Time veil was lifted on party funding

At the last count, India had 1,396 registered political parties, names of most of which you might never have heard. Between them, these parties received a whopping Rs 4,662 crore through donations and other sources between 2004 and 2011. But, if the amount isn’t surprising, here’s a factoid: over 85 per cent of this amount received as donation by political parties came from unnamed sources, that is, people and organisations that “donated” amounts lesser than Rs 20,000.

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