Monthly Archives: September 2012

STATE WISE LIST OF FCRA CANCELLED ASSOCIATIONS

Posted on September 29, 2012 by SRRF

Dear Sir, Our Institute Bal Bharti Society is 40 Yrs old. Earlier, it was run in rented building Nr. Gulab Baugh Udaipur, but since 2003 we have shifted to our own premises. BBS was registered under FCRA in 1991 (FCRA … Continue reading →

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Can we make difference to ‘Nakushis’

Posted on September 22, 2012 by SRRF

Injustices towards girl children are well documented to be repeated here. While Maharashtra has been struggling with a declining child sex ratio and is ranked among the five worst states in the country. The reasons are the same as elsewhere: … Continue reading →

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FCRA Cancellation

Posted on September 20, 2012 by SRRF

Dear Friends, Greetings from CWS, Hyderabad! This is with reference to the cancellation of the FCRA registrations of approximately 4200 NGOs across India. I am trying to seek certain clarification from all of you: MoHA has not frozen the bank … Continue reading →

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Civic Agencies need to be made accountable

Posted on September 17, 2012 by SRRF

Most of the fatal accidents in roads are due to pedestrians preferring surface crossing rather than subways. However a recent survey conducted, indicates that a large number of people prefer surface crossing rather than subways. One of the contributing factors … Continue reading →

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Debate on Cash Transfers or PDS continues

Posted on September 15, 2012 by SRRF

As the Govt moves closer to adopting Cash Transfer model instead of providing subsidized food grains, there are continuing debates. For example, even questions are being raised which option is better cash transfer or food coupons. In a survey undertaken … Continue reading →

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Inquiry regarding registration

Posted on September 14, 2012 by SRRF

I am from a Delhi registered organization “Saambhavi “. We also have 2 offices in Uttrakhand,  I just wanted to inquire are we not eligible to apply for a grant from Uttrakhand Govt. or  any other National / International funding … Continue reading →

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Useable footpaths are the first step

Posted on September 13, 2012 by SRRF

Pedestrian safety remains one of the major agenda of SRRF. In a recent SRRF article, http://blog.srr-foundation.org/?p=1030; issue of reduction in road fatalities during the current year was discussed. Another issue that SRRF has been working upon is the condition of … Continue reading →

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Adverse effect of Mining in Goa

Posted on September 12, 2012 by SRRF

In this period, when politically mining is on top of the agenda, perhaps one could also look into the adverse impact of mining on environment. This is a case study of Goa. Bellary in Karnataka is famous (or should it … Continue reading →

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Melghat – Success in NREGA

Posted on September 5, 2012 by SRRF

Generally it is acknowledged that NREGA has partly succeeded in providing money to manual labour in rural areas (reflected in reported shortage of farm labour in Punjab from other states); however often it is felt that the money so provided … Continue reading →

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Applicability of TDS

Posted on September 4, 2012 by SRRF

Dear all, Greetings from CCDS,Bankura. We are a registered society working deep in the forest fringe villages for upliftment of standard of livings of poor villagers,mostly SC & STs. We have got registration u/s12A of I T Act 1961. We … Continue reading →

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