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SAKSHEE MISHRAAIR 214· 2025

Question Q.1(a)GS2GS2

Rising influence of money power in Indian elections poses a serious challenge to transparency, fairness, and democratic accountability. How can ethical electoral funding be ensured to maintain the integrity of democracy?

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Introduction

Money power for gaining villas violates categorical imperative in democratic competition.

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Main Body

Money power for gaining villes violates categorical imperative in democratic competition. Briefly offers: (1) Disallows few money power as an election – by allowing less competent to 'win' (2) Violates transparency – leading to public distrust (3) Violates accountability – as private users by money & not by loyalty to public so not reciprocated. Ethical electoral funding can be ensured in following ways: (1) Funding of elections by the state (2) Equal funding for all national parties, equal for all state parties and so on. (3) Transparent account # of fund giving to parties, in an official website. (4) Setting legal limit on amount that political parties can spend. (5) Disqualification of candidate distributing money to get vote. This well: (1) Impartial & non partisan elected officials. Require: (2) Ethical public who net sells work for money.

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Conclusion

Here enhancing the moral standard of society as a whole is the last long term solution.

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Topper

SAKSHEE MISHRA

AIR 2142025

Subject & Paper

GS2GS2

Topic

Salient Features of the Representation of People's Act

Electoral Reforms

Electoral Funding and Transparency

Writing Stats

164

Total words

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analytical_structured

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