In an article in RSS mouthpiece Organiser, M. Nageswara Rao says only overseas Indians not acting as agents for others should be allowed to donate to NGOs.
Union minister of state for home Nityanand Rai told Rajya Sabha that so far this year, registrations of 1,808 NGOs under Foreign Contribution Regulation Act were cancelled.
The home ministry cancelled the registration of Bengaluru-based Infosys Foundation for allegedly not declaring details of their foreign grants for the last 6 years.
The petition, heard by a bench led by CJI Ranjan Gogoi, claimed that Indira Jaising & Anand Grover’s Lawyers Collective misused foreign funding under FCRA.
For all its obvious blemishes, capitalism alone holds out the most creative and dynamic force that any civilization has ever discovered, wrote BP Godrej in 1980.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
During this lockdown situation… all donations should come forward and help people. If they are not coming out or spending their amount, all those donations should be banned. I urge at least 50% of the funds should help the people to come up in life. I want my people to live happily. If you have money in your account and not feeding your own children, what is the use of that amount. Instead… hang and die those who are having huge amount in their donations. Thanks to all the donations who are helping people. God bless
अगर विदेशी फंड हमारे देश के हित में है तो इसमें बुराई क्या है? भारत में गैर सरकारी संगठनों को एफसीआरए के तहत ईसाई मिशनरियों को ही अधिकांश फंडिंग मिलती रही है और वे जाहिर है इसका इस्तेमाल भारत में ही करते रहे हैं, इसमें बुराई कहाँ है??दुर्भावनाओं से ग्रस्त होकर यह निष्कर्ष निकालना कि इससे भारतीयों के स्थानीय धर्मों के रूढ़िवादी परम्परा के लिए अथवा भारत के हिन्दुइज्म के लिए घातक है, सरासर मूढ़ता है.
अगर इन पैसों का दुरूपयोग किसी खास धर्म के प्रचार-प्रसार के प्रयोजन के लिए होता है, तो सशंकित गैर सरकारी संगठन अथवा सरकारें इसकी हर प्रकार से निगरानी व जाँच के लिए स्वतंत्र है.
इससे इतर देश के हजारों मंदिरों में जो अकूत धन-सम्पदा एकत्रित हैं उसका जनहित व जनकल्याण कार्यों में इस्तेमाल हेतु कानून के बारे में यही सरकार क्यों नहीं कदम उठाती है??
दरअसल सवाल यह नहीं कि विदेशी दान पर प्रतिबंध लगाया जाए.बल्कि यह कि प्राप्त दानों का सही इस्तेमाल पर ईमानदारी से निगरानी की जाए और सभी दूर्भावनाओं से ऊपर है उठकर सभी प्रकार के दानों का इस्तेमाल राष्ट्र हित में हो इस बात की गारंटी हो यह भी सरकार का कर्तव्य हो,सुनिश्चित की जाए. दूर्भावनाओं से ग्रसित कदम राष्ट्र के लिए हमेशा हानिकारक साबित होगा. यह मेरी निजी राय है.
I fully agree with Ginto Mathew. This is a small minded, and anxiety-ridden, screed. A great civilization and a confident democracy cannot close itself off to all influences without destroying itself.
If this is the thinking in the CBI, no wonder it is unable to close most cases under it’s investigation. Plenty of hypothetical arguments but zero evidence. No wonder so many CBI cases are thrown out of court. Since no Indian government is interested in areas like healthcare, education and basic welfare of the ordinary Indian, it is unjustifiable to ban NGOs that fill the gap. The day Indian governments sincerely start working for the welfare of the aam aadmi/aurat, NGOs will automatically become less relevant.
to all those amazing humans who regularly visit print:
just a few decades back, a vast majority of humans who lived in north-east of india (meghalaya, mizoram, manipur, nagaland) followed their centuries-old tribal religions. In just the past few decades “HUGE THANKS TO NGO” activity, today – these same people yearn for a white-skinned ars__ole born in nazareth as ‘saviour”. That is the power of these NGOs. Soon enough, these same people (who now hate their ancestral-tribal religions & ape nazareth-ian thoughts/ideologies) will fight against the Union of India and seek “independence”.
Personally – i disagree with ban of any sort (ban of assault rifles, ban on alcohol, ban on marijuana, ban on port) – and hence I stand against this M.N.Rao for this stance.
My idea would be:
1. Since 100+ crores of Indians have Aadhar Card & it is possible to create + link bank accounts for these people
2. For every Rs 100 that an NGO wants to spend to a cause that it holds important (say soul-harvesting, or spreading salafi-wahabi ideologies), a minimum of Rs 10,000 should be deposited in the account of each villager in a particular village
3. Each NGO will be assigned around 10,000 villages – and hence for making any contribution to “their” cause – they will first need to make the Rs 10,000 deposit to each villager (online deposit direct to the villager’s bank account)
4. The description on the transaction must necessarily read: “This deposit is made as mandated by Govt of India” – and it must also be in the language that the locals/villagers understand
This way – all the bharath-thodo forces can still operate their NGOs and continue to spread venom against the unity of India. But, they will have ZERO impact, since each villager will know that they got Rs 10,000 due to Govt rule on said NGOs.
