How Your Donation Helps

Online donations are processed by Cashfree Payments India Private Limited, a payment aggregator authorised by the Reserve Bank of India. You pay on Cashfree's secure checkout by card, UPI, net banking or wallet. Your payment details are entered there, not on our website or app, and we never see or store them. Cashfree tells us only whether the payment succeeded and its payment reference, which we use to record your contribution and issue your receipt.

You can also arrange a contribution directly with the party office. Write to info@telanganarakshanasena.com, call +91 80991 66666 or use our Contact page, and our team will confirm the accepted method and issue a receipt for your contribution. Where a member records such a contribution in the web app, that record is a pledge: the party office confirms receipt against its bank records before it is counted as received.

How your personal data is handled when you contribute, including what Cashfree receives, is explained in our Privacy Policy.

The law sets rules for the donor as well as for the Party. Before you contribute:

• Indian citizens only. We accept contributions only from Indian citizens. A political party may not accept any contribution from a foreign source, which includes a foreign citizen or a foreign company (Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, section 3, and Representation of the People Act, 1951, section 29B).
• Cash: ₹2,000 at most. Under section 13A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (as amended by the Finance Act, 2017), a political party may receive a donation of more than ₹2,000 only by account-payee cheque, bank draft or bank transfer, so the party office does not accept more than ₹2,000 in cash from a donor.
• Tax deduction only for non-cash contributions. Under section 80GGC of the Income-tax Act, 1961, an individual may deduct a contribution to a political party registered under section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, but no deduction is allowed for a contribution made in cash.
• Identity at ₹20,000 a year. Once your contributions in a financial year (April to March) reach ₹20,000, your PAN or another accepted identity document is required.

Political contributions in India are governed by the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the Income-tax Act, 1961 and Election Commission of India guidelines. In line with these:

• The Party is required to maintain proper accounts of contributions received and to report contributions above ₹20,000 from a donor in a financial year to the Election Commission of India (Representation of the People Act, 1951, section 29C).
• Registered political parties may be eligible for income-tax exemption on donations under Section 13A of the Income-tax Act, 1961, subject to conditions prescribed by law.
• Contribution records are kept for as long as these laws require, including after a donor deletes their app account; see our Delete Account page for what is kept.

Every contribution, however it is made, is subject to our Refund & Cancellation Policy.

For a donation receipt, a query about a specific contribution, or any transparency-related question, contact us at info@telanganarakshanasena.com or on +91 80991 66666, or visit our Contact page.