Direct and indirect Government-Funding to NGOs should be Stopped
Bureau,Odishabarta
New Delhi:Survey once conducted by students and alumnae of institutions like the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Delhi University (DU) and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) on government-funded organisations that claimed to be working for public welfare revealed widespread and systemic abuse.
Earlier also Intelligence Bureau report indicated about misuse of Indian NGOs for anti-national agenda by foreign-contributors where it was revealed that India GDP has been adversely affected to big extent of 2-3 percent through such foreign-funded NGOs. Many NGOs are said to have been funded for cultural evasion in India. Foreign-funded NGOs spend in rupees and receive funds in dollars by sending these foreign-contributors exaggerated photos and videos of events to get huge foreign-funding. Many NGOs are tools to divert foreign-funds of individuals. It may be some foreign powers may be funding Indian NGOs with aim of disruption in governance to destabilise the country.
Siphoning of government-funds for NGOs run by influential ones in political and bureaucratic circles in name of their family-members should be prevented by stopping any kind of direct or indirect funding of NGOs at public-expense including from funds at discretion of Parliamentarians and state-legislators. These NGOs pay lucrative salaries and perks to its officers who are either relation to power-filled politicians and bureaucrats, or of persons running these NGOs. Buildings built on land allotted on concessional rates to NGOs should become government-property because of large-scale funding already done to these NGOs by the government. According to a study-report, India has an NGO for every 400 citizens, where NGOs are mainly used as some business-shops by those owning these. Any provision of tax-exemption for donations made to NGOs should be abolished. However in the meanwhile all NGOs should be under purview of Right-To-Information (RTI) Act and also of Lokpal.
Input;Ms.Madhu
