Lok Sabha Question No. 1603 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-26
Subject: Funding for NGOs
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE, AJAY (TENI) MISRA, SRINIVAS KESINENI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1603

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH  July, 2016/ SHRAVANA 4, 1938 (SAKA)

## FUNDING FOR NGOS

1603.

SHRI GODSE HEMANT TUKARAM:

SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI: SHRI KESINENI NANI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  total  number  of  Non-Governmental  Organisations  (NGOs) registered under the Foreign Contributions Regulations Act (FCRA) and the total funds received from abroad along with the details of NGOs which have received more than one crore rupees during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;

(b) whether the Government constantly monitors or has conducted any  inquiry  to  ensure  that  the  funds  received  by  the  NGOs  are utilised properly for the designated works/purposes during the said period and if so, the details and outcome thereof;

(c) whether the Government has received complaints with regard to misutilisation of foreign funds and violation of FCRA rules by NGOs and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  action  taken  against  them during the said period, NGO and State-wise; and

(d) whether the Government has any proposal to simplify rules and procedures for registration and audit process for the NGOs and if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the Government to ensure proper utilization of funds by NGOs?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a)  :    As  on  date,  33,091  Non-Governmental  Organisations  (NGOs) are  registered  under  the  Foreign  Contribution  Regulations  Act (FCRA)  and  the  total  funds  received  from  abroad  during  the  last three years and current year is  Rs.50944.54 crore.  The details of NGOs which have received more than one crore rupees during the last three years and the current year, State-wise is at annexure-I to IV.

(b) & (c): Government  monitor  funds  received  by  the  NGOs  and also  complaints/inputs  that  are  received  from  various  sources including  security  agencies  in  this  regard.  In  cases  of  violation  is taken  after  conducting  inspection  of  the  records  and  accounts giving due opportunity to the concerned association/NGO.   In 2014, penalty amounting to Rs. 51,99,526/- on 24 associations, in the year 2015 an amount of Rs.80,11,010/- on 71 associations and in the year 2016 an amount of Rs.32,78,717/on 08 associations for compounding  the  offence  for  receipt  and  utilization  of  foreign contribution without obtaining registration or prior permission under the  FCRA,  2010  was  imposed.    Notices  were  issued  to  around 21,000 associations in 2011 and to 10,343 associations in 2014 for not filing annual returns continuously for three years. Consequently, registration of 4138 associations was cancelled in July 2012 and of 10,020  in  March  2015  after  issue  of  show  cause  notices  to  such associations  and  giving  them  adequate  opportunity.  State  wise number of associations, whose FCRA registrations were cancelled during  the  said  period  is  at  annexure-V.    Names  of  associations against whom actions of cancellation has been taken are available on  the  website  www.fcraonline.nic.in  of  the  Ministry  of  Home Affairs.

(d): Recently,  a  number  of  steps  have  been  taken  for  enhancing the transparency, accountability and effective monitoring of foreign contribution  received  by  the  associations  registered  under  the FCRA, 2010 and rules and procedures have been simplified substantially by an amendment to the FCRR in 2015.

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## Annexure-I

State wise number of associations who have received foreign contribution more than one crore rupees during 2012-13

|   Sl. No. | State                     |   No. of NGOs |   Amount received (In Rupees) |
|-----------|---------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh            |           232 |                   1.06141e+10 |
|         2 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |             2 |                   4.67154e+07 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh         |             2 |                   4.60133e+07 |
|         4 | Assam                     |            34 |                   9.25775e+08 |
|         5 | Bihar                     |            44 |                   1.40974e+09 |
|         6 | Chandigarh                |             3 |                   1.14338e+08 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh              |            18 |                   3.44823e+08 |
|         8 | Delhi                     |           297 |                   2.36953e+10 |
|         9 | Goa                       |             7 |                   1.49408e+08 |
|        10 | Gujarat                   |           108 |                   3.85697e+09 |
|        11 | Haryana                   |             6 |                   8.55084e+07 |
|        12 | Himachal Pradesh          |            14 |                   1.71745e+09 |
|        13 | Jammu & Kashmir           |            10 |                   1.74583e+08 |
|        14 | Jharkhand                 |            41 |                   1.12994e+09 |
|        15 | Karnataka                 |           255 |                   1.00208e+10 |
|        16 | Kerala                    |           191 |                   8.28598e+09 |
|        17 | Madhya Pradesh            |            46 |                   1.69307e+09 |
|        18 | Maharashtra               |           199 |                   1.00725e+10 |
|        19 | Manipur                   |             9 |                   2.70906e+08 |
|        20 | Meghalaya                 |            15 |                   4.07014e+08 |
|        21 | Mizoram                   |             1 |                   1.00969e+07 |
|        22 | Nagaland                  |             7 |                   3.68547e+08 |
|        23 | Orissa                    |            56 |                   1.4026e+09  |
|        24 | Pondicherry               |             9 |                   2.02904e+08 |
|        25 | Punjab                    |            13 |                   9.75814e+08 |
|        26 | Rajasthan                 |            34 |                   1.15107e+09 |
|        27 | Sikkim                    |             1 |                   1.81388e+07 |
|        28 | Tamil Nadu                |           291 |                   1.53224e+10 |
|        29 | Tripura                   |             5 |                   7.52738e+07 |
|        30 | Uttar Pradesh             |            70 |                   1.70544e+09 |
|        31 | Uttarakhand               |            30 |                   8.90629e+08 |
|        32 | West Bengal               |           136 |                   6.2142e+09  |

