Sale of Electoral Bonds at authorised SBI branches from Tuesday
The government on Monday announced the 12th phase of the sale of electoral bonds that could be used to make donations to political parties, ahead of the Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly elections. The State Bank of India (SBI) has been authorised to issue and encash the electoral bonds through its 29 authorized branches from October 1-10.
Sep 30, 2019, 20:32 PM ISTGovt curtails sale period of electoral bonds in May to 5 days from 10 days
The government, however, did not give any reason for reducing the time period for sale of electoral bonds.
May 02, 2019, 09:54 AM IST7th tranche of electoral bonds sale to kick off from January 1
Electoral bonds aggregating to Rs 1,056.73 crore were purchased by citizens or entities till the completion of sixth phase of issuance of electoral bonds in November 2018.
Dec 28, 2018, 10:54 AM IST5th tranche of electoral bonds sale from Oct 1: FinMin
Electoral bonds are being pitched as an alternative to cash donations made to political parties as part of efforts to bring transparency in political funding.
Sep 27, 2018, 17:43 PM IST