Electoral Funding
MCD elections 2022: Here's how to check your name in the voter list
Here are a few ways through which you can check for your name on the electoral list before you head out to vote
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Chance to reform, redeem India's distorted electoral funding system
With the long-frozen hearing on the challenge to the Modi government's anonymous electoral bonds finally listed by the Supreme Court, India will see one last opportunity to fix the system
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No contribution received, no donations made: Two electoral trusts tell EC
Delhi-based Swadeshi Electoral Trust and Jaybharath Electoral Trust registered in Coimbatore have told the Election Commission that they neither received any contribution nor made any donation to a political party in financial year 2021-22. In their annual reports for FY 2021-22 submitted to the poll panel, the two trusts said they received "nil" contributions from all sources permissible under the income tax law. Hence they made "nil" donations to any political party in the fiscal. Electoral trusts have to submit their contribution reports to the EC containing details of contributions received and disbursed by them to political parties in the interest of transparency.
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EC has not shared any electoral data with NATGRID: Govt tells Lok Sabha
The Election Commission has not shared any electoral roll data with the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID), Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
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SC to decide on hearing plea seeking stay on electoral bonds in January
Bhushan, appearing for the Association for Democratic Reforms, said the scheme needed to be stayed as it had become akin for accepting bribe, money laundering and channelisation of black money
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BJP got 82% of donations to national parties in Gujarat: ADR
The party received Rs 80.45 crore as donations in the state between 2011-12 and 2015-16
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Scrap electoral bonds, bring law to regulate political parties: Chhokar
The founder-member of ADR says electoral bonds reduce transparency in political funding
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Changing the laws that govern electoral funding
70% of political funding is from unknown sources; no ceiling on expenditure of political parties
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