Three more NGOs receive show-cause notices

NEW DELHI: The Centre has slapped showcause notices on three more NGOs on charges of diversion of foreign contributions to uses other than declared purposes registered under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA).

It has also sent questionnaires to 9 other NGOs. All 16 NGOs against whom action has been initiated are based in Tamil Nadu and are suspected of routing funds from foreign donors to fuel the agitation against the Kudankulam nuclear power project. Notices were issued to East Coast Research and Development Trust, Tuticorin Multipurpose Social Service Society and People’s Education for Action and Liberation on charges of diverting contributions from European donors to either personal use by office-bearers or declaring enduses that could not be verified.

Similar suspicions of diversion of funds to uses other than declared purpose have also led the government to sent questionnaires to NGOs like Tamil Nadu Foundation, Gandhian Unit for Integrated Development and Education, AID India, Centre for Promotion of Social Concerns, South Asia Community Centre for Education and Research, AJK Educational and Charitable Trust, IDEA and Leadership Education and Advancement of Dalits.