Electoral Bonds: Tool For Transparency Or Opacity?

On December 30, 2021, the Union Finance Ministry announced that the 19th phase of the sale of electoral bonds will begin from January 1 and go on till January 10.

• Politicians and rights activists have once again raised the grave concerns associated with anonymous funding through these bonds. They have also questioned why the Supreme Court has so far not taken up the petitions which challenged the constitutional validity of this scheme.
• In 2017, the Election Commission had also raised serious concerns about the scheme.

Electoral Bond

Electoral Bond is a financial instrument for making donations to political parties.

• It is a bond ....