purkayastha
Digital Monopoly Platforms, Modi Regime and Threat to Our Democracy
12 Apr 2019
An urgent appeal released by a joint platform of five civil society organisations noted that the threat of digital platforms today lies in their ability to influence people’s behaviour on a large…
Prabir Purkayastha
Should Voters not Know how Political Parties are Funded?
11 Apr 2019
Attorney General KK Venugopal's claim before the Supreme Court that voters need not know how political parties are funded so long as the money is legal, has astonished many.
Live Law
Legality of Electoral Bonds: SC to Hear Petitions on April 10
05 Apr 2019
The petitions have been filed by CPI(M) and NGOs Common Cause and Association for Democratic Reforms, challenging the scheme as "an obscure funding system which is unchecked by any authority".
Newsclick Report
Elections 2019: Congress Manifesto Promises to Marry ‘Wealth and Welfare’
02 Apr 2019
Party pledges to deliver NYAY, separate Kisan Budget, fill 22 lakh government posts, 150 days of MGNREGA jobs, review of AFSPA in J&K, scrapping of sedition law and electoral bond scheme.
Saurav Datta
Electoral Bonds: Experts Scoff at Modi Govt’s Claims of Transparency in Political Funding
19 Mar 2019
The Centre denied allegations that the amendments and subsequent notification seek to create an anonymous and secretive mechanism for increasing the wealth of political parties or bring in…