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Topic: NGOs

Grief transcends barriers as Hindu, Muslim civil groups work 24/7 to serve Air India crash victims’ kin

Around half a dozen organisations, from Ram Shyam Charitable Trust to Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, are stationed at BJ Medical College, offering energy drinks, tea & food.

How Ahmedabad NGO mobilised 200 volunteers & collected 900 units of blood within hrs of Air India crash

Anticipating a high number of injured, NGO Sahaay, with support from the Ahmedabad chapter of Red Cross, launched a blood donation drive that is ongoing.

We went to rural India with a ‘let’s teach them’ attitude. Then it reversed: Aruna Roy

In her memoir, 'The Personal is Political', Aruna Roy supports the argument that leaders can be identified in rural areas and empowered with skills.

Rural India’s mental health crisis not invisible anymore. Private ‘champions’ are taking charge

Private players like the LiveLoveLaugh Foundation and Mariwala Health Foundation are bridging mental health gaps with their community programmes in villages across India.

Govt amends FCRA Rules, asks NGOs to declare movable & immovable assets acquired from foreign funds

Ministry of home affairs sources say the amendment, issued Monday, is meant to make the system more ‘transparent’ and NGOs more ‘accountable’.

Political lobbyists are pretending to be NGOs & fooling tax dept. Modi govt defanging them

How can it be that if Indian State invokes a common law principle so clearly enunciated in the US, it suddenly becomes a fascist enemy of decent NGOs?

Reshaping lives and empowering the Transgender community

Literacy India was established in 1996 as a non-profit organization with the primary objective of providing education, employ-enablement and empowerment to vulnerable communities.

Fake invoices, impersonation, hawala bribes: How ‘nexus’ of officials & NGOs ran FCRA scam

CBI probing how licences were granted & renewed for bribes, based on complaint filed by MHA. 36 persons, including 7 officials, are named in FIR, and 14 have been arrested.

Foreign donations not absolute right, NGOs should look for Indian donors, SC rules on FCRA

SC upholds constitutional validity of Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2020, says it serves to safeguard India’s ‘sovereignty and integrity’.

Oxfam among 6,000 organisations to lose FCRA licence, MHA says 5,789 didn’t apply for renewal

The organisations are among a cumulative 12,580 whose FCRA licence — which allows them to get foreign funding — has ceased to exist over the past few years.

On Camera

India’s solar ambition needs financial vision – ISA must move from commitments to execution

The ISA should champion a Global Solar Asset Registry for standardised project information, and establish a Solar Credit Guarantee mechanism to mitigate political and currency risks.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

3 top ULFA-I leaders ‘killed’ in Myanmar, Indian Army denies role as insurgent group alleges involvement

The banned group claimed their leaders & cadres were killed in ‘drone strikes’ by the Indian Army. Guwahati Defence PRO denies any such operation.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.