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Summary of the lecture by Mathew Cherian Is financial viability of the Voluntary Sector a mirage? The way forward PART-II The common thread is LOCAL vs INTERNATIONAL FUNDING. Out of the 3.1 million organisations, merely 50,000 organisations are the struggling … Continue reading →

Summary of the lecture by Mathew Cherian Is financial viability of the Voluntary Sector a mirage? The way forward PART-I To begin with I would like to thank SRRF for the honour of inviting me to deliver the first Vijay … Continue reading →

Dear All, I would like to know about the FCRA Grant receiving before permission, A organization applied for FCRA permission on July 2018 and received approved on March 2019, Can organization allowed to received FCRA Grant for the period of … Continue reading →

Dear Members, We are an NGO registered in Trichy, Tamilnadu. The founder trustee resigned and as a result I (Dr.Uma) ‎became the managing trustee henceforth. The Supplementary Deed was registered in Trichy district Sub-Registrar ‎office. Pl. clarify the following. Should … Continue reading →

Dear Respected Friends, Greetings and New Year Wishes to you and to all SRRF team from Isaac Arulappan, Founder – Director of NGO namely Deva Kirubai Social Help Association managing an orphanage namely CORNERSTONE in a Village Mullippadi, Manapparai in … Continue reading →

Dear Members, ‎ I am working on registering a not-for-profit which will involve itself into research activities in ‎technology. The outcomes will be mostly public goods, in terms of papers, open source code, etc. ‎At the same time, it may … Continue reading →

FCRA Dept made DARPAN ID mandatory for filing FCRA Annual Return (FC-4) for all organization, although several NGOs could not generate Unique ID from the Darpan website. FCRA Dept has now stated that on representation made by various NGOs facing … Continue reading →

In Dec’17 FCRA Department had ordered NGOs to open their FCRA bank account with the banks integrated with Govt PFMS system within one month of its notice dated 21/12/2017. Most NGOs opened or shifted their bank account to PFMS compliant … Continue reading →

Dear Sir, We are a Society registered under Societies Registration Act, 1860. Majorly, our receipts are GRANTs, both FCRA and non-FCRA. We are registered under GST. Want to know, whether GST applicable on a GRANT (both FCRA and non-FCRA grants)? … Continue reading →