TIA NEWS /
In an startling revelation, CBI has found that out the total 30.81 lakh NGOs registered under the Societies Registration Act, in the country, only 2.9 lakh NGOs filed annual returns with the authorities indicating their fund inflow and expenditure details.
Data provided to the Supreme Court by the CBI on non-government organisations on Friday was an eye opener for both the government and the society.
At the last count on September 1, the CBI found that there were 30,81,873 NGOs operating in India which would indicate a heartening trend of so many organisations working for the uplift of a large population.
On a petition filed by advocate M L Sharma alleging misuse of funds by an Anna Hazare-led NGO in Maharashtra, the SC had asked the CBI two years ago to count the number of NGOs and how many were filing annual income and expenditure details with the Registrar of Societies.
Sharma’s PIL had alleged misuse of funds by Hazare’s NGO Hind Swaraj Trust (HST). After the state government provided details of misuse of funds, a bench headed by Justice H L Dattu had on September 2, 2013, asked the CBI to find out details of funding of NGOs across India.
However Jammu & Kashmir with 147 NGOs and Mizoram with 34 NGOs were fully compliant with the law requiring annual filing of funding and expenditure details.