Electoral bonds worth ₹150 crore sold, redeemed whole in July, reveals RTI response

An RTI response has revealed that electoral bonds worth ₹150 crore were sold and redeemed in July of this year.

Electoral bonds worth 150.5 crore were sold and encashed between July 1 and July 10 of this year, an RTI response has revealed. This was the 17th phase of the sale of electoral bonds since their inception in 2018. According to the RTI response, no bonds of 1,000 were sold during this period. In fact, only 14 bonds of 10,000 each (1.4 lakhs) were sold in the 17th phase.