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SBI sold electoral Bonds worth Rs 3,622 crore in March and April: RTI

-PTI NEW DELHI: The State Bank of India has sold electoral Bonds worth over Rs 3,622 crore in March and April this year, an RTI response has said. In a response provided to Pune-based Vihar Durve, the SBI said electoral Bonds of Rs 1,365.69 crore were sold in March, which shot up by 65.21 per cent in April to Rs 2,256.37 crore. In April, most electoral Bonds were sold in Mumbai at Rs...

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Voters needn't know source of political funding: govt.

-The Hindu Voters need not know the funding source of parties, A-G tells court New Delhi: Voters do not need to know from where political parties get their funds, the government argued in the Supreme Court on Thursday. The court cannot “kill” the electoral Bonds scheme for the sake of transparency, Attorney General K.K. Venugopal said. He argued that the Bond was an experiment to eradicate black money and the court should not...

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Rahul Gandhi reveals Rs 15cr worth of assets, Rs 1cr income in FY18 -Rajiv G

-The Times of India THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: AICC president Rahul Gandhi owns assets worth Rs 14.85 crore. This is Rs 4.85 crore more than what he had declared during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. In 2014 he had declared assets worth Rs 10 crore. In the affidavit filed before the Wayanad district collector on Thursday along with the nomination, Rahul Gandhi has declared that he has movable assets worth Rs 5,80,58,799 and immovable assets...

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Bonds of secrecy -PDT Achary

-The Indian Express Concealing the identity of donors in electoral Bonds goes against a fundamental tenet of democracy — transparency Electoral Bonds are attracting attention in the run-up to the general elections. These Bonds were conceived in 2017 and the necessary legislative changes were made in the Finance Bill of 2017. For example, Section 31 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1924, was amended and a new Clause (3) was...

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Economist Jean Dreze, two others detained, later released in Jharkhand -Jaideep Deogharia

-The Times of India RANCHI: Right to Food activist Jean Dreze and two others were released after being detained on Thursday in Jharkhand for allegedly organising a meeting without permission, police said. Dreze, along with his associates Vivek and Anuj, was holding a public meeting under Bishunpura police station of Garhwa district on Thursday morning. Subsequently, Jean was asked to sign a Bond at the police station. Please click here to read...

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