Please inform, SBI has been authorized to issue and encash Electoral Bonds through authorized branches. These include SBI branches in Lucknow, Shimla, Dehradun, Kolkata, Guwahati, Chennai, Patna, New Delhi, Chandigarh, Srinagar, Gandhinagar, Bhopal, Raipur and Mumbai. Only those registered political parties which have secured one per cent or more votes in the last Lok Sabha or Vidhansabha election are eligible to receive donations through Electoral Bonds.