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MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT

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  MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT ( MCC ) -   T he MCC is a set of guidelines issued by the ECI ( ELECTION COMMISION OF INDIA ) to regulate political parties and candidates prior to elections in respect of conducting their political party campaigns . It helps EC in keeping with the mandate it has been given under Article 324 of the Constitution, which gives it the power to supervise and conduct free and fair elections to the Parliament and State Legislatures. The MCC is operational from the date on which the election schedule is announced until the date of the result announcement. ➡ A rule book of MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT is made in which everything was written down for conducting the elections.  It enforced on CAPMPAIGNS - POLLING - COUNTING. HOW IT WORKS...?  1. GENERAL CONDUCT -   No use of Religion in asking for votes No personal attack on the opposition without any valid reasons  Place of worship should not be used for meetings and campaigns  2. Meeting ,...

ELECTORAL BONDS

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    ELECTORAL BONDS -  A mode of funding for political parties in INDIA , in this mode the transparency was lagged behind as the name of donar and party was hidden . INTRODUCTION OF THESE ELECTORAL BONDS   The scheme was introduces in The Finance Bill , 2017 - 18 during the UNION BUDGET by then Finance Minister Arun Jaitely . They were classified as a money bill , and thus bypassed certain parliamentry scrutiny processes, in what was alleged to be a violation of Article 110 of Indian Constitution .   Althoug introduced in early 2017, the Department of Economic Affairs in Ministry of Finance n otifies the Electoral Bond Scheme 2018 in a Gazette only on 2 January 2018 . According to an estimate, a total of 18,299 electoral bonds equivalent to a monetary value of rupees 9,875 crore , were successfully transacted during the period spanning from March 2018 to April 2022 .  ➡ In 2019 general elections , Congress announced its intention to eliminate electoral...