NEW DELHI, April 10:
Seven national parties declared
a total income of Rs
1,559.17 crore in 2016-17, with
BJP having the highest – Rs
1,034.27 crore, says a report.
“This forms 66.34 per cent
of the total income of national
parties added together during
2016-17,” Delhi-based thinktank
Association for Democratic
Reforms (ADR) said in
a report released today.
The Indian National Congress
(INC) followed with Rs
225.36 crore – 14.45 per cent
of the total income, it said,
adding that CPI has declared
the lowest income of Rs 2.08
crore which forms a mere
0.13 per cent.
The data has been compiled
from Income Tax returns
filed by the parties
across the country.
The seven national parties
declared a total expenditure of
Rs 1,228.26 crore, the report
added. BJP declared the maximum
expenditure of Rs
710.05 crore in 2016-17, while
Congress incurred a total expenses
of Rs 321.66 crore (Rs
96.30 crore more than its total
income).
The report added that 70 per
cent of the total income of BSP,
31 per cent of the total income
of BJP and CPI and 6 per cent
of the total income of CPM during
2016-17 was declared unspent.
BSP’s total income was
Rs 173.58 crore during 2016-
17, while its total expenditure
was Rs 51.83 crore.
Between 2015-16 and
2016-17, the income of BJP
increased by 81.18 per cent
from Rs 570.86 crore to Rs
1,034.27 crore, while that of
INC decreased by 14 per
cent from Rs 261.56 crore to
Rs 225.36 crore.
Income of BSP increased by
266.32 per cent from Rs 47.38
crore during 2015-16 to Rs
173.58 crore in 2016-17, while
that of NCP increased by 88.63
per cent from Rs 9.137 crore
during 2015-16 to Rs 17.235
crore in 2016-17.
The report further noted
that between 2015-16 and
2016-17, the income of AITC
decreased by 81.52 per cent
and that of CPM fell by 6.72
per cent. – PTI
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