The political parties get tax rebates
25 Sep, 2012In the past, the CIC had directed the income tax authorities to make the information about political parties public as there was huge public interest in the information. It has been argued that the Political parties get substantially financed by a very large amount as they get tax exemption on all their income apart from facilities for residential and official use by Directorate of Estates (DoE) at a token rent. Even the Election Commission of India spends a large amount of money for giving electoral rolls.- Sanjeev Sharma