Category Archives: Foreign Funding

India emerging as a new face among donors

India was the largest recipient of foreign aid between 1951 and 1992. India received about $55 billion in foreign aid. Now, it seems a transformation is going to take place- India’s switch from world’s biggest recipient to donor is a … Continue reading

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Transfer of fund outside India by NGOs

Hi, Is there any Law enforced in India which prohibits  NGO based in India to make grant/contribution for a project to a foreign  individual or to an organization  of a foreign country? Looking forward to your response. Shekar IFA

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Govt to probe Danish funding

As per a report in Indian Express, the Govt of India has initiated an inquiry against some NGOs that foreign funds are being used to fan political unrest in the country, by creating a platform of protests and agitations against … Continue reading

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Likelihood of DFID withdrawing from India by 2011

There is a debate going on within the Government circles that India should intimate British Govt. that India no longer needed the aid. In a internal memo sent by Ministry of External Affairs to Ministry of Finance, exactly such position … Continue reading

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Time govt stopped foreign funding of Civil Society groups

DNA / R Vaidyanathan / Tuesday, May 10, 2011 2:45 IST Among the largest members of the Indian economy is the NGO sector or what is known as the Third Sector or Civil Society (other than government and private) in … Continue reading

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