Electoral Bonds Only Half-Transparent, But Better Than Cash, Says Arvind Panagariya — NDTV Profit Exclusive

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Electoral Bonds Only Half-Transparent, But Better Than Cash, Says Arvind Panagariya — NDTV Profit Exclusive

Arvind Panagariya said he prefers the now-scrapped electoral bonds for keeping black money away from election donations.The Sixteenth Finance Commission Chairperson invoked former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in a conversation with NDTV Profit's Tamanna Inamdar to state that the bonds were an improvement over cash. This was his first interview since his appointment to the office in December."I found his (Jaitley's) argument reasonably persuasiv…