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Discuss the global best practices in electoral funding and their applicability to the Indian context.
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1Countries like UK, USA, New Zealand, Australia, etc. have evolved numerous surveys to ensure transparency. (2) In United States of America, corporates are free to donate to any political party but it has to be transparently declared. (3) Currently candidates have limits on electoral spending, similar limits can be placed on political parties. (4) Creating electoral trusts from which GCI can distribute money to political parties based on past performance. (5) Making all electoral donations compulsorily digital. Apart from loopholes in the Dinesh Goswami committee and 2nd ARC has also recommended for state funding of elections.
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Topper
Utkarsh Yadav
2024
Subject & Paper
GS2GS2
Topic
Salient Features of the Representation of People's Act
Electoral Reforms
Global best practices in electoral funding
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97
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analytical
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