Lok Sabha Question No. 2365 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-30
Subject: Mandatory Registration of NGOs
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: ADVOCATE NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2365 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.11.2016

## MANDATORY REGISTRATION OF NGOS

## 2365. ADV. NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has made it mandatory for all NGOs to register with NITI Aayog to receive grantin-aid from Ministries/Departments of Government of India and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the total number of NGOs registered in the country so far, State-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  finalised  any  new  devise  to  make  the  financial  dealings  to  NGOs  more transparent and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the existing practice of releasing instalments after receipt of utilisation certificate will continue or the Government is contemplating any role of the concerned State Government in certifying the actual work done by NGOs; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) Yes,  Madam;  it  is  mandatory  now  for  all  the  Non-Government  Organisations  (NGOs)/  Voluntary Organisations (VOs) to sign up on the NGO-DARPAN Portal to obtain a system generated Unique ID before applying for grant under any scheme of the Central Government Departments/ Ministries.
- (b) As on 24.11.2016 (10:45 am), a total of 81,353 NGOs/VOs have signed up on the NGO-DARPAN Portal. Statewise details are given at Annexure I. Out of the total, 17,061 NGOs/VOs have furnished their PAN details, state-wise break-up of which are given at Annexure II.
- (c) In order to make the financial dealings with NGOs more transparent, inter alia, the following steps have been taken:
- (i) NGO-DARPAN Portal has been redesigned with provision for unique identifier.
- (ii) No financial grants to be disbursed to the NGOs during the current financial year without obtaining a Unique ID number generated from the NGO-DARPAN portal of NITI Aayog, including the cases where part grants had been released earlier.
- (iii) Provision has been made in the portal to capture PAN details of each entity/NGO along-with PAN and Aadhar details of at least three of its office bearers. All fresh entities have to sign up on the portal with these details.
- (iv) Ministries/Departments have been asked to develop IT applications for end-to-end processing of applications from the NGOs/VOs for sanction/ release of grants. All applications have to be processed in online mode only from after 31 st March, 2017.
- (d) & (e)  Yes, Madam; the existing practice of NGOs/VOs to furnish Utilization Certificate (UC) of the grants received will continue as it is mandatory as per the provisions of General Financial Rules (GFRs). However in order to  ensure  greater  accountability  and  transparency  in  the  functioning  of  NGOs/VOs,  the  'Common  Guidelines  for Implementation  of  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  (CSS)/Central  Sector  (CS)  Schemes  through  Non-Government Organisations (NGOs)' circulated in September, 2015, already stipulate that 'States need to be closely involved in recommending not only NGOs but also field supervision of the projects implemented by the NGOs. Recommendations of States should be obtained every third year for Established Voluntary Agencies (EVAs) who are in regular receipt of grant under any scheme'.

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Annexure I as referred in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2365 for answer on 30.11.2016 regarding mandatory registration of NGOs.

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT           | Number of NGOs/VOs   |
|-----------|----------------------------|----------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman and Nicobar Island | 35                   |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh             | 5179                 |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh          | 264                  |
| 4.        | Assam                      | 2335                 |
| 5.        | Bihar                      | 3922                 |
| 6.        | Chandigarh                 | 145                  |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh               | 785                  |
| 8.        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli     | 11                   |
| 9.        | Daman and Diu              | 16                   |
| 10.       | Delhi                      | 4768                 |
| 11.       | Goa                        | 95                   |
| 12.       | Gujarat                    | 3632                 |
| 13.       | Haryana                    | 1216                 |
| 14.       | Himachal Pradesh           | 462                  |
| 15.       | Jammu and Kashmir          | 910                  |
| 16.       | Jharkhand                  | 1605                 |
| 17.       | Karnataka                  | 3679                 |
| 18.       | Kerala                     | 1736                 |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep                | 13                   |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh             | 4080                 |
| 21.       | Maharashtra                | 9341                 |
| 22.       | Manipur                    | 2046                 |
| 23.       | Meghalaya                  | 220                  |
| 24.       | Mizoram                    | 98                   |
| 25.       | Nagaland                   | 408                  |
| 26.       | Orissa                     | 3871                 |
| 27.       | Puducherry                 | 185                  |
| 28.       | Punjab                     | 787                  |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                  | 2765                 |
| 30.       | Sikkim                     | 97                   |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu                 | 4901                 |
| 32.       | Tripura                    | 326                  |
| 33.       | Uttar Pradesh              | 12715                |
| 34.       | Uttarkhand                 | 1069                 |
| 35.       | West Bengal                | 7636                 |
|           | Total                      | 81,353               |

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Annexure II as referred in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2365 for answer on 30.11.2016 regarding mandatory registration of NGOs.

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT           | Number of NGOs/VOs   |
|-----------|----------------------------|----------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman and Nicobar Island | 8                    |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh             | 1098                 |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh          | 76                   |
| 4.        | Assam                      | 466                  |
| 5.        | Bihar                      | 735                  |
| 6.        | Chandigarh                 | 41                   |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh               | 215                  |
| 8.        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli     | 5                    |
| 9.        | Daman and Diu              | 5                    |
| 10.       | Delhi                      | 1034                 |
| 11.       | Goa                        | 21                   |
| 12.       | Gujarat                    | 628                  |
| 13.       | Haryana                    | 294                  |
| 14.       | Himachal Pradesh           | 104                  |
| 15.       | Jammu and Kashmir          | 196                  |
| 16.       | Jharkhand                  | 335                  |
| 17.       | Karnataka                  | 775                  |
| 18.       | Kerala                     | 373                  |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep                | 1                    |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh             | 1039                 |
| 21.       | Maharashtra                | 1885                 |
| 22.       | Manipur                    | 615                  |
| 23.       | Meghalaya                  | 43                   |
| 24.       | Mizoram                    | 35                   |
| 25.       | Nagaland                   | 107                  |
| 26.       | Orissa                     | 922                  |
| 27.       | Puducherry                 | 61                   |
| 28.       | Punjab                     | 150                  |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                  | 549                  |
| 30.       | Sikkim                     | 20                   |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu                 | 1010                 |
| 32.       | Tripura                    | 75                   |
| 33.       | Uttar Pradesh              | 2187                 |
| 34.       | Uttarkhand                 | 261                  |
| 35.       | West Bengal                | 1692                 |
|           | Total                      | 17,061               |

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