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  Not in favour of state funding of polls: Election Commission tells parliamentary panel

  Politics | May 21, 2017 10:09 IST

  The Election Commission has conveyed to a parliamentary committee that it does not support state funding of elections but instead seeks radical reforms in the way funds are spent by political parties.

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  Rajya Sabha MPs bat for paper trail in EVMs, state funding of polls

  Politics | March 22, 2017 21:56 IST

  Members in the Rajya Sabha today sought the use of VVPAT machines and called for bold electoral reforms like state funding of polls and audit of election spending by political parties.

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  Finmin Creates New Probe Wing To Check Poll Funding

  September 19, 2011 16:25 IST

  New Delhi, Sept 19: The Finance Ministry has set up a special investigation unit to “regulate” the funding and donations made to political parties.The unit recently got approval from the office of Finance Minister Pranab