Political Donations

EC asks for reducing anonymous political aids from Rs 20,000 to Rs 2,000

Aiming for reforms and transparency in donations received by political parties, the Election Commission has proposed reducing anonymous political donations from Rs 20,000 to Rs 2,000

No contribution received, no donations made: Two electoral trusts tell EC

Delhi-based Swadeshi Electoral Trust and Jaybharath Electoral Trust registered in Coimbatore have told the Election Commission that they neither received any contribution nor made any donation to a political party in financial year 2021-22. In their annual reports for FY 2021-22 submitted to the poll panel, the two trusts said they received "nil" contributions from all sources permissible under the income tax law. Hence they made "nil" donations to any political party in the fiscal. Electoral trusts have to submit their contribution reports to the EC containing details of contributions received and disbursed by them to political parties in the interest of transparency.

Over 55% donations to regional parties from 'unknown' sources, shows data

The total income of 25 regional political parties in FY20 was Rs 803.24 crore

National parties collected Rs 3,370 cr from unknown sources in 2019-20: ADR

National parties collected Rs 3,377.41 crore from unknown sources in the 2019-20 financial year, which was 70.98% of the total income of these parties, according to Association for Democratic Reforms

US: Companies slash donations to politicians after Trump election challenge

The money donated during the month was less than one-tenth the roughly $190,000 the 10 company PACs gave candidates in January 2017

Companies donated $170 million to GOP election objectors: Report

Many companies have since said they will avoid making donations to members of the House and Senate who voted to overturn Biden's win

No public interest in disclosing details of political parties' donors: CIC

CIC rejected a plea for making the details public

BJP received Rs 742 cr in donations in 2018-19, Congress got Rs 148 cr: ADR

Donations for the BJP increased from Rs 437.04 crore during 2017-18 to Rs 742.15 crore during 2018-19, a rise of 70 per cent, the ADR said

BJP to accept donations digitally on Upadhyay's death anniversary

In a letter to party leaders, BJP has asked them to hold programmes on the life of Upadhaya at booth level

Electoral bonds cleaned political donation system; ain't a scam: SC Garg

In case a political party receives a political donation in cash primarily, then that might actually indicate a scam, he stated

BJP accused of taking funds from firm under Enforcement Directorate lens

Congress' chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala cited a media report which claimed the BJP took a large donation from a firm being probed by the Enforcement Directorate

AAP's total funds rose to Rs 10.11 crore in 2018-19, donations doubled

The AAP's total funds rose from Rs 6.06 crore in 2017-18 to Rs 10.11 crore in 2018-19, the report said

Politics, funded by business: Electoral trusts biggest donors in 2016-18

During the two years, various sectors of business houses donated Rs 985.18 crore, constituting 93 per cent of the total contribution to political parties from known sources

BJP gets 12 times more donations than all other national parties: Report

Nearly 90 per cent of the total donations to the national parties were made by corporate houses, while 10 per cent were by individuals

Cap anonymous donations to political parties at Rs 2,000: EC asks govt

EC's demand to cap cash donations to parties to Rs 2,000 per person has already been accepted

SC refuses to hear PIL on political parties exempted from I-T Act

The bench said the law is in operation for last 50 years