The Quint's Poonam Agarwal had claimed that the alpha-numeric codes would enable Centre to link electoral bond donors with political parties, but SBI's response has proven it false now.
The details of the sale and purchase of electoral bonds shared by the SBI are in a raw form, India Today reported citing sources. The raw data reveals who bought bonds worth how much and in favour of which political party.
According to SBI Research, rural poverty has decreased from 25.7% (2011-12) to 7.2% (2022-2023) while urban poverty has reduced from 13.7% (2011-12) to 4.6% (2022-2023).
SBI’s Chief Economic Advisor, Ghosh added that the first quarter of 2023-24 saw a huge increase in capital expenditure both by the centre (63%) and the states (41%).