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Chief Election Commissioner

20 Sep 2022

CEC proposes lowering anonymous political donations to cleanse poll funding

Chief Election Commissioner wrote a letter to Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju to cap the cash donations to political parties The CEC proposed to bring down anonymous political donations from Rs 20,000 to Rs 2,000 to cleanse election funding through black money The poll panel's letter has recommended various amendments to the Representation of the People Act

political donations

17 Sep 2019

Top political parties fail to account for donations over Rs 450 crores

This is a violation of SC judgment which states no part of Form 24A submitted by political parties providing details of donations above Rs 20,000 should be blank.

01 Feb 2017

Budget 2017: Donations above Rs 2,000 to political parties to be made through cheques, digital mode

In yet another attempt to check the increasing menace of black money in funding of the political parties, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, while presenting Budget 2017 in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday said, all donations to political outfits above Rs 2,000, will have to be made through cheques or digital mode.

23 Dec 2016

SC refuses urgent hearing on IT exemption for political donations

Directing the listing of the PIL on January 11, a vacation bench of SC querried petitioner, about the urgency as the provision has been part of the IT Act since 1961.

Bharatiya Janata Party

16 Dec 2015

BJP received donations from companies exporting buffalo meat

These companies have been listed as Frigorifico Allana Ltd, Frigerio Converva Allana Ltd and Indagro Foods Ltd.

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