<p>The BJP pocketed 93% of the donations above Rs 20,000 given to seven national parties in 2017-18 with corporates and individuals preferring the ruling party over the Opposition parties.</p>.<p>The last fiscal saw the BJP getting Rs 437.04 crore out of Rs 469.89 crore of high-value donations garnered by national parties, which also includes the Congress, the Trinamool Congress, the NCP, the BSP, the CPM and the CPI.</p>.<p>An analysis by the Association for Democratic Rights (ADR) showed that such donations to the BJP were "more than 12 times the aggregate of other national parties together".</p>.<p>As per the Representation of People Act, 1951, political parties have to provide details of those who donate more than Rs 20,000 to the Election Commission annually.</p>.<p>The report said that the BJP collected the amount from 2,977 donations in 2017-18 while the Congress declared that it received Rs 26.65 crore through 777 donations.</p>.<p>The CPM garnered Rs 2.75 crore from 196 donations, while the NCP collected Rs 2.08 crore through 42 donations.</p>.<p>The CPI got Rs Rs 1.14 crore from 176 donations while the Trinamool Congress got Rs 20 lakh from 33 donations.</p>.<p>The BSP declared that it did not receive any donations above Rs 20,000, as it has been declaring for the past 12 years.</p>.<p>Of the total 4,201 donations made, 1,367 donations were from the corporate sector, which donated Rs 422.04 crore (89.82% of total donations). The rest Rs 47.12 crore (10.03%) was contributed by individuals.</p>.<p>Here too, the BJP topped the list by garnering 1,207 donations (Rs 400.23 crore) from corporate sector while the Congress got just Rs 19.29 crore from 53 donations.</p>.<p>Prudent Electoral Trust donated a total of Rs 164.30 crore to the BJP and the Congress together and is one of the top two donors of the two parties.</p>.<p>The trust donated Rs 154.30 cr to the BJP and Rs 10 crore to the Congress.</p>.<p>When it comes to states, Delhi topped the list with Rs 208.56 crore donations to the parties followed by Rs 71.93 crore from Maharashtra and Rs 44.02 crore from Gujarat.</p>.<p>Around Rs. 42.60 crore could not be attributed to any state due to incomplete information provided by the parties.</p>.<p>Incidentally, such donations in the last fiscal have decreased by Rs 119.49 crore, a 20% slide from 2016-17.</p>.<p>Donations to the BJP decreased from Rs 532.27 crore 17 to Rs 437.04 crore, which is an 18% decrease. For the Congress, the slide was from Rs 41.90 crore.</p>
<p>The BJP pocketed 93% of the donations above Rs 20,000 given to seven national parties in 2017-18 with corporates and individuals preferring the ruling party over the Opposition parties.</p>.<p>The last fiscal saw the BJP getting Rs 437.04 crore out of Rs 469.89 crore of high-value donations garnered by national parties, which also includes the Congress, the Trinamool Congress, the NCP, the BSP, the CPM and the CPI.</p>.<p>An analysis by the Association for Democratic Rights (ADR) showed that such donations to the BJP were "more than 12 times the aggregate of other national parties together".</p>.<p>As per the Representation of People Act, 1951, political parties have to provide details of those who donate more than Rs 20,000 to the Election Commission annually.</p>.<p>The report said that the BJP collected the amount from 2,977 donations in 2017-18 while the Congress declared that it received Rs 26.65 crore through 777 donations.</p>.<p>The CPM garnered Rs 2.75 crore from 196 donations, while the NCP collected Rs 2.08 crore through 42 donations.</p>.<p>The CPI got Rs Rs 1.14 crore from 176 donations while the Trinamool Congress got Rs 20 lakh from 33 donations.</p>.<p>The BSP declared that it did not receive any donations above Rs 20,000, as it has been declaring for the past 12 years.</p>.<p>Of the total 4,201 donations made, 1,367 donations were from the corporate sector, which donated Rs 422.04 crore (89.82% of total donations). The rest Rs 47.12 crore (10.03%) was contributed by individuals.</p>.<p>Here too, the BJP topped the list by garnering 1,207 donations (Rs 400.23 crore) from corporate sector while the Congress got just Rs 19.29 crore from 53 donations.</p>.<p>Prudent Electoral Trust donated a total of Rs 164.30 crore to the BJP and the Congress together and is one of the top two donors of the two parties.</p>.<p>The trust donated Rs 154.30 cr to the BJP and Rs 10 crore to the Congress.</p>.<p>When it comes to states, Delhi topped the list with Rs 208.56 crore donations to the parties followed by Rs 71.93 crore from Maharashtra and Rs 44.02 crore from Gujarat.</p>.<p>Around Rs. 42.60 crore could not be attributed to any state due to incomplete information provided by the parties.</p>.<p>Incidentally, such donations in the last fiscal have decreased by Rs 119.49 crore, a 20% slide from 2016-17.</p>.<p>Donations to the BJP decreased from Rs 532.27 crore 17 to Rs 437.04 crore, which is an 18% decrease. For the Congress, the slide was from Rs 41.90 crore.</p>