{"id":1377,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/state-subventionfunding-may-be-an-effective-instrument-in-upsc-psir-2017-2502\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:22","slug":"state-subventionfunding-may-be-an-effective-instrument-in-upsc-psir-2017-2502","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/state-subventionfunding-may-be-an-effective-instrument-in-upsc-psir-2017-2502\/","title":{"rendered":"State subvention\/funding may be an effective instrument in strengthening electoral democracy in India."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> money power central to Indian elections <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> EC unable to fully check spending <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> state funding proposed as remedy<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> fair elections need clean finance <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> state subvention as the instrument <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> effective only if partial + conditional<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>what it corrects <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> cuts corporate dependence + black money <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> levels field for smaller parties + clean candidates <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Indrajit Gupta Committee<\/b> (1998) endorsed in principle <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Law Commission + Second ARC carry finance reform forward<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>not automatic <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> may fund non-serious \/ fake parties <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> hard to monitor <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> private spending persists <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> exchequer burden<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> effective only as partial, conditional, audited funding <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> works within a reform package, not alone<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> strengthens democracy when tied to transparency, spending caps, internal party democracy + firm EC oversight<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[45],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[66],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1377","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-45","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-party-system","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4789,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1377\/revisions\/4789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1377"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1377"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1377"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}