When Will India Achieve Political Transparency?

But a country like the United States has made it compulsory to ban on cash assistance that exceeds $100 by a single individual. The study also mentioned that it is only in nine out of the 37 Asian countries where unspecified donations are allowed to either candidate or party.

Indian political parties have requested permission from the RTI Act to allow them to disclose their funds and campaign expenditure to the Income Tax (IT) department and the Election Commission (EC). Aruna Roy, social activist who has been campaigning for rescheduling of the RTI amendments, brushed off such claims with an opinion that the I-T department is corrupted and the EC was not given the resources to check political funds. "In this climate of transparency and accountability the position taken by political parties is a stepping back," added Roy.

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