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Foreign Funding Allowed:

In 2018 budget, the receiving of foreign funds by the political parties has been allowed. In other words, the political parties can now receive funds from the foreign companies. Accordingly, the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, has been amended. Under this amendment, the definition of a foreign company has been modified.


Table 73.1 Limit on Election Expenditure (As declared in 2014)


Sl.

No.

Name of State or Union territory


I. STATES

Maximum limit of election expenses in any one


Parliamentary Assembly constituency constituency

₹ ₹

1

Andhra Pradesh

70,00,000

28,00,000

2

Arunachal Pradesh

54,00,000

20,00,000

3

Assam

70,00,000

28,00,000

4

Bihar

70,00,000

28,00,000

5

Goa

54,00,000

20,00,000


6

Gujarat

70,00,000

28,00,000

7

Haryana

70,00,000

28,00,000

8

Himachal Pradesh

70,00,000

28,00,000

9

Jammu and Kashmir

70,00,000

-

10

Karnataka

70,00,000

28,00,000

11

Kerala

70,00,000

28,00,000

12

Madhya Pradesh

70,00,000

28,00,000

13

Maharashtra

70,00,000

28,00,000

14

Manipur

70,00,000

20,00,000

15

Meghalaya

70,00,000

20,00,000

16

Mizoram

70,00,000

20,00,000

17

Nagaland

70,00,000

20,00,000

18

Odisha

70,00,000

28,00,000

19

Punjab

70,00,000

28,00,000

20

Rajasthan

70,00,000

28,00,000

21

Sikkim

54,00,000

20,00,000

22

Tamil Nadu

70,00,000

28,00,000

23

Tripura

70,00,000

20,00,000

24

Uttar Pradesh

70,00,000

28,00,000

25

West Bengal

70,00,000

28,00,000

26

Chhattisgarh

70,00,000

28,00,000

27

Uttarakhand

70,00,000

28,00,000

28

Jharkhand

70,00,000

28,00,000

29

Telangana

70,00,000

28,00,000


II. UNION TERRITORIES



1

Andaman and

54,00,000

-

Nicobar Islands

2

Chandigarh

54,00,000

-

3

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

54,00,000

-

4

Daman and Diu

54,00,000

-

5

Delhi

70,00,000

28,00,000

6

Lakshadweep

54,00,000

-

7

Puducherry

54,00,000

20,00,000