Electoral Reforms

Electoral Reforms : Criminalisation of Politics

IAS4Sure / November 8, 2018

Context: The Supreme Court has directed political parties to publish online the pending criminal cases of their candidates and urged […]

IAS4Sure / September 2, 2018

The Supreme Court proposed to make political parties accountable for criminalising politics by welcoming in “crooks” who may later win

IAS4Sure / September 2, 2018

Context: Supreme Court scrapped use of NOTA (none of the above) option for Rajya Sabha elections, saying it defeats fairness

IAS4Sure / August 11, 2018

Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill, 2017 Lok Sabha has passed Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill, 2017 by voice

IAS4Sure / March 1, 2018

The electoral bonds scheme was announced in Union Budget 2017 with an aim for increasing transparency in political funding. It

IAS4Sure / December 16, 2017

Facts: Data from the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) indicate that 179 out of the 543 elected Members of Parliament