In late October, India’s Ministry of Home Affairs issued notices to more than 500 nongovernmental organizations in the country, asking them to justify keeping their licenses despite not filing annual returns of their foreign receipts.
Properly filing receipts is one of the requirements of India’s Foreign Contributions (Regulations) Act of 2010, and the ministry has been strictly monitoring compliance over the past few years. NGOs that fail to meet this requirement often lose their license to operate.
While not a new development, this latest announcement has only added to the uncertainty over the future of India’s NGOs.
In June, India’s community of nongovernmental organizations was rattled by a leaked report from the Indian Intelligence Bureau that claimed foreign-funded NGOs were “negatively impacting economic development” by 2 to 3 percent per year.
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Alys Francis
Alys Francis is a freelance journalist covering development and other news in South Asia for international media outlets. Based in India, she travels widely around the region and has covered major events, including national elections in India and Nepal. She is interested in how technology is aiding development and rapidly altering societies.
Source: https://www.devex.com/news/leaked-report-on-india-s-ngos-all-conjecture-no-teeth-84777
