Trusts biggest donors for Cong, manufacturing for BJP

Of the totalcorporatedonations, Congress received maximum contributions from trusts & group of companies (Rs 70.28 crores) while the BJP received maximum donation from the manufacturing sector (Rs 58.18 crore) and power & oil (Rs 17.06 crore). Mining/construction/export& imports sector contributed a total of Rs 29.73 crores followed by the real-estate sector which donated Rs 24.10 crore.Hospitality & travel sectors also have donated a total of Rs 7.62 crores along with educational institutions, donating Rs 1.94 crore, showed data from theAssociation for Democratic Reforms and National Reforms.

Year-wise top donor to national parties:

•Trust and group of companies was the sector which made maximum donations to national parties in FY 2004-05, 2006-07, 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2011-12

• Maximum amount (Rs 51.49 crore) was donated by the trusts & group of companies during the FY 2009-10 when the Lok Sabha elections were held

•Manufacturing sector donated the maximum amount of Rs 3.54 crore in FY 2005-06 and Rs 11.47 crores in FY 2007-08

•Power and oil sector donated the maximum amount of Rs 6.50 crores in FY 2010-11

Also, a total of 1902 donors donated Rs 378.89 crore to the national parties with maximum number of donors donating to BJP (1334).

Donations from top 3 corporate/ business sectors to national parties

• 40.80% of total donations to INC was from trusts and group of companies followed by manufacturing sector which contributed 21.37% total donations to the party

•Similarly, BJP received 30.23% of its total donations from manufacturing sector followed by 28.92% of its total donations from trust & group of companies

•Also maximum donations from mining, construction, export/ import sector was received by INC (Rs 23.07 crores) while maximum donations from the real estate sector was received by BJP (Rs 17.01 crores

Check out the Sectors with Top Donation to National Parties (Rs in crore)