1. FAIRNESS AT PLAY
Introducing electoral reforms to reduce the influence of money
and muscle power in politics
PRESENTED BY:- ATUL VERMA
ANKIT SINGH
SHASHWAT PARIHAR
VIVEK
VIRAT SAGAR
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, GGV, BILASPUR (C.G)

2. PROBLEMS
162 MPs elected in 2009 have criminal cases against them;
26% increase from 2004.
• How to prevent the candidates with criminal
charges (convicted of crime or pending cases),
from contesting the elections?
33% of candidates who declared assets more than INR 5
crore, won in 2009.
• After being elected in the parliament, growth of
asset of the MPs is exponential. How to monitor
the asset change of the MPs?
The source of 85% of donations is unavailable.
• Sources of the income of political parties remain
anonymous. How to increase transparency of the
funding to the political parties?
Media plays an important role in deciding the leader.
• What could be the ways to stop the unfair use of
paid news? How can one hold media accountable?
About 30% of MP's
in lok sabha have
pending criminal
cases against
them.
about 58% of MP's
in Lok Sabha are
Crorepati

3. Right to know
(Declaration)
Debate
(Mass Appeal)
Alternate Voting
(Judgment Day)
Lobbying
(Transparency)
Auditing
(Regulation)
Media
(Check)
PROPOSED SOLUTIONS
Proposed solutions aim to provide a preliminary filtration
process by introducing and increasing the transparency between
candidate and electorate and then to provide regulation through
checks.
• RIGHT TO KNOW: Assuring the true declaration of the assets,
antecedents criminal records.
• DEBATE: Putting the candidate’s opinion, plans, schemes to
public domain for an open discussion.
• ALTERNATE VOTING: Allowing voter to list candidates in
preferential order. An increase in voter turnout as voter is
assured that his casted vote is counted and represented,
though through preferences.
• LOBBYING: Regulation; redefining the notion of ‘lobbying’
• AUDITING: Ensuring no ill-use of the political power in
monetary form.
• MEDIA: Curbing unwanted inclusion and ensuring effective
and legitimate reach to the public domain.

4. RIGHT TO KNOW
PROPOSALS
•Use of single form instead
of two separate forms
(Amendment of Form 26).
•More stringent actions.
•Declarations of
antecedents convictions
and assets should be
mandatory on all print
advertisements by
candidates.
IMPLEMENTATON
•Strict rejection of the form
of the candidate if it is not
filled completely.
•Information containing
convictions of the
candidates of respective
constituency should be put
at display at:
•DM office
•All government offices
•Village Panchayat
Bhawan
•This should happen at the
expense of political
parties.
IMPACT
•De-motivation and ‘first
stage’ filtration of
criminals.
•Awareness to the
electorate.

5. DEBATE
PROPOSALS
• Provision of public
debate between the
Prime Ministerial
candidates of major
political parties on
national level.
• Provision of public
debate between all the
candidates contesting
in a constituency.
IMPLEMENTATION
• All the parties having
25 number of MPs
should fall under the
category of ‘Major
Political Party ‘.
• Free air time on all the
national broadcast
services should be
used to reach for the
mass.
• Use of technology like
3D projectors for the
debate in individual
constituencies.
IMPACT
• ‘Second stage’
filtration process.
• Judging the candidates
based on their
understanding of
democracy, by the
electorate.
• Reduction in the
election expenditures
by the states as well as
the political parties.

6. ALTERNATE VOTING
PROPOSALS
• Replacement of existing
‘First Past The Post’
system with ‘Alternative
Voting’.
• Carrying on with the use
of Electronic Voting
Machine (EVM) without
switching to ‘Ballot
Papers’ in ‘AV’.
IMPLEMENTATION
• Introducing the concept
of preferential order
among electorate.
• Restricting the number
of preferences (max. 4
or 5) a voter may cast by
introducing a separate
unit for it.
• Up gradation of ‘Control
Unit’ of EVM on ‘trip-
on-selection’ and
‘session expiry’ basis.
IMPACT
• ‘Third stage’ filtration
process.
• Reducing the probable
chances of ‘Safe Seats’
thereby pushing the
serious candidates.
• Increasing the voter
turnout by removing the
concept of ‘Wasted
Votes’.

