Story in numbers: BJP gets highest corporate donation in 2019-20

National parties received the maximum corporate donations of Rs 921.95 cr in the FY 2019-20 (during which the 17th Lok Sabha elections were held), followed by Rs 881.26 cr in the FY 2018-19

Political parties every year are required to submit to the Election Commission of India the details of donors who have contributed above Rs 20,000 in a financial year (between April 1 and March 31).

Parties provide details of the name, address, PAN, mode of payment, and amount contributed by each donor who has made a donation above Rs 20,000 in their submission.

 

A 2014 report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), democracy watchdog, said various sectors of business houses in 8 years, between the financial year 2004-05 (FY05) and  FY12, donated a total of Rs 378.89 crore