A citizens’ fund for political donations to be accessed on the basis of political performance or other parameters that safeguards democracy should be created...

Reader's Speak: System of electoral bonds is not healthy for a democracy...

The apex court cited no illegality or anonymity in the periodical issuance of these documents during elections as they carried adequate safeguards...

The apex court asked attorney-general K.K. Venugopal why the government had allowed 'anonymity' to those who buy these bonds and donate to political parties...

The NGO challenged the fresh issuance of electoral bonds by State Bank of India, between October 19 and 28, just ahead of the Bihar elections...

The role of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in issuance of electoral bonds has come under the scanner, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said...

The apex court, however, refused to grant an interim stay on the scheme...

Declared corporate donations now make up only 1.45 per cent of those revealed in the public domain...

According to the petitioner, the scheme has already clocked more than Rs 6,000 crore in anonymous donations to political parties, mostly by corporate houses...

MP Bhupender Yadav had suggested that the bonds should not have any identifiers that could track down donors...