7. LOBBYING PROCESS
PROPOSALS
• Myth: ‘Lobbying is
illegitimate.’ Fact: It is
the need. Its not only
practiced by corporate
but also by civil
societies.
• Legalizing the lobbying
process.
• Ensuring the maximum
participation of civil
societies and citizens.
• Regulating the process
of lobbying by bringing
it in the purview of ‘RTI’.
IMPLEMENTATION
• Introducing a law on
lobbying .
• Educating the public
about the basic
definition and legitimate
aspects of lobbying.
• Adequate support and
motivation to the
‘whistleblowers’.
IMPACT
• Lobbying is a peaceful
way of expression.(Right
To Express).
• Curbing the ‘Corporate
bribery’ which results in
‘black money.
• Public awareness about
political-corporate
nexus.
• Automatic control of
assets of public
representatives.

8. AUDITING
PROPOSALS
• Compulsory audit of the
accounts of all political
parties.
• The audit must be done
on yearly basis.
• The audit results must
be circulated in public
domain.
• In case of false report,
stringent action should
be taken by judiciary at
high court level.
• The anonymous funding
to the political parties
must be stopped.
IMPLEMENTATION
• Establishment and
recognition of
independent (external)
audit agency.
• Publication of the audit
results in print media in
the simplest form by:-
• National newspapers
for national parties.
• Regional newspapers
for regional parties.
IMPACT
• A check on the net
funding of all the
political parties
• It strikes at the core of
the illegitimate nexus.
• It puts the political
parties on the verge of
accountability.

9. MEDIA
PROPOSALS
•‘Clear distinction between
news and advertisement’.
•Empowering Press Council
of India(PCI) by bringing
Electronic Media in its
purview.
•Mandatory disclosure of
advertising revenue and
regulation of Private
Treaties.
•A regulatory body should
establish a whistleblowing
hotline.
•Implementing the
recommendation of the
wage board.
IMPLIMENTATION
•Decisions on complaints
should be the ultimate
responsibility of the PCI.
•The power to direct the
nature, extent and
placement of apologies
should lie with the PCI.
•The disclosure statement
by every news agency
should be published in
their respective mode of
reach in the public domain.
•No more than 50%
representation of news
editors in the PCI.
IMPACT
•It prevents the
manipulation of the
electorate through media,
by preventing the
influence of money.
•Faster grievance redress.
•Assuring transparency.
•Though the Board would
not have the power to
prevent publication of any
material but would be able
to offer a service of advice
to editors.

10. FUNDING
Total Funding
Required
Approx. Rs. 80-85
crore
Technology Cost
Software
Modification Cost
Approx. Rs. 3-5
crore
Hardware Addition
Cost
Approx. Rs. 60
crore
Logistics
Transportation And
Inventory
Approx. Rs. 10-12
crore
Advertisement Cost
Public Display Of
Information
Approx Rs. 5-6
crore

11. CHALLENGES AND RISKS
• Requirement of amendments in ‘Representation of People Act 1951’.
• Bringing on a change from adapted FPTP system to a new Alternate
Voting.
• The term “Lobbying” has been misunderstood by many in the
country in a negative aspect.
• Since the change requires Parliamentary approval, it posses a major
challenge.
• A lot of recommendation have been proposed in the past, their
implementation have been negligible.

12. REFRENCES
• http://indiatogether.org/govt/elections/ndia.org/
• http://adrindia.org/
• http://164.100.47.134/intranet/PAIDNEWS.pdf
• http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/
• http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/blogs/blog-
datadelve/article4970323.ece
• http://www.prsindia.org/parliamenttrack/report-summaries/issues-
related-to-paid-news-2780/
• Elections and electoral Reforms in India by S.C. Kashyap
• Our Constitution by S.C. Kashyap