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UK Tightens Rules On Overseas Donations Amid Farage Funding Probe
UK tightens overseas political donation rules to curb foreign interference, as Farage faces a watchdog probe over an undeclared crypto donation.
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Election Commission Launches Online Portal For Parties To File Financial Statements
The Election Commission on Monday came up with an online portal to allow registered political parties to file their financial statements, including contribution reports and poll expenditure accounts.
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BJP Got 72% Of All Political Funds Via Electoral Trusts In 2021-22: Report
The BJP received Rs 351.50 crore or 72.17 per cent of the total donations made to political parties by Electoral Trusts in 2021-22, while the Congress received less than the TRS, Samajwadi Party, AAP and the YSR Congress, according to an ADR report.
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Supreme Court To Examine Electoral Bonds Scheme For Political Funds On Dec 6
The Supreme Court today said it would examine on December 6 whether a batch of pleas challenging laws permitting funding of political parties through the electoral bond scheme should be referred to a larger bench.
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Japan Ex-PM Shinzo Abe Apologises, Corrects Parliament Statements On Funding Scandal
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday corrected statements he had made in parliament, apologising for what he said were mistakes regarding a political funding scandal that has also cast a pall over the current premier.
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Political Parties Received Over Rs 11,000 Crore In Donation From Unknown Sources: Report
National parties collected Rs 11,234 crore in donation from unknown sources from 2004-05 to 2018-19, according to election watchdog Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR).
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Top Court's Order On Anonymous Electoral Bonds Scheme Today
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on a PIL challenging the government's electoral bond scheme for political funding. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it would pronounce its order tomorrow on the plea filed by NGO, Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR).
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Supreme Court To Hear Petitions On Electoral Bonds On April 2
The Supreme Court Tuesday said it will hear on April 2 the petitions which have challenged the issuance of electoral bonds by the government.
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New Law Clears Political Parties That Illegally Took Foreign Funds
Political parties have been exempted from scrutiny regrading funds they may have received from abroad over the last 42 years. A controversial bill that made this official was one of the 218 amendments passed on Tuesday by the Lok Sabha without debate. The new rule is among a series of measures, that critics say, will make the sources of political f...
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Announces Details Of Electoral Bonds For Political Funding
In a bid to clean election financing, the government today outlined contours of the new electoral bonds that donors can buy from SBI and said receiving political parties can encash only through a designated bank account.
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Supreme Court Seeks Centre, Election Commission's Response On Political Funding Law
The Supreme Court today sought the response of the government's and the Election Commission of India or ECI on a PIL challenging the recent changes in laws on funding of political parties and alleging that they legitimise electoral corruption.
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Cleansing Political Funding A Challenge, Government Working On It: Arun Jaitley
Cleansing political funding is a "big challenge" but the government is working on the electoral bonds mechanism announced in Budget to end corruption, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said.
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AAP Under Tax Scrutiny, Arvind Kejriwal Blames 'Modiji's Dirty Tricks'
After the Income Tax department's report alleging enough discrepancies in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s donation records to strip it of its political party status, Arvind Kejrwal today called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a "shameless dictator".
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Irom Sharmila, After 16-Year Fast, Preps For Polls With Crowd-funding
Irom Sharmila Chanu, the Manipur activist who ended an epic 16-year fast last year and announced that she would contest elections, has decided to challenge Chief Minister Ibobi Singh in next month's polls in the state.
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Political Parties Can Turn In Old Notes Without Tax Scrutiny
The 500- and 1,000-rupee notes that were abolished last month can be deposited by political parties till December 30 in their bank accounts without having to pay any tax, said the Finance Ministry today.
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UK Tightens Rules On Overseas Donations Amid Farage Funding Probe
UK tightens overseas political donation rules to curb foreign interference, as Farage faces a watchdog probe over an undeclared crypto donation.
-
Election Commission Launches Online Portal For Parties To File Financial Statements
The Election Commission on Monday came up with an online portal to allow registered political parties to file their financial statements, including contribution reports and poll expenditure accounts.
-
BJP Got 72% Of All Political Funds Via Electoral Trusts In 2021-22: Report
The BJP received Rs 351.50 crore or 72.17 per cent of the total donations made to political parties by Electoral Trusts in 2021-22, while the Congress received less than the TRS, Samajwadi Party, AAP and the YSR Congress, according to an ADR report.
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Supreme Court To Examine Electoral Bonds Scheme For Political Funds On Dec 6
The Supreme Court today said it would examine on December 6 whether a batch of pleas challenging laws permitting funding of political parties through the electoral bond scheme should be referred to a larger bench.
-
Japan Ex-PM Shinzo Abe Apologises, Corrects Parliament Statements On Funding Scandal
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday corrected statements he had made in parliament, apologising for what he said were mistakes regarding a political funding scandal that has also cast a pall over the current premier.
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Political Parties Received Over Rs 11,000 Crore In Donation From Unknown Sources: Report
National parties collected Rs 11,234 crore in donation from unknown sources from 2004-05 to 2018-19, according to election watchdog Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR).
-
Top Court's Order On Anonymous Electoral Bonds Scheme Today
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on a PIL challenging the government's electoral bond scheme for political funding. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it would pronounce its order tomorrow on the plea filed by NGO, Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR).
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Supreme Court To Hear Petitions On Electoral Bonds On April 2
The Supreme Court Tuesday said it will hear on April 2 the petitions which have challenged the issuance of electoral bonds by the government.
-
New Law Clears Political Parties That Illegally Took Foreign Funds
Political parties have been exempted from scrutiny regrading funds they may have received from abroad over the last 42 years. A controversial bill that made this official was one of the 218 amendments passed on Tuesday by the Lok Sabha without debate. The new rule is among a series of measures, that critics say, will make the sources of political f...
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Announces Details Of Electoral Bonds For Political Funding
In a bid to clean election financing, the government today outlined contours of the new electoral bonds that donors can buy from SBI and said receiving political parties can encash only through a designated bank account.
-
Supreme Court Seeks Centre, Election Commission's Response On Political Funding Law
The Supreme Court today sought the response of the government's and the Election Commission of India or ECI on a PIL challenging the recent changes in laws on funding of political parties and alleging that they legitimise electoral corruption.
-
Cleansing Political Funding A Challenge, Government Working On It: Arun Jaitley
Cleansing political funding is a "big challenge" but the government is working on the electoral bonds mechanism announced in Budget to end corruption, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said.
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AAP Under Tax Scrutiny, Arvind Kejriwal Blames 'Modiji's Dirty Tricks'
After the Income Tax department's report alleging enough discrepancies in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s donation records to strip it of its political party status, Arvind Kejrwal today called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a "shameless dictator".
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Irom Sharmila, After 16-Year Fast, Preps For Polls With Crowd-funding
Irom Sharmila Chanu, the Manipur activist who ended an epic 16-year fast last year and announced that she would contest elections, has decided to challenge Chief Minister Ibobi Singh in next month's polls in the state.
-
Political Parties Can Turn In Old Notes Without Tax Scrutiny
The 500- and 1,000-rupee notes that were abolished last month can be deposited by political parties till December 30 in their bank accounts without having to pay any tax, said the Finance Ministry today.
