The Electoral Bond data continues, now on the EC website you can also see which party received the donation.

The affidavit given by the SBI chairman said that before the close of business on Tuesday, a sealed envelope containing two PDF files with all the necessary details as per the Constitution Bench judgment was handed over to the Election Commission. One file contained the details of the people who had bought electoral bonds and the other file contained the names of the political parties who had encashed these bonds. The above data pertains to bonds purchased and redeemed between April 1, 2019 and February 15, 2024, the affidavit said. Between April 1, 2019 and February 15, 2024, a total of 22,217 bonds were purchased and 22,030 bonds were redeemed by political parties, SBI said.The Election Commission has released the electoral bond data. Now on the website of Election Commission you can also see which party has received how much donation. In the Electoral Bond case, the Election Commission has uploaded the data sent by SBI on its website. Thus, the Election Commission has followed the orders of the Supreme Court. Notably, State Bank of India (SBI) in a compliance affidavit filed on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it has handed over digital data about electoral bonds to the Election Commission of India (ECI).

The affidavit given by the SBI chairman said that before the close of business on Tuesday, a sealed envelope containing two PDF files with all the necessary details as per the Constitution Bench judgment was handed over to the Election Commission. One file contained the details of the people who had bought electoral bonds and the other file contained the names of the political parties who had encashed these bonds. The above data pertains to bonds purchased and redeemed between April 1, 2019 and February 15, 2024, the affidavit said. Between April 1, 2019 and February 15, 2024, a total of 22,217 bonds were purchased and 22,030 bonds were redeemed by political parties, SBI said.

Citing a 2018 gazette notification, the SBI said the election bond amount which was not encashed by political parties within the 15-day validity period has been transferred to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund. The Supreme Court on Monday rejected SBI’s plea to extend the March 6 deadline to submit data to the ECI. CJI D.Y. A constitution bench headed by Chandrachud declared the Electoral Bond Scheme, 2018 unconstitutional on February 15 and ordered SBI to immediately stop issuing them.

It has also asked SBI to submit details of electoral bonds purchased since April 2019 to the ECI by March 6 for publication on the official website of the electoral body. In its February 15 order, the Supreme Court had said that the SBI would have to disclose the details of each electoral bond deposited by political parties, including the date of encashment and the value of the electoral bond. SBI shall submit the above information to ECI within three weeks from the date of this decision by March 6, 2024.