THE ISSUE
The Electoral Bonds scheme fundamentally alters how electoral politics gets funded in India. The scheme, in its current shape, is set to have a deep impact on political practices as well as the nature of governance and democracy in the country. What do we know of the scheme so far? How is the new dispensation for political funding created by the Electoral Bonds scheme different from the one that prevailed earlier? Does the scheme create transparency and route legitimate monies into politics? The talk presents evidence based on the speaker’s investigations to answer these questions and posit alternative methods to clean up the funding of Indian politics.