If the distrust between the government and civil society organisations has to be diminished, then reforms are the need of the hour
PM Modi at a rally in Odisha, where he claimed that there is an effort to defame the govt by NGOs because NDA has been asking for accountability on the foreign funds received by them. Photo: AP/PTI
New Delhi: Prime Minster Narendra Modi linked the ongoing unrest in the country to certain people who are opposed to a chaiwala becoming the Prime Minister, referring to his humble past as a tea vendor.
There is concerted effort to defame and destabilize the government by black marketers and non government organisations (NGOs) because the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has been asking for accountability from such organisations on the foreign funds received by them, according to a YouTube clip uploaded on the Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s official channel. He was addressing a farmer rally in Baragarh, Odisha on Sunday.
“These days you may have observed, some people day and night keep attacking me. Some people are occupying themselves with this task. It is because, first they are just not able to digest that a chaiwala has become Prime Minister,” he said.
In June 2014, a “leaked” Intelligence Bureau report alleged that some civil society organisations (CSOs), funded by international agencies, were hindering India’s economic growth with their anti-national activities.
Ever since, a drive to restrict foreign funding to such CSOs—initiated under the United Progressive Alliance (UPA II) government in 2010 with the amendment to Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), 2010—had seemingly picked up pace under the current government.
In 2015, the home ministry notified that the registration of 8,975 organizations who came under FCRA, 2010 was to be cancelled for non-submission of returns for the period 2009-10 to 2011-12. This had been done after issuing show cause notices to around 10,500 defaulting organisations.
After the 2015 order, no new organisation has been brought under investigation.
The high profile cases like Greenpeace India, Sabrang Trust are currently under litigation and Ford Foundation was removed from the ambit of the FCRA and put under Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (Fema).
With the Prime Minister directly linking foreign funding received by some NGOs to the ongoing unrest in the country, the importance of regulating the not-for-profit sector and addressing the challenges faced by them become even more critical and immediate.
In a 10 part series in June 2015, Mint showcased the importance of such an exercise, and if the distrust between the government and CSOs has to be diminished, then reforms are the need of the hour.
Source: http://www.livemint.com/Politics/JguEQTdy3IhtfqxLjC8diL/GovernmentNGO-distrust-deepening.html
PM Modi at a rally in Odisha, where he claimed that there is an effort to defame the govt by NGOs because NDA has been asking for accountability on the foreign funds received by them. Photo: AP/PTI
New Delhi: Prime Minster Narendra Modi linked the ongoing unrest in the country to certain people who are opposed to a chaiwala becoming the Prime Minister, referring to his humble past as a tea vendor.
There is concerted effort to defame and destabilize the government by black marketers and non government organisations (NGOs) because the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has been asking for accountability from such organisations on the foreign funds received by them, according to a YouTube clip uploaded on the Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s official channel. He was addressing a farmer rally in Baragarh, Odisha on Sunday.
“These days you may have observed, some people day and night keep attacking me. Some people are occupying themselves with this task. It is because, first they are just not able to digest that a chaiwala has become Prime Minister,” he said.
In June 2014, a “leaked” Intelligence Bureau report alleged that some civil society organisations (CSOs), funded by international agencies, were hindering India’s economic growth with their anti-national activities.
Ever since, a drive to restrict foreign funding to such CSOs—initiated under the United Progressive Alliance (UPA II) government in 2010 with the amendment to Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), 2010—had seemingly picked up pace under the current government.
In 2015, the home ministry notified that the registration of 8,975 organizations who came under FCRA, 2010 was to be cancelled for non-submission of returns for the period 2009-10 to 2011-12. This had been done after issuing show cause notices to around 10,500 defaulting organisations.
After the 2015 order, no new organisation has been brought under investigation.
The high profile cases like Greenpeace India, Sabrang Trust are currently under litigation and Ford Foundation was removed from the ambit of the FCRA and put under Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (Fema).
With the Prime Minister directly linking foreign funding received by some NGOs to the ongoing unrest in the country, the importance of regulating the not-for-profit sector and addressing the challenges faced by them become even more critical and immediate.
In a 10 part series in June 2015, Mint showcased the importance of such an exercise, and if the distrust between the government and CSOs has to be diminished, then reforms are the need of the hour.
Source: http://www.livemint.com/Politics/JguEQTdy3IhtfqxLjC8diL/GovernmentNGO-distrust-deepening.html
