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Tuesday, April 14, 2026
TopicElection funding

Topic: Election funding

Covaxin maker contributed Rs 50 cr to BJP in FY23-24. Congress leaders pooled money for donations

Apoorva Mandhani -
While BJP received over Rs 2,243.9 crore in the financial year 2023-2024, Congress got Rs 280 cr. This didn't include electoral bond contributions received before SC struck down scheme.

SC ruling on bonds good but transparency problem in election expenditure still untouched

+TFP Gopalaswami N -
EBS is now gone, but ETS is still available, ECI should nudge political parties and the corporate world towards wider use of ETS. Then, at least one part of electoral funding can become cleaner.

Cash-mukt Congress soon? Data shows leadership crisis is not party’s only problem since 2014

Nikhil Rampal -
Congress had the most funding between 2004 and 2013-14. But since Modi came to power, BJP has got 400% more funding than the opposition party.

Now we know who is behind the massive funding gap between BJP and Congress: the corporates

Niranjan Sahoo -
BJP’s rise in capturing more than 80 per cent of total donations and Congress’s decline are linked to how they tapped corporate money.

Selfless national interest doesn’t quite drive corporate-politician ties: Ratan Tata

Ratan Tata -
Money's corrupting role in Indian politics has only grown since the country's independence, writes Ratan Tata

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Opinion

Trump’s Iran blockade isn’t just about Tehran, it’s about China

Javier Blas -
The oil math is skewed against the White House. The blockade has a slim chance of working. Iran can remain defiant, and China unconcerned, longer than Trump can remain solvent.

Excited Pakistan should remember its limitations. Peace in West Asia is elusive

Tax is now India vs Pakistan. Here’s where both sides get it wrong

Economy

US blockade of Iran ports in Hormuz may hit China hardest, but India could feel price pain too

Udit Bubna -
Disruptions to Iranian flows may trigger global supply reshuffle, intensify competition and raise India’s import bill.

Defence

Saudi Arabia invokes defence pact with Pakistan amid West Asia conflict. What it entails

Snehesh Alex Philip -
According to Drop Site, under the current terms of the deal, which is entirely defensive, Saudi Arabia couldn’t request that Pakistan counterattack Iran, even from Saudi territory. 

National Interest

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

Shekhar Gupta -
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.

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