The document proposes several committees and reforms to increase transparency and accountability in the electoral process: 1. Political parties would be required to publish their manifestos, funding sources, budgets and expenditures on a publicly accessible website. 2. Three committees would be established - a General Monitoring Committee to oversee government projects, a Budgetary and Finance Committee to track party funds and expenditures, and an Anti-Corruption Committee to evaluate politicians' credibility. 3. Reforms include restricting convicted criminals from running for office, increasing oversight of campaign financing, and establishing rules for campaigning and voting to reduce fraud and corruption.

2. ELECTION WEBSITES
Every political party
nterested in contesting for
elections should furnish
their detailed
developmental plans of
action on a common
website for the general
public to view.
DETAILED ONLINE
BUDGET SUMMARY
Every political party is
required to update their
sources of funds and
transparent budget and
expenditures on a
website. Any
discrepancies found are
to be reported.
Committees are to be selected from among
the educated masses of the country holding
pivotal positions in various organizations.

3. GENERAL MONITORING COMMITTEE : Ensures proper functioning
of the action plans undertaken by the Government. This committee is
concerned with tabulating periodical updates furnished by Ministers
regarding the development of their projects.
BUDGETARY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE : Inquires into the
money allotted to various developmental plans and salaries of
various Ministers and their assets. Recruited from ex-Income tax
employees and other key persons involved in economics and finance.
ANTI – CORRUPTION COMMITTEE : This committee will evaluate
the credibility of ministers according to the criminal cases registered
against the m in order to contest for various positions in the Parliament.

4. Eligibility
• To run for the parliaments, a candidate must not be considered
if he has a criminal record or he is a serious offender.
Requirem
ents
• The party must make public, via a website running at all times,
the structure of the party, the funds required by the party, the
funds and resources received.
• Also, the masses must be able to track down the plans,
promises made and those delivered by different parties.
Campaigni
ng
• Strict anti-bribery policies especially during or before election
period , to prevent parties from swaying public by promising
jobs or by other means.
• A fixed timeline for publicity that every party must adhere to.

5. Campaign
ing
• Fixed amount of funds and accountability of the
amount spent on each event.
• Mandatory debates of prominent members of the
opposing parties.
Voting
• Booth buying should be prevented by increasing
security.
• Posted officers should be selected at random at
allotted booths away from their usual duty to inhibit
outside influence .
Voting
Day
• EVM may be made to log on to a centralized server
that logs the details of the voting progress on an
encrypted system. After election tampering can be
prevented thus by later checking the logs.

6. Levels:-
State and Central.
Members who can be a part of the
committee:-
• Ex income tax officers.
• Ex CBI officers .
• Chartered Accountants.
• Common people who’ll be selected
randomly from the Database.
NOTE- It will be mandatory for all the
selects to attend the committee
meetings.
Monitoring the
expenditures
related to the
various projects
going on in the
region.
Tracking and Recording the Party
Funds. Source of these funds, party
expenditures, and other details
related to it.
To ensure that the political parties
update their websites on a regular
basis.
To keep a track of the
assets and income of
the various members of
parliament of the region
and to thoroughly
scrutinize it during the
period of elections.

7. LEVELS:
State and Centre level.
MEMBERS:
Representatives from various media
house and at least 2 slots for common
people selected randomly from the
database.
ROLES:
• To ensure that the information being
supplied to the people is accurate and
reliable.
• To hold debates and discussions at a more
basic level i.e. involving local party workers
and people from various towns, cities and
villages.

8. Penalties for various political
parties who violate the rules,
such as disqualification of the
candidates found to be bribing
the people during election
campaigns.
Strict action against all
government officials found to be
indulging in corrupt practices.
Enquiry into the assets of
various government personnel
and representatives and leading
to the subsequent seizure of
unwarranted assets.
Strict action against the various
media houses found to be
indulging in wrong practices such
as tampering with the news etc.

9. The basic challenges that the society faces today as far as electoral reforms
are concerned is the increasing influence of money and muscle power in the
political scenario of the nations. One of the major reasons being the gap
which exists between masses and the government . The situation can be
overcome by bridging this gap and making the government accountable to
the people. This can be achieved by including common men in the various
committees which are supposed keep a constant track of the various
development projects and other government activities. The major drawback
of such a proposal is that the formation of such a committee would consume
a lot of time. Also it would be difficult to convince people to attend such
meetings, until and unless its made absolutely compulsory for them. The
proper implementation and formation of such committees would require a
lot of patience and effort, provided the existing system doesn’t hinder the
activities of the committees who would be trying to function in a just way, so
that the society can be made into a better place for us.

10. Websites:
• www.wikipedia.org
• http://saiindia.gov.in/english/
• http://arc.gov.in/4threport.pdf
• www.un.org.in
• www.quora.com
• www.facebook.com
Analysis of Criminal and Financial Details of MP’s of 15th Lok Sabha (Association for
Democratic Reforms 2009)