According to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), the total donations (above ₹ 20, 000) declared by the national parties for 2021-22 was ₹ 780.774 crore from 7,141 donations.
The BJP received ₹ 614 crore as donation in 2021-22, while the Congress got ₹ 95 crore, according to poll reform body ADR.
According to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), the total donations (above ₹ 20, 000) declared by the national parties for 2021-22 was ₹ 780.774 crore from 7,141 donations.
"A total of ₹ 614.63 crore from 4,957 donations was declared by the BJP, followed by ₹ 95.46 crore from 1,255 donations declared by Congress. The donations declared by the BJP are more than three times the aggregate declared by the Congress, NCP, CPI, CPI(M), NPEP and AITC for the same period," the ADR said.
The Bahujan Samaj Party (SP) declared it did not receive any donation above ₹ 20,000 during 2021-22 as it has been declaring for the past 16 years, the ADR said.
The total donations of the national parties during 2021-22 rose by ₹ 187.03 crore, an increase of 31.50 per cent from 2020-21.
Donations to the BJP rose from ₹ 477.55 in 2020-21 crore during to ₹ 614.63 crore 2021-22, up 28.71 per cent, in a year.
The party's donations had decreased by 41.49 per cent during FY 2020-21 in comparison to FY 2019-20.
The Congress' donations increased from ₹ 74.52 crore during FY 2020-21 to ₹ 95.46 crore during FY 2021-22 (28.09 per cent increase). While Congress donations had decreased by 46.39 per cent between FY 2019-20 and FY 2020-21.
In comparison to the previous financial year, the decrease in donations declared by CPI(M) was 22.06 per cent (Rs 2.85 crore), and by the National People's Party was 40.50 per cent (Rs 24.10 lakhs).
The segregation of donations according to state was made by ADR based on the addresses provided by the parties in their donations report to the Election Commission.
A total of ₹ 395.85 crore was donated to the national parties from Delhi, followed by ₹ 105.3523 crore from Maharashtra and ₹ 44.96 crore from Gujarat.
A total of ₹ 12.26 crore (1.57 per cent of total donations received by the national parties, FY 2021-22) could not be attributed to any state/Union Territory due to incomplete/undeclared information provided by the parties.
A total of 2,551 donations to the national parties were made by corporate/business sectors amounting to ₹ 625.88 crore (80.16 per cent of total donations), while 4,506 individuals donated ₹ 153.33 crore (19.64 per cent of total donations) to the parties during FY 2021-22, the ADR said.
A total of 2,068 donations from corporate/business sectors were made to the BJP (Rs 548.81 crore) while 2,876 individuals donated ₹ 65.77 crore to the party during 2021-22, it said.
The Congress received a total of ₹ 54.57 crore via 170 donations from corporate/business sectors and ₹ 40.89 crore via 1085 individual donors during FY 2021-22, the ADR said.
The BJP (Rs 548.81 crore) received more than seven times the total amount (Rs 77.08 crore) of corporate donations declared by all other National parties for the FY 2021-22, it said.
The Prudent Electoral Trust donated a total of ₹ 353 crore to the BJP and Congress together and is the top donor to parties that received the maximum amount.
The Trust donated ₹ 336.50 crore to the BJP (54.75 per cent of total funds received by the party) and ₹ 16.50 crore to the Congress (17.28 per cent of total funds received by the party), the ADR said.
Nuvoco Vistas Corporation Limited donated ₹ 15 crore in one donation to the Congress, it said.
Pacific Exports donated ₹ 10.50 crore in seven donations, Ab General Electoral Trust ₹ 10 crore in two donations, Shreeji Shipping ₹ 10.00 crore in one donation and Yashoda Super Speciality Hospital donated ₹ 10 crore in 10 donations to BJP in 2021-22, the ADR said.