State subvention/funding may be an effective instrument in strengthening electoral democracy in India.
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Route 1 money power central to Indian elections → EC unable to fully check spending → state funding proposed as remedy
Route 2 fair elections need clean finance → state subvention as the instrument → effective only if partial + conditional
what it corrects → cuts corporate dependence + black money → levels field for smaller parties + clean candidates → Indrajit Gupta Committee (1998) endorsed in principle → Law Commission + Second ARC carry finance reform forward
not automatic → may fund non-serious / fake parties → hard to monitor → private spending persists → exchequer burden
Route 1 effective only as partial, conditional, audited funding → works within a reform package, not alone
Route 2 strengthens democracy when tied to transparency, spending caps, internal party democracy + firm EC oversight
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
Also asked on this head
Party System — 18 questions in the Vault.
- Elucidate the prominent trends in voting behaviour in contemporary India, and discuss how astroturfing affects the scenario.
- When there are multiple stakeholders of power, conversation and consensus become the natural ingredients of governance. Analyze with respect to coalition politics.
- Critically assess the role of pressure groups in the decision-making process of the government.
How this is taught
The same flow snapshot, built for every head of the syllabus, with the answer written in class.
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