Parties need access to money to reach out to the electorate, explain their goals/policies and receive inputs from people. But where do they collect their funds from?

In this brand new episode, which is the fourth in the podcast series launched by ADR in June 2020, we look at the analysis of the Income Tax Returns (ITRs) and donations statements filed by the 7 National political parties for FY 2018-19 with the Election Commission of India (ECI), to ascertain the sources of the funds received by the National parties. We look at the declared incomes of the National parties and their top sources. Subsequently, we analyse and discuss the sources of these incomes as Known sources, Unknown sources and Other Known sources, which are categories defined by ADR. Please send us your feedback, comments, and suggestions. You can reach us at [email protected].