Electoral Trusts
Recently, the list of corporate contributors to political parties released by the State Bank of India under electoral bonds revealed that many of these have been frequent donors, paying large sums to political parties through electoral trusts.
What are Electoral Trusts?
- An Electoral Trust is a Trust set up by companies with the sole objective to distribute the contributions received by it from other Companies and individuals to the political parties.
- On 31st January, 2013, through ‘The Electoral Trusts Scheme, 2013’, the Central government specified the eligibility and procedure for registration of Electoral Trusts.
- It is to be noted that only such ....
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