Political parties will now be able to file their financial accounts online: EC|| ENGLISH || GOA365

In a letter addressed to all political parties, ECI has said that the facility has been created with twin objectives: firstly, to facilitate political parties in overcoming the difficulties in physical filing of reports, and secondly, to ensure timely filing of financial statements in the prescribed/standardized formats

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-A new web-portal (https://iems.eci.gov.in/) will facilitate the online filing of Contribution Report, Audited Annual Account and Election Expenditure Statement by the Political Parties.

- These financial statements are required to be submitted by political parties to the Election Commission/Chief Electoral Officers of States/Union Territories

- This is as per the Representation of People's Act, 1951 & transparency guidelines issued by the Commission, from time to time.

- The on-line portal will send reminders in the form of messages on the registered mobile number and registered emails of the authorized representatives of the political party so that the dates of compliances are not missed

- A comprehensive guiding manual with graphical representations, and FAQS have also been sent to the political parties explaining the online module and the process of filing reports online

-          Political parties not wishing to file the financial report through online mode will have to convey the reasons for not filing on-line to the Commission in writing. They should continue to file its reports in hard copy along with CDs/Pen drive in the prescribed formats.

-          The commission will, in turn, publish all such reports online, along with a letter of justification sent by the party for not filing financial statements online.