Political funding: The way forward financialexpress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from financialexpress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
At Rs 259 Crore, BJP Received 70% of Donations by Electoral Trusts in 2022-23: ECI Data thewire.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thewire.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Electoral Bonds, now under challenge before the Supreme Court, have become the primary route of political funding since they were launched in 2018. The key difference between the Trusts and Bonds is in the degrees of transparency they offer, and the Bonds Scheme's focus on the anonymity of donors
Seven Electoral Trusts, which have declared receiving contributions during FY 2020-21, have got a total amount of Rs 258.49 crore from corporates and individuals and distributed Rs 258.43 crore (99.97 per cent) to various political parties, an analysis released on Thursday said.