Govt Printed 10,000 Electoral Bonds Worth Rs 1 Crore Each This Year, Reveals RTI Reply
A massive amount of Rs Rs 545 crore was received by political parties through the 22nd sale of anonymous Electoral Bonds (EBs) between October 1...
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Rs 3,429 Crore Electoral Bonds Redeemed In 2019-20, Four Parties Receive 87%
Between 2018-19 and 2019-20, the BJP’s income increased by 50.34 per cent (Rs 1,213.20 crore) from Rs 2,410.08 crore to Rs 3,623.28 crore. Poll rights...
Editorial with Sujit Nair: BJP’s Monopoly In Electoral Bonds
The BJP has gathered a whopping 76 per cent of the electoral bonds sold in the financial year 2019-20, shows data accessed by NDTV from...
BJP Got 75% Of Electoral Bonds Sold In 2019-20, Income From Bonds Rose More Than 10 Times Since 2017
BJP Got 75% of Electoral Bonds while the Congress got only 9% of the total bonds worth Rs 3,435. According to Election Commission (EC) data,...
Jharkhand’s JMM Party Reveals Hindalco Industries As Sole Donor Through Electoral Bonds
Hindalco Industries, an aluminum & copper manufacturing company and a subsidiary of Aditya Birla Group was the sole donor, contributing Rs 1 crore to JMM...
SC Refuses To Stay Sale Of Electoral Bonds For Upcoming Elections
The Supreme Court noted that there are “sufficient safeguards”, and thus “there is no justification to stay the electoral bonds at present”. The Apex Court...
India slips 2 places, Ranked 80th in global Corruption Perception Index
Opaque political financing, lobbying by corporate interests has caused a rise of corruption in democracies like India and Australia, notes Transparency International. DAVOS| Released by...
Supreme Court declines immediate stay on the electoral bonds scheme, ahead of Delhi elections
Advocate Prashant Bhushan has challenged that electoral bonds have legalized the anonymous corporate donations that can have serious consequences New Delhi| CJI SA Bobde...
BJP’s Income Doubles in 2018-19, Electoral Bonds Account For 1450.89 cr
As per Election commission of India directive, it is compulsory for all political parties to submit the details of their audited reports. The Association of...
Headlines: Piyush Goyal slams Electoral Bonds critics, says those have been “rejected” by people
Union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Piyush Goyal on Thursday said electoral bonds “brought in honest money” in politics. The minister made the remark...