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Story in numbers: Mystery of unknown sources of political party funding

Known sources have been defined as donations above Rs 20,000, whose donor details are available through contribution reports as submitted by national parties to the ECI

EC holds meetings in Gujarat to review preparedness for Assembly polls

A team of the Election Commission of India held a series of meetings with Gujarat director general of police, chief secretary and other senior officials during its three-day visit to review the situation in the state for the Assembly polls. Elections in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Gujarat are due later this year. A team of nine senior officials appointed by the ECI visited Ahmedabad between Friday and Sunday and reviewed preparations for the state elections, a government release said. On Saturday and Sunday, the ECI team held a review meeting with Gujarat Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) P Bharathi on poll preparedness in the presence of district election officers, commissioners and superintendents of police. They discussed in detail various topics related to voters' roll and special summary revision, electronic voting machine (EVM/VVPAT), minimum facilities at polling stations, manpower, transportation, law and order, security, training and capacity building, the release .

EC team visits Gujarat ahead of polls, reviews election preparedness

The Election Commission of India informed that a team of officers visited Ahmedabad from September 16-18 to take stock of election preparedness in the state ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.

EC delists 86 more non-existent political parties; total tally at 537

The Election Commission on Tuesday ordered delisting of another 86 'non-existent' registered unrecognised political parties, raising the number of such organisations red flagged by the poll panel for failing to comply with electoral rules to 537. In a statement, the EC said "immediate corrective measures" were required to be taken in larger public interest as well as for the "purity" of electoral democracy and hence it has also declared an additional 253 registered unrecognised political parties (RUPPs) as "inactive". The decision was taken by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey, it said. "The EC today further delisted 86 non-existent RUPPs and declared additional 253 as 'Inactive RUPPs'. This action against 339 non-compliant RUPPs takes the tally to 537 defaulting RUPPs since May 25, 2022." The Commission said the 86 RUPPs that have been delisted were found to be "non-existent either after a physical verification carried out by the

EC declares 253 registered unrecognised political parties as 'inactive'

The action against 339 non-compliant RUPPs takes the tally to 537 defaulting RUPPs since May 25, 2022.

No contribution received, no donations made: Two electoral trusts tell EC

Delhi-based Swadeshi Electoral Trust and Jaybharath Electoral Trust registered in Coimbatore have told the Election Commission that they neither received any contribution nor made any donation to a political party in financial year 2021-22. In their annual reports for FY 2021-22 submitted to the poll panel, the two trusts said they received "nil" contributions from all sources permissible under the income tax law. Hence they made "nil" donations to any political party in the fiscal. Electoral trusts have to submit their contribution reports to the EC containing details of contributions received and disbursed by them to political parties in the interest of transparency.

LIVE update: After Azad, senior leader RS Chib quits Congress party

Live news updates: Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday resigned from all party positions, including its primary membership, delivering another blow to the embattled party

Jharkhand in turmoil: What does the law say on holding an office of profit?

Under Articles 102(1) and 191(1) of the Indian Constitution, an MP or MLA is barred from holding any office of profit under the central or state government

India at 75: Much of India's institutional arrangement is for show only

Even after 75 years, India remains politically feudal and colonial bureaucratically

Legislation barring parties from offering freebies not advisable: SC

Court protests media leak of Election Commission's affidavit in the matter

Your oral remarks in the 'freebie' case damaged our reputation: EC tells SC

Responding to a PIL filed by lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay in the Supreme Court, EC said that they support setting up an expert panel to discuss freebies, but it can not be a part of it

Yechury writes to EC flagging concerns over voter ID-Aadhaar linking

Lack of all due procedures from Election Commission of India and a hasty process to link Aadhaar of every voter will lead to incidents that have previously occurred like deletion of genuine voters

Shinde camp's plea for recognition as 'real Shiv Sena' put on hold by SC

Supreme Court asked the Election Commission not to take any decision for now on the Eknath Shinde faction's plea that it be considered the real Shiv Sena and granted the party poll symbol

SC wants political parties to suggest how to regulate 'freebie culture'

Govt says freebies inevitably lead to economic disaster

EC lays down law: Not having Aadhar no ground for electoral roll exclusion

The EC has said that no application for inclusion of name in electoral roll shall be denied and no entries in electoral roll shall be deleted for inability of an individual to furnish or intimate Aadh

Rational freebies

Only legislatures can decide the parameters of welfare spending

EC to start campaign on linking Voter ID with Aadhaar from Aug 1: Deshpande

Maharashtra Chief Election Officer (CEO) Shrikant Deshpande on Monday said that the Voter ID cards will be linked to Aadhaar cards to enable authenticity, making the voting process better

Uddhav camp moves SC seeking stay on ECI proceedings on Shinde camp's plea

Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena camp has moved the Supreme Court seeking stay of ECI proceedings on Eknath Shinde-camp's plea for recognition as 'real' Shiv Sena

Explained: What is e-EPIC, who is eligible and how can you download it?

e-EPIC is an electronic version of the voter ID card which can be easily downloaded online. Here is a step-by-step guide on how you can download it and other details about it

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