Bonds

July 07, 2024

Electoral bonds: Petition in SC to confiscate funds received by political parties

The petitioner also sought a direction for constituting a Committee to investigate the alleged 'illegal benefits' conferred on the donors by public authorities.

March 23, 2024
How little-known companies in Kolkata donated 300 times their profit to Mamata's TMC

The companies on Mirza Ghalib Street funding India's electoral politics have common directors and a ghost-like lack of digital footprint.
March 18, 2024
SC asks SBI to disclose all electoral bond details by Mar 21, says bank can't cherry-pick

Last week, the top court had issued a notice to the country's largest bank to explain the reasons for non-disclosure of unique alpha numeric numbers.
March 16, 2024
Electoral bonds world's biggest extortion racket: Rahul Gandhi

Gandhi alleged that funds acquired through this scheme were used to fragment parties like the Shiv Sena and NCP, and orchestrate government turnovers.
March 14, 2024
Electoral Bonds: Did Supreme Court fall into SBI's trap by waiving matching requirement?

Will voters be deprived of crucial information about the interest groups funding political parties before they cast their votes?
March 13, 2024
22,217 electoral bonds purchased, 22,030 redeemed till Feb 15: SBI to SC

The affidavit provided the EC with details regarding the encashment date, recipient political parties, and bond denominations.
February 25, 2024
After Central agencies tightened noose in 2018, BJP’s coffers swelled with corporate donations: Report

Of 30 companies, 23 had not given money to the BJP from 2014, when the first Modi government came into power, till 2018 when the central agencies’ radar fell on them.

January 30, 2020
Tax payers, not billionaires, pay bank charges for electoral bonds, reveals report

Narendra Modi-led NDA government notified the Electoral Bond Scheme on January 29, 2018.