Author Archives: SRRF

FCRA Order quashed by High Court

Posted on November 16, 2012 by SRRF

To the anguish of all those NGOs whose FCRA registrations have been cancelled. We bring to you some hope. Madras High Court has quashed FCRA cancellation orders of two NGOs, Rural Uplift Centre and Good Vision, both based in Kanyakumari, … Continue reading →

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Counting the Homeless in Delhi

Posted on October 23, 2012 by SRRF

As per a study titled ‘Homeless Survey-2010’ undertaken by UNDP, the official estimate of number of homeless people living without any shade or shelter in Delhi stands at 55,955. Unique Identification Authority of India has also accepted the survey for … Continue reading →

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Service tax and NGos

Posted on October 23, 2012 by SRRF

Hi, We (GVNML organization having state registration that is 1958, society and 12 AA ) also and we had did IEC activities (community participation in drinking water supply to 265 villages) we need to pay service tax. We are getting … Continue reading →

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Sludge to run buses in an environmentally clean way

Posted on October 19, 2012 by SRRF

Ambitious as it may sound, but Delhi plans to run its buses on biogas produced from waste and dirty sludge. After CNG, the national capital is all set to run its public transport fleet on biogas!!!  Although, Delhi already boasts … Continue reading →

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TDS on International payment for NGO

Posted on October 13, 2012 by SRRF

Dear members, We have also a query on TDS on  International transaction/payment . Our organisation has  FCRA & 12A Certificate.  If any funder (abroad) has deducted any TDS from our payment . What is the remedy  to claim that TDS … Continue reading →

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Trusts/societies and Companies Act-section 25

Posted on October 13, 2012 by SRRF

Dear Friends, Given the resource crunch, NGOs/CSOs have to think of earning for serving. So as not to get entangled in Tax web, some of them are planning to go for separate body under (not- for-profit) Companies Act-25. They can’t … Continue reading →

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Service tax liability for NGO

Posted on October 11, 2012 by SRRF

I have a query on service tax payment & registration:- Our organization has got 12 AA registration. For the car hiring charges/security charges do we need to register ourself for the service tax and do we need to pay the … Continue reading →

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Slums contribute most to city’s economy but continue to remain eyesores

Posted on October 9, 2012 by SRRF

Slums are part and parcel of most cities. In fact in India slums cover 30-50% of the population. Different governments have tried to solve the problem of slums in their own ways, for example, Madhya Pradesh started with grant of … Continue reading →

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Unregulated growth of markets add to woes of pedestrians

Posted on October 8, 2012 by SRRF

SRRF Dialogue has been consistently highlighting the issue of pedestrian safety. In a recent article in Hindustan times, the issue of pedestrian safety has been raised.  It has been quoted that pavements & roads in Amar Market in Delhi has … Continue reading →

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Marginalised Catching up with others

Posted on October 5, 2012 by SRRF

For India, development has always being a mixed bag of opportunities as well as neglect and deprivations. It is a well established fact that majority of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, landless agricultural labourers, poor farmers and slum dwellers, etc … Continue reading →

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