The electoral bonds launched by the Union government to make anonymous donations to political parties can be purchased through cheque, demand draft and electronic transfer from only 53 out of over 24,000 branches of State Bank of India (SBI) across the country, according to the notification.
Electoral bonds can be purchased from SBI’s branch in the capital city of all the states and union territories. However, two branches of SBI each in Andhra Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal are authorised to sell the electoral bonds. In Uttar Pradesh, three