{"id":88498,"date":"2026-11-11T17:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T12:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=88498"},"modified":"2026-11-11T17:52:34","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T12:22:34","slug":"model-code-of-conduct-mcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/11-11-2026\/model-code-of-conduct-mcc","title":{"rendered":"ECI Extends MCC Curbs to Retired Govt. Officials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/ Polity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Election Commission of India (ECI) has clarified that<strong> restrictions under the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) applicable to serving government employees <\/strong>will also <strong>extend to retired government<\/strong> officials and other individuals engaged by State and Union Territory governments in various capacities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Model Code of Conduct (MCC)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is a set of <strong>guidelines <\/strong>published by t<strong>he Election Commission of India (EC<\/strong>) for <strong>political parties and candidates<\/strong> to set standards of conduct during the election campaign and polling.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It also explains <strong>how parties can lodge complaints<\/strong> to the EC observers in case of dispute and instructs how the <strong>Ministers of the parties<\/strong> in power must conduct themselves when the MCC is in force.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>In 2019<\/strong>, a new addition <strong>regarding election manifestos <\/strong>was added, instructing parties to not issue promises which were \u2018repugnant to the ideals of the Constitution\u2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The MCC is <strong>not a statutory document<\/strong> \u2013<strong> not enforceable by any laws <\/strong>passed by the Parliament .\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Violating many of its guidelines may not attract punitive action.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>However, several actions are listed as \u2018electoral offences\u2019 and \u2018corrupt practices\u2019 under the Indian Penal Code (now known as Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita) and the Representation of the People Act, 1951.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These actions will attract appropriate punishment as per these laws.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How the Model Code evolved<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The MCC started as a small set of dos and don\u2019ts for the Assembly election in Kerala.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It covered the conduct of election meetings\/processions, speeches, slogans, posters and placards in 1<strong>960 <\/strong>when K V K Sundaram was the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>In 1968<\/strong>, under CEC S P Sen Verma, the EC consulted with political parties and circulated the Code to observe minimum standards of behaviour to ensure free and fair elections.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0It became a practice for the <strong>EC to circulate the Code before every General Election in 1979<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The EC in consultation with the political parties further amplified the code, adding a new section placing restrictions on the \u201cparty in power\u201d to prevent abuse of position to get undue advantage over other parties and candidates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u00a0In 1991, the MCC<\/strong> was consolidated and re-issued.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: AIR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong> In News <\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\"> The Election Commission of India (ECI) has clarified that restrictions under the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) applicable to serving government employees will also extend to retired government officials and other individuals engaged by State and Union Territory governments in various capacities. <\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong> Model Code of Conduct (MCC) <\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\"> It is a set of guidelines published by the Election Commission of India (EC) for political parties and candidates to set standards of conduct during the election campaign and polling.\u00a0 <\/li>\n<p><a href=\" 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