Knowledge Themes
Representation of the People Act 1951
Article 324
Model Code of Conduct
Electoral Bonds
Section 126 of RPA 1951
Press Council of India Guidelines on Paid News
Indrajit Gupta Committee on State Funding
Dinesh Goswami Committee on Electoral Reforms
Section 77 of RPA 1951
Election Commission of India
Article 19(1)(a)
Section 29A of RPA 1951
Electoral Trusts Scheme
Section 13A of Income Tax Act 1961
Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) v. Union of India Case
Structural Subtopics
- Definition and manifestations of Paid News
- Press Council of India (PCI) guidelines on media ethics
- Statutory powers of the Election Commission of India (ECI) against paid news
- Section 10A of the Representation of the People Act 1951
- Evolution and origin of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC)
- Legal enforcement mechanisms and lack of statutory backing for MCC
- Role of Media Certification and Monitoring Committees (MCMC)
- Regulation of AI-generated content and deepfakes in elections
- Impact of social media and the Voluntary Code of Ethics 2019
- Limits on election expenditure for candidates vs political parties
- Challenges of opaque electoral funding and Electoral Bonds
- Reporting and transparency requirements under Section 77 of RPA 1951
- Use of c-VIGIL app for reporting MCC violations
- Role of the Shanta Kumar and Indrajit Gupta committees on electoral reforms
Study Material
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