<p>Fifty-seven national and regional political parties collected donations of Rs 11,367.34 crore between 2004-05 and 2014-15, but 69% of it were from “unknown” sources, an analysis by a private election watchdog said on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Association for Democratic Rights (ADR) has demanded that full details of all donors be made available for public scrutiny under the RTI as a very large percent of the income cannot be traced to the original donor.<br /><br />The Congress has collected the highest donations amounting to Rs 3,982.09 crore during the 11 fiscals.<br /><br />The party also topped the list for collecting money from unknown sources running into <br />Rs 3,323.39 crore or 83% of the total income.<br /><br />The Congress is followed by the BJP with total donations of Rs 3,272.63 crore, of which 65% or Rs 2,125.91 crore was from unknown sources. Donations from unknown sources means income declared in the I-T returns by parties without giving the source of income for donations below Rs 20,000.<br /><br />According to the analysis by the ADR, the parties together collected Rs 11,367.34 crore but only Rs 1,835.63 core or 16% of the total income was from known sources.<br /><br />Up 313% <br />The ADR said the income of national parties from unknown sources increased by 313%, from Rs 274.13 crore in 2004-05 to Rs 1,130.92 crore in financial year 2014-15. <br />DH News Service<br /></p>
<p>Fifty-seven national and regional political parties collected donations of Rs 11,367.34 crore between 2004-05 and 2014-15, but 69% of it were from “unknown” sources, an analysis by a private election watchdog said on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Association for Democratic Rights (ADR) has demanded that full details of all donors be made available for public scrutiny under the RTI as a very large percent of the income cannot be traced to the original donor.<br /><br />The Congress has collected the highest donations amounting to Rs 3,982.09 crore during the 11 fiscals.<br /><br />The party also topped the list for collecting money from unknown sources running into <br />Rs 3,323.39 crore or 83% of the total income.<br /><br />The Congress is followed by the BJP with total donations of Rs 3,272.63 crore, of which 65% or Rs 2,125.91 crore was from unknown sources. Donations from unknown sources means income declared in the I-T returns by parties without giving the source of income for donations below Rs 20,000.<br /><br />According to the analysis by the ADR, the parties together collected Rs 11,367.34 crore but only Rs 1,835.63 core or 16% of the total income was from known sources.<br /><br />Up 313% <br />The ADR said the income of national parties from unknown sources increased by 313%, from Rs 274.13 crore in 2004-05 to Rs 1,130.92 crore in financial year 2014-15. <br />DH News Service<br /></p>
