NEW DELHI, Oct 15:
IIM Kolkata, Aligarh Muslim University and Delhi’s Lady Shri Ram College for Women are among 4,739 institutions and NGOs that have not disclosed to the government their foreign funding and expenditure for 2015 -16, according to the Home Ministry said.
According to the ministry documents, accessed, the 4,739 institutions and voluntary organisations have not filed their annual returns for 2015-16, thus failing to submit details of their annual income and expenditure for the year.
All these institutions and voluntary organisations are registered under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010 and it is mandatory for them to file returns every year.
Those which have not filed returns for 2015-16 include IIM Kolkaka, IIM Lucknow, Aligarh Muslim University, Delhi’s Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi College of Engineering, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Delhi, and the Indira Gandhi National Centre For Arts, Delhi.
Others in the list include Vivekananda Foundation, Mysore, Islamic University of Science and Technology, Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, and Nehru Indira Rajiv Memorial Association for Needies, Koraput, Odisha.
The Modi Government, which has tightened the rules for NGOs, has already cancelled registration of more than 10,000 non-governmental organisations in the last three years for alleged non-filing of annual returns as mandated in the FCRA. (PTI)
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