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Option 3 : Central Information Commission

The correct answer is the Central Information Commission.

  • The Central Information Commission ruled that the disclosure of the identity of electoral bond scheme donors will not serve any larger public interest.

  • The Central Information Commission is the lead body for implementing the Right to Information Act.
  • The Commission has ruled that the disclosure of the identity of electoral bond scheme donors will not serve any larger public interest.
  • It further states that the disclosure of the identity of electoral bond scheme donors will violate provisions of the Act itself.
  • This ruling has come after a Maharashtra-based activist Vihar Durve sought information about the scheme donors. 
  • The commission observed that the disclosure of names of donors and the donees violates provisions of the Act itself which exempts a public authority to give a citizen information available to a person in his fiduciary relationship.
  • The electoral bond scheme allows citizens and corporates to buy monetary instruments from the State Bank of India and donate them to a political party, which is then free to redeem it for money.

  • The electoral bonds were introduced with the Finance Bill (2017).
  • On January 29, 2018, the central government notified the Electoral Bond Scheme 2018.
  • The electoral bonds were introduced to ensure that all the donations made to a party would be accounted for in the balance sheets without exposing the donor details to the public.
  • The electoral bonds are available for purchase for 10 days at the beginning of every quarter.
  • The Central Information Commission(CIC) is a statutory body.
  • The CIC was established in 2005 by the Government of India under the provisions of the Right to Information Act (2005).
  • The commission looks into complaints and appeals pertaining to offices, public sector undertakings, financial institutions, etc. under the government and the Union territories.
  • Chief Information Commissioner- Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha(as of Dec-2020).
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