Electoral bonds, SBI submits all details with serial numbers to EC

The State Bank of India, on Thursday, March 21, submitted all information concerning the electoral bonds to the Election Commission of India (ECI), including the all-important unique numbers which would help link the donor and donee.

The Supreme Court, in its March 15th judgement, declared the electoral bonds as unconstitutional and ordered SBI, the only bank where one



can purchase bonds, to submit all details relating to it to the election body.

The SBI submitted an affidavit of compliance to the Supreme Court. One of the points of the affidavit reads, “It is respectfully submitted that SBI has now disclosed all details and that no details [other than complete account numbers & KYC details have been withheld from disclosure.”