
ELECTORAL BOND SCHEME: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
This blog is authored by Aiswariya Pratap Jena a fourth year student at School of Law, K.I.I.T. University What is an electoral bond and how does it work? An electoral bond is a financial instrument used for making donations to political parties. It was introduced by the then Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley in the Union Budget of 2017-18. It was put into effect by the Electoral Bond Scheme of 2018 by the Union government and was introduced in the Finance Bill, 2017. The Bill i