Over 1,213 crore electoral bonds purchased in current year

The Government on Monday said total 1,213 crore 26 lakh one thousand rupees electoral bonds were purchased in the current year till date. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, the Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said out of this 1212 crore 86 lakh rupees electoral bonds are enchased. He said the Electoral Bond Scheme is, in fact, an unprecedented step towards cleansing the process of funding of political parties and major improvement over conventional practice of funding the politi...