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India's nonprofit sector facing a crisis? Here’s the inside scoopThe FCRA has undergone several amendments, with all governments scrutinising foreign contributions. The UPA government also cancelled FCRA ...21 Jul, 2024, 10.34 AM IST- HCLTech launches Climate Action Grant in Americas, commits $5 million to support NGOsThe HCLTech Grant program has been supporting India-based NGOs for the last eight years and is now being launched in the Americas to aid NG...19 Sep, 2023, 06.52 PM IST
- View: Foreign contribution towards social purposes contribute to the economy tooWith rapidly changing international polity, it is imperative that FCRA becomes more accommodative towards transnational philanthropic initi...11 Apr, 2022, 12.33 PM IST
- Supreme Court starts hearing plea against FCRA changesEarlier, Centre has told the Supreme Court that there is no fundamental right to receive unbridled foreign contributions without any regula...28 Oct, 2021, 11.57 PM IST
- ETIG Analysis: Need of a stimulus package for NGOsThe year 2020 has been a difficult year for NGOs in India (not just because of the pandemic) and the next year also potentially appears to ...05 Jan, 2021, 11.57 AM IST
- Under new FCRA rules, grassroot NGOs stare at an uncertain futureThe revised FCRA requires NGOs to receive foreign funding only at a designated bank branch in New Delhi, prevents them from transferring fo...09 Oct, 2020, 09.54 PM IST
- Torrent Group commits Rs 100 cr to fight COVID-19 pandemicThe Ahmedabad-headquartered company said it would contribute Rs 50 crore to the PM – CARES Fund and additional Rs 50 cr under various other...31 Mar, 2020, 02.33 PM IST
- Analysis: With CSR kitty bulging this year, increasing number and variety of donees are appealing companies for fundsA surge in net profit has been attributed to cut in corporate tax rate this fiscal, consequently the ‘2% of profit’ kitty earmarked for spe...11 Mar, 2020, 02.33 PM IST
- Health Ministry asks NGOs to adopt hospital wards, improve cleanliness under 'Kayakalp' initiative"I seek NGOs participation in creating awareness about promotive and preventive health at the grassroots, the level where the NGOs work," N...09 Jul, 2015, 04.27 PM IST
- NGOs important for effective implementation of government schemes: Najma HeptullahThe Minister's comments comes after the controversial offloading of environmental NGO Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai from a London-bound ...14 Jan, 2015, 04.05 PM IST
- Nita Ambani launches grassroots football movementThe ISL grassroots programme aims to reach out to a million young footballers in the first few years and expose them to the best practices ...07 Dec, 2014, 04.53 PM IST
- Food policy: The national fight against malnutritionThe absence of a national programme to fight malnutrition denies such a platform, and results in an information void on what interventions ...10 Mar, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
- Tribal NGOs misused grants to make private residences: MinistryThe ministry has also found that bureaucrats had changed rules to favour certain voluntary organisations that had been getting funds from t...04 Jun, 2012, 03.27 AM IST
- Kudankulam row: Government has problems with foreign-funded NGOs, but is comfortable with corporate lobbyingWhile the development sector, represented by NGOs, has difficulty in accessing policymakers, commercial or market forces have no such probl...03 Apr, 2012, 02.06 AM IST
- NABARD to provide micro financial services to 50mn familiesNABARD has set for itself an ambitious task of providing access to micro financial services to about 50 million rural families by linking f...02 Oct, 2008, 09.29 PM IST
- Governor stresses on impartial electionsNagaland Governor on Saturday asked government officials to function efficiently so that people could exercise their franchise to elect a n...26 Jan, 2008, 10.01 PM IST
- Handicrafts to get global boostRural handicrafts are set to get to leg up on marketing abroad with a joint venture between Exim Bank with the Khadi and Village Industries...03 May, 2007, 01.13 AM IST
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