STORY IN NUMBERS Income and expenditure of national parties The total includes income from various sources all over , as shown in their income-tax returns > The Indian National > In 2014-15, the BJP has shown > The audit report of political crore and NCP with ~38.8 crore. (INC) is the only national party the highest income among the parties contains information CPI-M declared ‘voluntary which had not yet given a copy national parties, with a total on the various sources of donations’ of ~59.3 crore but of its audited report to the income of ~970.4 crore, which income and items of the party’s income-tax Election Commission for accounts for 76 per cent of the expenditure of the parties annexure claimed they 2014-15 at the time of release total income of national parties over a financial year – in this received ~59.1 crore as of this report together.CPI-M declared the case, 2014-15. voluntary contributions and ~15 > The Bharatiya (BJP), second highest income of > Grant/ donations/ contributions lakh via sale of coupons. NCP the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), ~123.9 crore, which forms or funds collected by the parties was the only party which the Nationalist Congress Party 9.7 per cent of the total income was the top source of income of declared collection from sale of (NCP), the Communist Party of of national parties the five national parties. coupon in the main income- India (CPI) and the CPI (Marxist) > CPI declared the least income of The BJP declared the highest expenditure statement. The have declared a total income of ~1.8 crore, a mere 0.14 per cent income from donations, which party ~1,275.8 crore, collected from of the total income of the amounted to ~940.4 crore, declared collecting all over India national parties in 2014-15 followed by BSP with ~92.8 ~27.2 crore from the sale

~1,275.8 cr Income of national parties (less INC) for 2014-15 Top four sources of income in ~ crore. Figures in brackets are % of total income BJP CPI-M BSP NCP CPI 970.43 123.92 111.95 67.64 1.84 (76.06) (9.71) (8.78) (5.3) (0.14) Interest Other Bank Bank Other Fee & Other Membership fee from banks income interest Other income interest income income subscriptions 0.44 (23.86) 20.65 (2.13) 10.76 (1.11) 15.58 (12.57) 4.5 (3.63) 7.688 (6.87) 0.0002 (0.0) 0.34 (0.5) Other income 0.7 (1.03) 0.04 (2.17)

By Levy Grant, Voluntary By issuing donation & interest By party, Aajiwan Voluntary 44.57 Voluntary Membership received Sahayog Nidhi contribution coupons & sale contribution education, election contributions (35.97) contributions fee of publications 0.64 fund and donation 67 (6.90) & coupon sale 38.82 (57.39) 872.02 (89.86) 59.27 (47.83) 11.466 (10.24) 92.8 (82.89) 27.78 (41.07) (34.62) 0.72 (39.13) Compiled by Aditi Phadnis; Source: Association for Democratic Rights (ADR)