For all the wrong reasons
A journalist in the Press Club of Delhi wanted to know how to start a non-governmental organisation ( ngo ). It is the fastest way to make money, he said. You get grants worth several lakh rupees for doing nothing, just a little bit of writing. Which goes to show how little the media understands what is a ngo or what it does.
An excellent example of this is an article in The Times of India . The writer says that the government has just decided to blow the whistle on money-making ngo s. The author also examines the guidelines proposed to check the mushrooming of ngo s which are formed to make money. These guidelines have been proposed by the department of administrative reforms and public grievances. The government realises that it is time to amend the Societies Registration Act of 1860 and the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act ( fcra ).
The public at large would welcome a change in the Societies Registration Act. So would persons desirous of setting up a ngo . The reason in simple: the Act makes it mandatory that the organisational structure of a trust set up to manage a temple or a scientific research organisation be identical. There is no room for flexibility. How far these changes
Related Content
- Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding unscientific dumping of solid waste by the Municipal Council, Sopore, Jammu & Kashmir, 25/05/2022
- Precarious existence: Bhiwadi first, Pali third on air pollution list
- Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caued by Saravana Fine Yarns, Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu, 06/07/2017
- ‘Indians can take lead in fighting global warming’
- The trophy hunting debate- A case for ethics
- Pollution earned bad name for environment department