Donations to the BJP dropped by 39.23 percent in FY 2019-20 to Rs 477.54 crore in FY 2020-21 . Donations to Congress dropped from Rs 139.016 crore to Rs 74.524 crore during FY 2020-21 . 

According to a poll reform campaigning organisation, the donations that recognized national parties received during financial year 2020-21 dropped by over Rs 420 crore, down from a sharp decrease of 41.49% from the previous fiscal.Covid was introduced by the end of March 2020, just before the start of the financial year, sparking lockouts across the region.Donations to the BJP dropped by 39.23 percent in FY 2019-20 to Rs 477.54 crore in FY 2020-21.According to a statement issued by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), the parties' donations increased by 5.88 percent during FY 2019-20 relative to FY 2018-19.

According to a statement, the group's donations fell by 6.44 percent between FY 2018-19 and FY 2019-20.Over Rs 246 crore was donated to the national parties from Delhi, followed by Rs 71.68 crore from Maharashtra and over Rs 47 crore from Gujarat.According to the report, contributions totaling Rs 37.912 crore (roughly 6.39 per cent of the total received by the national parties in FY 2020-21) could not be attributed to any state or union territory due to the parties' incomplete or undeclared information.The eight recognized national parties are the BJP, BSP, Congress, CPI, CPI-M, TMC, NCP, and the National Peoples Party. 

Over 1,100 contributions from the corporate and retail sectors were made to the BJP (Rs 416.794 crore), while 1,071 individual contributors contributed Rs 60.37 crore to the party during FY 2020-21.During FY2020-21, Congress received a total of Rs 35.89 crore from 146 contributions from the corporate sector and Rs 38.634 crore from 931 individual contributors.