Category Archives: Foreign Funding

India emerging as a new face among donors

Posted on May 30, 2012 by SRRF

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

Posted on January 20, 2012 by SRRF

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

Posted on November 21, 2011 by SRRF

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

Posted on June 3, 2011 by SRRF

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

Posted on June 2, 2011 by SRRF

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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