{
  "id": 18891792,
  "title": "Congress donations fall nearly 75%, sharpest decline in a decade",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/congress-donations-fall-nearly-75-sharpest-decline-in-a-decade",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-08T07:26:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/congress-donations-fall-nearly-75-sharpest-decline-in-a-decade/article71680699.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Congress party's donations from contributions above ₹20,000 have fallen nearly 75% to ₹130.69 crore in 2025-26, marking the sharpest annual decline in such contributions in a decade. This significant drop follows two years of higher collections, with the party receiving ₹517.39 crore in 2024-25 and ₹281.48 crore in 2023-24. The primary reason for this decline is the substantial reduction in Prudent Electoral Trust's contribution, which fell by about 88% from ₹216.34 crore in 2024-25 to ₹25 crore in 2025-26. Despite this sharp decline, the Congress's 2025-26 fund collection is not its lowest, as it was even lower in several earlier years, including ₹74.52 crore in 2020-21.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}