Nation paid price for BJP's compulsion to get 'chanda' at all costs: CongressThe Congress alleges BJP accepted over Rs 430 crore in donations from 33 firms with negative or near-zero profits through electoral bonds. ...
04 Apr, 2024, 08.41 PM IST
Nation paid price for BJP's compulsion to get 'chanda' at all costs: CongressThe Congress accused the BJP of pushing the electoral bonds scheme despite RBI warnings. Congress alleged over Rs 430 crore donated to BJP ...
04 Apr, 2024, 11.54 AM IST
Kotak family-owned Infina Finance gives Rs 60 cr to BJP via electoral bondsLittle-known NBFC Infina Finance, owned by the Kotak family, has donated electoral bonds worth Rs 60 crore to the BJP. According to the dat...
26 Mar, 2024, 11.31 AM IST
Electoral bonds: Congress demands SC-monitored SIT probe, says scheme used for prepaid, postpaid bribesCongress accuses BJP of enabling corruption through electoral bonds, demanding SC-monitored probe. Ramesh exposes quick donor-party matches...
23 Mar, 2024, 05.40 PM IST
Bharti Airtel, subsidiary Bharti Telemedia donated around Rs 234 crore to BJP via electoral bondsBharti Airtel and Bharti Telemedia donated most of the Rs 235 crore electoral bonds to BJP. Several other companies, including IT firms, al...
22 Mar, 2024, 06.07 PM IST
"Are all 1,300 companies that donated through bonds thieves?" Acharya Pramod Krishnam amid Oppn barbs at CentreExpelled Congress leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam supported the Centre regarding the publication of electoral bond funding details. He quest...
17 Mar, 2024, 07.41 AM IST
Hafta vasooli, shell companies & kickbacks: Congress claims poll bond details open a can of wormsElectoral bond data: The Electoral Commission's recent release of electoral data has sparked immediate reactions, with the Congress party s...
16 Mar, 2024, 05.59 PM IST
Lok Sabha Polls: BJP launches donation campaign 'Donation For Nation Building' for making India 'Viksit Bharat'Party president JP Nadda shared the information on platform X (formerly Twitter). He wrote, "I have donated to the BJP to pledge my individ...
01 Mar, 2024, 05.53 PM IST
A publicly-funded, transparent model of campaign finance can be a start in the right directionIn a country the size of India where electoral fights are money-dependent, there are no magic formulas. Worse, any real change is likely to...
16 Feb, 2024, 10.39 PM IST
Explained: What are electoral bonds? How do they work and why are they challenged in SC?Electoral bonds are interest-free bearer bonds or money instruments that can be purchased by companies and individuals in India from author...
01 Nov, 2023, 04.54 PM IST
Shareholders won't know to whom co is contributing: SCAdjudicating on a clutch of petitions challenging the Centre's electoral bond scheme permitting anonymous funding to political parties, a b...
01 Nov, 2023, 12.01 AM IST
SC to consider according hearing in January on plea seeking stay on electoral bond schemeA bench, comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant, was told by lawyer Prashant Bhushan that around Rs 6,000...
04 Dec, 2019, 01.42 PM IST
Plea in SC seeks stay on implementation of Electoral Bond SchemePlea filed by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said that certain amendments made in Finance Act, 2017 and earlier Finance Act, 2016...
29 Nov, 2019, 08.39 PM IST
BJP got Rs 210 crore in poll bonds, all others Rs 11 crore in 2017-18: ECThe Supreme Court is hearing a petition against the electoral bonds filed by ADR.
12 Apr, 2019, 10.53 AM IST
Open to suggestions on cleansing political funding, says Arun JaitleyIn a Facebook post, Jaitley said the conventional practice of funding the political system was to take donations as well as undertake expen...
07 Jan, 2018, 11.24 PM IST
Is Rs-2,000 cap on cash donation to political parties realistic, asks Parliament panelAs per the existing provisions of the Income Tax Act, parties registered with the Election Commission are exempted from paying income tax.
21 Aug, 2017, 05.04 PM IST
Budget 2017 proposes electoral bonds, cash limit to make political funding transparentAs of now, political parties are supposed to maintain a record containing details of donor for every donation above Rs 20,000 in cheque.
01 Feb, 2017, 06.36 PM IST