Top 15 parties deposited Rs 167 crore during note ban, BSP tops list, shows data

February 12, 2017 16:35

The Bahujan Samaj Party made the highest cash deposit among political parties during 50 days of demonetisation, reveals data analysis by the Financial Intelligence Unit and the Income Tax department (I-T).

The top 15 national and regional political parties deposited Rs 167 crore during demonetisation, data accessed has revealed. Besides Rs 104 crore cash deposit by the BSP, other 14 parties have put Rs 63 crore of banned currencies.

Senior finance ministry sources said nearly all of the Rs 15.44 trillion in circulation returned to the government chest.

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