Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said there were
Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said there were broadly three categories -- contribution received by NGOs from abroad for which there are regulations, funds received from local bodies/societies/trusts for which there is no auditing and thirdly, these bodies collect money from local people for which also there are no regulations.
"When you yourself are saying there are no regulations, then why have you not come out with the mechanism. Till now, there is no mechanism. Let a mechanism come and thereafter amicus curiae and you (ASG) will assist. We will see what can be done and what progress has been made in terms of regulation," the bench said.
"When government fund is disbursed, why dont you see what has happened to your money? It is public money. How can you do this with public money," the court asked.
The apex court also took note of the fact that an Under Secretary rank officer has filed the affidavit and asked the ASG to ensure that officer of the rank of joint secretary or additional secretary files the affidavit.
Amicus Curiae Rakesh Dwivedi said CBI has filed a status report showing how many NGOs have not filed the audit report and how many of them have not filed utilisation certificates.
"Huge amounts running into thousands of crores are doled out to these societies. There has been a case that many of them, after getting the grant, do not come back and they are merely blacklisted", Dwivedi said.
He said around Rs 9,000 crore has been disbursed to NGOs, societies, voluntary organisations from 2002-03 to 2008-09.
"Union of India has disbursed Rs 4,756 crore. States have disbursed Rs 6,654 crore. Rs 950 crore on an average has been disbursed per year", the amicus said.
He referred to a report of Asian Center for Human Rights and said that several projects did not achieve the target and there was no pre-funding apprisal by Council for Advancement of Peoples Action and Rural Technology (CAPART). (More) PTI MNL ABA RKS AG ARC
Source: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sc-ld-ngo-2/1/854200.html
Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said there were broadly three categories -- contribution received by NGOs from abroad for which there are regulations, funds received from local bodies/societies/trusts for which there is no auditing and thirdly, these bodies collect money from local people for which also there are no regulations.
"When you yourself are saying there are no regulations, then why have you not come out with the mechanism. Till now, there is no mechanism. Let a mechanism come and thereafter amicus curiae and you (ASG) will assist. We will see what can be done and what progress has been made in terms of regulation," the bench said.
"When government fund is disbursed, why dont you see what has happened to your money? It is public money. How can you do this with public money," the court asked.
The apex court also took note of the fact that an Under Secretary rank officer has filed the affidavit and asked the ASG to ensure that officer of the rank of joint secretary or additional secretary files the affidavit.
Amicus Curiae Rakesh Dwivedi said CBI has filed a status report showing how many NGOs have not filed the audit report and how many of them have not filed utilisation certificates.
"Huge amounts running into thousands of crores are doled out to these societies. There has been a case that many of them, after getting the grant, do not come back and they are merely blacklisted", Dwivedi said.
He said around Rs 9,000 crore has been disbursed to NGOs, societies, voluntary organisations from 2002-03 to 2008-09.
"Union of India has disbursed Rs 4,756 crore. States have disbursed Rs 6,654 crore. Rs 950 crore on an average has been disbursed per year", the amicus said.
He referred to a report of Asian Center for Human Rights and said that several projects did not achieve the target and there was no pre-funding apprisal by Council for Advancement of Peoples Action and Rural Technology (CAPART). (More) PTI MNL ABA RKS AG ARC
Source: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sc-ld-ngo-2/1/854200.html
