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Congress donations above ₹20,000 fell nearly 75% in 2025-26
India’s Congress party received ₹130.69 crore in large donations in the 2025-26 financial year, nearly 75% less than a year earlier.
These figures cover contributions above ₹20,000 and come from the party’s filing with India’s Election Commission.
The previous year’s total was ₹517.39 crore, during a national election year when Congress donations had risen sharply.
Prudent Electoral Trust gave Congress ₹25 crore, down from ₹216.34 crore in 2024-25, accounting for much of the fall.
The trust was the only electoral trust listed among the party’s contributions for 2025-26.
The figures do not show Congress’s total income, which also includes smaller donations, membership fees, coupon collections and interest.
The party’s audited accounts for 2025-26 have not yet been uploaded, so its overall financial position is not clear.
Congress received ₹130.69 crore in donations above ₹20,000 in 2025-26, nearly 75% less than in 2024-25.
The decline was the steepest annual fall in these contributions in a decade, according to an analysis of party filings.
The Prudent Electoral Trust gave Congress ₹25 crore in 2025-26, down from ₹216.34 crore the previous year.
The 2025-26 total was also nearly 53% lower than the ₹281.48 crore Congress received in 2023-24.
The party’s audited accounts for 2025-26 have not been made available, so its overall financial position is not yet established.
- Who
- The Indian National Congress.
- What
- Donations above ₹20,000 fell to ₹130.69 crore in 2025-26, nearly 75% below the previous year.
- When
- The financial year 2025-26.
- Where
- India; the party filed its contribution report with the Election Commission.
- Why
- Not stated. The articles note that Prudent Electoral Trust’s contribution fell sharply and that 2024-25 was a general election year.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Congress received ₹281.48 crore in disclosed donations above ₹20,000.
Congress received ₹517.39 crore in such donations, in a year when Lok Sabha elections were held.
Congress received ₹130.69 crore in such donations, while Prudent Electoral Trust contributed ₹25 crore.
Reports on the filings said the party’s audited accounts for 2025-26 were not yet available.
- Congress donations, 2025-26
- ₹130.69 crore
- Congress donations, 2024-25
- ₹517.39 crore
- Prudent contribution, 2025-26
- ₹25 crore
- Prudent contribution, 2024-25
- ₹216.34 crore
- Largest named contributor after Prudent
- Star Cement, ₹5 crore
- Audited accounts, 2025-26
- Not yet available