Key Points
Touted as a tool for transparency in election funding, Electoral bonds, generated donations worth over 9,188 crore for all political parties, put together between 2016-22..
Among all the parties, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) earned 57 per cent of the total donations generated through electoral bonds, according to data released by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR)..
Between 2016-17 and 2021-22, the last year for which the data is available, seven national parties and 24 regional parties received a total donation of 9,188.35 crore through electoral bonds. ..
Emerging as the biggest beneficiary of electoral bonds donations, the BJP received 5,272 crore and the Congress received 952 crore, while the rest went to other parties..
In July this year, the ADR data revealed that more than half of all donations made to political parties between 2016-17 and 2021-22 were through electoral bonds and the BJP received more funds than all other national parties put together..
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