Topic: electoral bond

In December 2019, months after Kashmir had been stripped of its special status under the Constitution and statehood, Lucknow-based infrastructure firm Apco Infratech Private Limited secured a contract in the Kashmir Valley to build a tunnel, and less than four weeks after receiving the go-ahead for the project, the firm donated 10 crores to the BJP through electoral bonds.

The State Bank of India (SBI) has released all information related to the electoral bond scheme, including the unique numbers, to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday.

Shirin Akhter and Vijender Singh Chauhan The debate around electoral bonds in India has brought to the fore a pressing concern within India's politico-economic framework:...

The Union government forced State Bank of India to accept expired electoral bonds before the 2018 Karnataka elections, Reporters’ Collective reported citing new disclosures by the Election Commission.

The Supreme Court on Monday asked why the State Bank of India (SBI) did not provide “all details” of electoral bonds while hearing the pleas related to the disclosure of unique alphanumeric numbers in compliance of its directions.

Navayuga Engineering Company Limited, the builder of the Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in Uttarakhand where 41 workers were trapped for 17 days, purchased electoral bonds worth Rs 30 crore six months after an Income Tax Department raid, as per data shared by SBI and Project Electoral Bond, an investigative journalism project.