Electoral Bonds: Indian political parties received $1.5 bn since 2019; BJP biggest earner, lottery firm top donor with $164 million

Indian political parties received more than ₹12,769 crore ($1.5 billion) as donations from corporates and individuals through electoral bonds since 2019. The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday made public the data on electoral bonds provided by the State Bank of India (SBI). According to the data, political parties encashed a total of 20,421 electoral bonds in the last five years. Of these, 12,207 bonds were of $120,525 each; 5,366 bonds of $12,000 each; 2,526 bonds of $1,200 each; 219 bonds of $120 each; and 103 were of $12 each.