The four national parties had recently filed their latest contributions reports to the Election Commission which made the documents public on Tuesday.
The total amount stood at a record high of nearly 6.5 billion Swiss francs in 2006, after which it has been mostly on a downward path, except for a few years including in 2011, 2013, 2017, 2020 and now in 2021, as per the Swiss National Bank data.
Political parties have collected Rs 11,234 crore from unknown sources in the last 15 years, according to election watchdog, Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR).
Mutual funds focused on investing in fixed-income securities saw an inflow of over Rs 94,000 crore in three months ended December 2019, driven by infusion in liquid and overnight funds.
The northeast region has a very high priority in government's developmental agenda, said the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday, stressing upon that the government will to ensure smooth access to financial assistance from funding agencies.
The highest ever inflow of foreign donations has come under Modi government's watch amid all the talk that the Centre was ostracizing NGOs and tightening the rules for foreign funding and cancelling licenses of thousands of such organisations.
According to Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi), mutual funds that invest in fixed-income securities saw an outflow to the tune of Rs 5,061 crore in the three months ended September 30, 2019 compared with an inflow of Rs 19,691 crore in the previous quarter.
The chief minister said the administration is able to provide lanterns and kerosene to only 40,000 families, and asked the Centre for more lanterns. Banerjee had on Wednesday announced one lantern and 5 litres of kerosene for each affected family in the state. Relief kits are also being prepared and would soon be delivered to them, she added.
The Centre on Friday approved additional financial assistance of Rs 1813.75 crore to Karnataka and Bihar for the damages caused by the rains and floods in the two states, the Home Ministry said on Friday.
Expressing happiness on the UK court judgement in favour of India over funds belonging to the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab Najaf Ali, grandson of Nizam-VII, on Wednesday said he had tried for an out of court settlement with Pakistan in 2008 with regard to the disputed amount but the neighbouring country did not respond.
The Delhi government has released Rs 109 crore to all three municipal corporations here for dealing with vector borne diseases, such as dengue and chikungunya, in the ongoing monsoon season.
Speaking at the Motion of Thanks on President Ram Nath Kovind's address, the Congress leader said it was the first time that more funds were spent on publicity than on the scheme. Azad said 56 per cent of the total funds for the 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' scheme were spent on publicity.
The Central sector projects are BharatNet to provide affordable broadband services to citizens and institutions in rural areas where the financial outlay was Rs 8,000 crore in last fiscal.
"Investment was strong in manufacturing, communication and financial services -- the top three industry recipients," said the UNCTAD World Investment Report 2019 released on Wednesday.
According to the report, till 2018, the US blocked more than USD 46.1 million in funds of designated terrorist groups and individuals, an increase of about USD 2.5 million than that of USD 43.6 million in 2017.
The Army Group Insurance Fund (AGIF) has exposure to toxic IL&FS bonds amounting close to Rs 210 crore. Indian Army officials met the new board of the IL&FS seeking a solution of this issue. However, there are no direct answers on who will pick up the liability.
The chief minister also shared that he has written a separate letter to the Union Finance Minister seeking higher allocation to Karnataka under the SDRF.
Government to launch the fund next month to facilitate infrastructure investments by insurance and pension funds
Rejecting the request of early release of IPL funds for conducting matches, the BCCI CEO Rahul Johri on Sunday told the 10 state associations that their request is “not justified” as it violates the tri-partite
Just days ahead of the announcement of assembly poll results on March 11, the Harish Rawat government in Uttarakhand has landed itself in yet another controversy.
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