Last month, coming down heavily on SBI for sharing selective information on electoral bonds, the Supreme Court directed the lender to completely disclose all details in its possession, including the alphanumeric code on each EB.
Mumbai, India’s financial capital, continues to contribute political funding through electoral bonds (EBs). In contrast, New Delhi, the national capital,
While non-government organisations and individuals are using the Right to Information (RTI) Act to put in public domain information obtained on electoral bonds (EBs), the Union government says details of EBs encashed by political parties is not collated centrally at State Bank of India (SBI).
Expecting a good response from the public for its electoral bonds (EBs), the Narendra Modi-led Union government printed bonds worth Rs18,531.50 crore. However, bonds worth Rs7,994.98 crore were sold during 18 phases, shows information received under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
The central information commissioner has ordered the secretary of the ministry of defence to organise basic training for its central public information officers (CPIOs) due to their deliberate dereliction of duty in disseminating information