Episode 24: Analysis of Income & Expenditure of National Political Parties for FY 2019-20 - a podcast by Association for Democratic Reforms

In this episode, which is twenty-fourth in the podcast series launched by ADR, we look at the total income and expenditure incurred, all over India, by the National Parties during FY 2019-20, as declared by the parties in their audit reports available on the ECI website. Of the total 8 National Parties, six parties submitted their audit reports on time, as per the extended deadline of 30th June 2021, while BJP delayed its submission by 21 days; the audit report of National People’s Party is not available in the public domain at the time of recording of this episode. Every year several registered political parties default and delay the submission of their annual reports to ECI beyond the prescribed due date. These include National, Regional and Unrecognised parties. Except for sending reminder letters, it is not clear whether any action is taken against such parties by ECI or if there is any withdrawal of tax exemption by the CBDT of such parties.

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