If even 1% of these NGOs were truly empathetic/sympathetic to even a single Indian villager, you will see they voluntarily adapt this policy; but rest assured – these NGOs and their chamcha (like print, quint, wire, scroll etc) will fight such a legislation/advisory tooth and nail.
The Central Government should have the right to look into how the finances are being spent, but to shut down NGOs would be a stupid move. I am aware of many schools in the distressed areas being fully supported financially by NGOs where the local governments have not been able to serve and/ or help. Shutting down NGOs indiscriminately will put more of these section of the society in distress and obviate any future development of this segment of population.
It is because of this stance that has”Permitted” him inside CBI?? The fate of millions of kids in formative years suffer from Vitamin 12 deficiency in India.. That alone will reduce their IQ even lower than RSS IQ. What a shame. All yes man around are mum. Hope at least they feed chicken eggs to their kids., if the poor midday meals do not get it. Aheesh, what a dumb bell.
One wonders where the columnist would place institutions like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. 2. Diaspora contributing to study of ancient texts. If we get lucky, we might come across blueprints and working drawings for ICBMs with MIRV capabilities.
OMG., ignorance in India is so widespread and so deep. Doubt there is any odds for development.
Yeah. Why would one human being choose to help another one in need, unless there is an ulterior motive? It is beyond logic, isn’t it? Especially when we are flush with prosperity and jobs and healthcare for every section of society. But wait, not every human, only being a foreigner is the problem, and that too spending on real philanthropic work.. “donations made by the overseas citizens of India in their individual capacity from their personal funds, and not acting as agents or conduits for others, that too for the limited purpose of preservation, study, promotion and propagation of ancient Indian texts and traditional Indian knowledge, may be allowed.” So we are not rich enough to do this promotion and propagation of “tradition, and ancient texts” ourselves internally? What a shame!!! I am amazed at how narrow minded is the thinking of an ex- top civil service personnel in the country.
This too from a country whose very own ancient texts proclaimed things like :
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
(Whole world is one family)
Loka Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu
(Let the whole world be prosperous and peaceful)
Yatra Vishwam Bhawatveka Needam
(The whole world is a bird’s cage with all it diversity. The desire for well-being should include our planet, our nature, all countries and the entire humanity.)
Just by making it mandatory for all institutions receiving donations to be registered and audited with clear details of utilisation of funds will make the system more transparent. Donations cannot be stopped, but, can be regulated; by limiting it only for social causes identified by the govt. Any religious donations should be banned.
Hello All!!
During this lockdown situation… all donations should come forward and help people. If they are not coming out or spending their amount, all those donations should be banned. I urge at least 50% of the funds should help the people to come up in life. I want my people to live happily. If you have money in your account and not feeding your own children, what is the use of that amount. Instead… hang and die those who are having huge amount in their donations. Thanks to all the donations who are helping people. God bless
अगर विदेशी फंड हमारे देश के हित में है तो इसमें बुराई क्या है? भारत में गैर सरकारी संगठनों को एफसीआरए के तहत ईसाई मिशनरियों को ही अधिकांश फंडिंग मिलती रही है और वे जाहिर है इसका इस्तेमाल भारत में ही करते रहे हैं, इसमें बुराई कहाँ है??दुर्भावनाओं से ग्रस्त होकर यह निष्कर्ष निकालना कि इससे भारतीयों के स्थानीय धर्मों के रूढ़िवादी परम्परा के लिए अथवा भारत के हिन्दुइज्म के लिए घातक है, सरासर मूढ़ता है.
अगर इन पैसों का दुरूपयोग किसी खास धर्म के प्रचार-प्रसार के प्रयोजन के लिए होता है, तो सशंकित गैर सरकारी संगठन अथवा सरकारें इसकी हर प्रकार से निगरानी व जाँच के लिए स्वतंत्र है.
इससे इतर देश के हजारों मंदिरों में जो अकूत धन-सम्पदा एकत्रित हैं उसका जनहित व जनकल्याण कार्यों में इस्तेमाल हेतु कानून के बारे में यही सरकार क्यों नहीं कदम उठाती है??
दरअसल सवाल यह नहीं कि विदेशी दान पर प्रतिबंध लगाया जाए.बल्कि यह कि प्राप्त दानों का सही इस्तेमाल पर ईमानदारी से निगरानी की जाए और सभी दूर्भावनाओं से ऊपर है उठकर सभी प्रकार के दानों का इस्तेमाल राष्ट्र हित में हो इस बात की गारंटी हो यह भी सरकार का कर्तव्य हो,सुनिश्चित की जाए. दूर्भावनाओं से ग्रसित कदम राष्ट्र के लिए हमेशा हानिकारक साबित होगा. यह मेरी निजी राय है.
