Donators List Notes:
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FUTURE GAMING AND HOTEL SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED - 1368 Cr, Owned by Santiago Martin, the lottery company is headquartered in Coimbatore. It’s also the sole distributor of the paper lottery organised in Sikkim and Nagaland. Its bonds have been listed as Future Gaming and Hotel Service PR, Future Gaming and Hotel Services Pvt Ltd, and Future Gaming and Hotel Services Private Ltd in the EC data. The company and Martin have been the subjects of investigations by the Enforcement Directorate. Martin was also named in a chargesheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a money laundering case. Last year, the ED froze assets worth over Rs 450 crore. Just last week, the ED conducted searches at the home of Martin’s son-in-law in connection with a money laundering investigation.
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QWIKSUPPLYCHAINPRIVATELIMITED - 410 Cr, headquartered in Maharashtra and donating a total of Rs 410 crore through electoral bonds. One of its directors is also director at a host of companies owned by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries.
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UTKAL ALUMINA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED - 135 Cr, subsidiary of Hindalco Industries Limited, a metals flagship of Aditya Birla Group.
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HALDIA ENERGY LIMITED - 377 Cr, Haldia Energy Limited, a group company of the flagship RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, Last year, Al Jazeera reported that the Narendra Modi government allowed RP-Sanjiv Goenka to “bypass competitive processes to corner large coal reserves”.
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ESSEL MINING AND INDS LTD - 225 Cr, part of US $60 billion global conglomerate Aditya Birla Group. It is among the country’s largest iron ore mining companies and producer of noble ferro alloys. In 2022, the company had written to the Madhya Pradesh government expressing concerns about threats of violence as it tried to execute its mining project in Buxwaha forest, nearly 200 km from Sanchi. In 2014, an expert panel tasked with investigating mining violations in Odisha held the firm guilty of illegal mining in the state’s forest areas.
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WESTERN UP POWER TRANSMISSION COMPANY LIMITED- MEIL group company- 220 Cr, MEIL has separately donated 966 crores through bonds. Including Megha Engineering, the group has purchased electoral bonds worth 1,186 crore.
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MEGHA ENGINEERING & INFRASTRUCTURES LIMITED - 966 Cr, part of the Megha Group was set up in 1986 by PP Reddy. Both Reddy and his nephew PV Krishna Reddy are reportedly “close” to Telangana Chief Minister KCR.
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VEDANTA LIMITED - 401 Cr, founded by businessman Anil Agarwal and headquartered in Mumbai. The conglomerate is no stranger to controversy, including allegations of debt and multiple conflicts over its subversion of environmental regulation. Last year, it announced the “demerger” of its businesses.
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KEVENTER FOODPARK INFRA LIMITED - 195 cr, The Kolkata-based firm is a part of keventer group of companies. The firm operates in the food processing sector and exports pulp and agricultural products.
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MADANLAL LTD - 185 Cr, Madanlaal ltd is part of part of MKJ Group and keventer group of companies. The company is engaged in purchase and sale of securities and real estate sector.
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YASHODA SUPER SPECIALITY HOSPITAL - 162 Cr, Did Yashoda Super Speciality Hopsiptal gave 9 crores (2021-2022) to Modi Goverment to keep their eye shut for overcharging charges in Corona first and second wave?
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MKJ ENTERPRISES LIMITED - 192 cr, headquartered in Kolkata, dealing in steel, and purchasing 192 crore through electoral bonds. Its chairman and managing director is Mahendra Kumar Jalan – also a director with several Keventer companies.