{"id":32200,"date":"2020-10-23T05:06:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T05:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=32200"},"modified":"2020-10-23T05:06:35","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T05:06:35","slug":"eci-constituted-committee-to-examine-issues-concerning-expenditure-limit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/eci-constituted-committee-to-examine-issues-concerning-expenditure-limit\/","title":{"rendered":"ECI constituted committee to examine issues concerning expenditure limit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Election Commission of India constituted a committee to examine the issues concerning the expenditure limit. The committee is comprised of Harish Kumar, Ex. IRS and DG (Investigation), Umesh Sinha, Secretary-General and DG (Expenditure).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key-Points<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Law &amp; Justice on 19.10.2020 has notified an amendment in Rule 90 of Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 enhancing the existing expenditure limit by 10%. This increase of 10% will be applicable with immediate effect in ongoing elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expenditure limit for a candidate was last revised in 2014 vide notification dated 28.02.2014, while in respect of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana it was revised vide notification dated 10.10.2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Committee will submit its report within 120 days of its constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reason for review:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In last 6 years the limit was not increased despite increase in electorate from 834 million to 910 million in 2019 to 921 million now.<\/li><li>Further, Cost Inflation Index during this period has increased from 220 to 280 in 2019 to 301 now.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Election Commission of India constituted a committee to examine the issues concerning the expenditure limit. The committee is comprised of Harish Kumar, Ex. 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