And, where is the dislike button?
I fully agree with Ginto Mathew. This is a small minded, and anxiety-ridden, screed. A great civilization and a confident democracy cannot close itself off to all influences without destroying itself.
If this is the thinking in the CBI, no wonder it is unable to close most cases under it’s investigation. Plenty of hypothetical arguments but zero evidence. No wonder so many CBI cases are thrown out of court. Since no Indian government is interested in areas like healthcare, education and basic welfare of the ordinary Indian, it is unjustifiable to ban NGOs that fill the gap. The day Indian governments sincerely start working for the welfare of the aam aadmi/aurat, NGOs will automatically become less relevant.
to all those amazing humans who regularly visit print:
just a few decades back, a vast majority of humans who lived in north-east of india (meghalaya, mizoram, manipur, nagaland) followed their centuries-old tribal religions. In just the past few decades “HUGE THANKS TO NGO” activity, today – these same people yearn for a white-skinned ars__ole born in nazareth as ‘saviour”. That is the power of these NGOs. Soon enough, these same people (who now hate their ancestral-tribal religions & ape nazareth-ian thoughts/ideologies) will fight against the Union of India and seek “independence”.
Personally – i disagree with ban of any sort (ban of assault rifles, ban on alcohol, ban on marijuana, ban on port) – and hence I stand against this M.N.Rao for this stance.
My idea would be:
1. Since 100+ crores of Indians have Aadhar Card & it is possible to create + link bank accounts for these people
2. For every Rs 100 that an NGO wants to spend to a cause that it holds important (say soul-harvesting, or spreading salafi-wahabi ideologies), a minimum of Rs 10,000 should be deposited in the account of each villager in a particular village
3. Each NGO will be assigned around 10,000 villages – and hence for making any contribution to “their” cause – they will first need to make the Rs 10,000 deposit to each villager (online deposit direct to the villager’s bank account)
4. The description on the transaction must necessarily read: “This deposit is made as mandated by Govt of India” – and it must also be in the language that the locals/villagers understand
This way – all the bharath-thodo forces can still operate their NGOs and continue to spread venom against the unity of India. But, they will have ZERO impact, since each villager will know that they got Rs 10,000 due to Govt rule on said NGOs.
If even 1% of these NGOs were truly empathetic/sympathetic to even a single Indian villager, you will see they voluntarily adapt this policy; but rest assured – these NGOs and their chamcha (like print, quint, wire, scroll etc) will fight such a legislation/advisory tooth and nail.
Allah hafiz
The Central Government should have the right to look into how the finances are being spent, but to shut down NGOs would be a stupid move. I am aware of many schools in the distressed areas being fully supported financially by NGOs where the local governments have not been able to serve and/ or help. Shutting down NGOs indiscriminately will put more of these section of the society in distress and obviate any future development of this segment of population.
It is because of this stance that has”Permitted” him inside CBI?? The fate of millions of kids in formative years suffer from Vitamin 12 deficiency in India.. That alone will reduce their IQ even lower than RSS IQ. What a shame. All yes man around are mum. Hope at least they feed chicken eggs to their kids., if the poor midday meals do not get it. Aheesh, what a dumb bell.
One wonders where the columnist would place institutions like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. 2. Diaspora contributing to study of ancient texts. If we get lucky, we might come across blueprints and working drawings for ICBMs with MIRV capabilities.
OMG., ignorance in India is so widespread and so deep. Doubt there is any odds for development.
Yeah. Why would one human being choose to help another one in need, unless there is an ulterior motive? It is beyond logic, isn’t it? Especially when we are flush with prosperity and jobs and healthcare for every section of society. But wait, not every human, only being a foreigner is the problem, and that too spending on real philanthropic work.. “donations made by the overseas citizens of India in their individual capacity from their personal funds, and not acting as agents or conduits for others, that too for the limited purpose of preservation, study, promotion and propagation of ancient Indian texts and traditional Indian knowledge, may be allowed.” So we are not rich enough to do this promotion and propagation of “tradition, and ancient texts” ourselves internally? What a shame!!! I am amazed at how narrow minded is the thinking of an ex- top civil service personnel in the country.
This too from a country whose very own ancient texts proclaimed things like :
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
(Whole world is one family)
Loka Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu
(Let the whole world be prosperous and peaceful)
Yatra Vishwam Bhawatveka Needam
(The whole world is a bird’s cage with all it diversity. The desire for well-being should include our planet, our nature, all countries and the entire humanity.)
Just by making it mandatory for all institutions receiving donations to be registered and audited with clear details of utilisation of funds will make the system more transparent. Donations cannot be stopped, but, can be regulated; by limiting it only for social causes identified by the govt. Any religious donations should be banned.