Electoral trusts since 2014 have also weighed in favour of BJPThe examination of corporate donations to political parties via electoral bonds reveals significant contributions to the ruling BJP through...
16 Mar, 2024, 12.26 AM IST
Megha Engineering, Serum Institute, ArcelorMittal top list of corporates in political funding through trusts, says ADR ReportThe BJP received Rs 259 crore or 70.69% of the total donations received by all political parties from electoral trusts. The BRS got Rs 90 c...
03 Jan, 2024, 05.36 PM IST
Cong income through Electoral Trusts less than TRS, SP, AAP, YSRC; BJP got 72% donations: ADR reportEighty-nine corporate/business houses contributed Rs 475.80 crore to Electoral Trusts in FY 2021-22, 62 contributed Rs 456.30 crore to Prud...
29 Dec, 2022, 06.06 PM IST
At Rs 276 crore, BJP got lion’s share of electoral trust funding in 2019-20A study of contribution reports of various electoral trusts for FY20 shows BJP walked away with donations worth Rs 276.45 crore, including ...
09 Jun, 2021, 10.29 AM IST
Congress fund dropped to Rs 139 cr in Lok Sabha polls yearThe bulk of the Congress funding came from electoral trusts in 2019-20. In 2019-20, the Progressive Electoral Trust donated to regional par...
05 Feb, 2021, 03.26 PM IST
DMK gets 93% funds from electoral bonds, others rely on trustsAs per the contribution data submitted by the MK Stalin-led DMK to the Election Commission of India, the party collected a total of Rs 48.3...
06 Jan, 2021, 07.50 AM IST
Donations to Congress jump five-fold to Rs146 crorePrudent, which gave Rs 144 crore to the BJP in the previous financial year, had donated Rs 10 crore to Congress last year.
16 Sep, 2019, 08.14 AM IST
Rs 26 crore donations, but no bond based funding in Congress report to ECEC had also red flagged several concerns around electoral bonds, but none of these have been addressed by the government in the final schem...
09 Oct, 2018, 06.46 AM IST
9 electoral trusts donated Rs 637.54 crore to parties in 4 yearsAmong national parties, the BJP received the maximum donation of Rs 488.94 crore by electoral trusts between 2013- 14 and 2016-17, while IN...
30 Jan, 2018, 12.27 AM IST
95% of donations from electoral trusts went to BJPThe names of Electoral Trusts, currently, do not indicate the name of the company or group of companies which set up the Trusts.
30 Aug, 2017, 10.44 AM IST
Only 3 parties got donations from electoral trusts in FY16: Association for Democratic ReformsThese trusts received a total Rs 49.52 crore from corporates and distributed 99.96 per cent of the total amount to various political partie...
29 Aug, 2017, 08.33 PM IST
BJP biggest receiver of funds from electoral trustsThe year India voted Narendra Modi to power, BJP received the maximum donation – to the tune of Rs 63.20 crore -from electoral trusts.
25 Apr, 2016, 05.39 PM IST
Electoral trusts disclose Rs 177-crore donation to parties: ADRThe BJP, the INC, the NCP and the CPM were the four national parties that got contributions from the six electoral trusts during fiscal 201...
25 Apr, 2016, 02.03 PM IST
Only one out of seven electoral trusts submit donor list to ECOnly the Bharti Airtel group backed Satya Electoral Trust has submitted its annual report for the year 2013-2014.
06 Feb, 2015, 11.26 AM IST
India Inc registers 14 'electoral trusts' as polls draw closerAt least 14 electoral trusts have been set up by various biz houses, including by giants like Tatas, Reliance, Mahindras and Bajajs, for co...
23 Mar, 2014, 02.31 PM IST
Run-up to general polls: Companies set up 10 electoral trustsCompanies seem to be rushing to register the trusts as the Lok Sabha elections are likely to be held in the next two to three months.
11 Feb, 2014, 04.24 PM IST
Corporate houses line up 'Electoral Trusts' to fund pollsFive large corporate houses including those of Ambanis, Mittals and Birlas have set up ''Electoral Trusts'' for providing funds to politica...
17 Dec, 2013, 03.25 PM IST