Annexure-II State wise number of associations who have received foreign contribution more than one crore rupees during 2013-14

|   Sl. No. | State                     |   No. of NGOs |   Amount received (In Rupees) |
|-----------|---------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh            |           239 |                   1.23061e+10 |
|         2 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |             2 |                   4.16558e+07 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh         |             5 |                   8.10471e+07 |
|         4 | Assam                     |            33 |                   9.12251e+08 |
|         5 | Bihar                     |            42 |                   1.84763e+09 |
|         6 | Chandigarh                |             4 |                   1.59902e+08 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh              |            18 |                   4.48178e+08 |
|         8 | Dadar Nagar Haweli        |             1 |                   1.00315e+07 |
|         9 | Delhi                     |           303 |                   2.86337e+10 |
|        10 | Goa                       |             4 |                   1.4047e+08  |
|        11 | Gujarat                   |            97 |                   4.56924e+09 |
|        12 | Haryana                   |             7 |                   2.79772e+08 |
|        13 | Himachal Pradesh          |            20 |                   1.58569e+09 |
|        14 | Jammu & Kashmir           |            12 |                   2.06758e+08 |
|        15 | Jharkhand                 |            40 |                   1.1883e+09  |
|        16 | Karnataka                 |           267 |                   1.22082e+10 |
|        17 | Kerala                    |           213 |                   9.32618e+09 |
|        18 | Madhya Pradesh            |            45 |                   1.59306e+09 |
|        19 | Maharashtra               |           207 |                   1.24021e+10 |
|        20 | Manipur                   |            11 |                   3.028e+08   |
|        21 | Meghalaya                 |            13 |                   3.98205e+08 |
|        22 | Mizoram                   |             2 |                   2.3216e+07  |
|        23 | Nagaland                  |             8 |                   3.33736e+08 |
|        24 | Orissa                    |            74 |                   1.90422e+09 |
|        25 | Pondicherry               |            11 |                   2.58508e+08 |
|        26 | Punjab                    |            19 |                   1.41427e+09 |
|        27 | Rajasthan                 |            39 |                   1.5352e+09  |
|        28 | Sikkim                    |             2 |                   7.92475e+07 |
|        29 | Tamil Nadu                |           294 |                   1.57781e+10 |
|        30 | Tripura                   |             4 |                   8.61701e+07 |
|        31 | Uttar Pradesh             |            77 |                   2.10481e+09 |
|        32 | Uttarakhand               |            42 |                   1.27607e+09 |
|        33 | West Bengal               |           146 |                   7.13813e+09 |

Annexure-III State wise number of associations who have received foreign contribution more than one crore rupees during 2014-15

|   Sl. No. | State                     |   No. of NGOs |   Amount received (In Rupees) |
|-----------|---------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh            |           289 |                   2.63167e+10 |
|         2 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |             2 |                   1.33184e+08 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh         |             5 |                   1.06915e+08 |
|         4 | Assam                     |            34 |                   1.29605e+09 |
|         5 | Bihar                     |            62 |                   4.8493e+09  |
|         6 | Chandigarh                |             5 |                   2.93949e+08 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh              |            33 |                   1.23864e+09 |
|         8 | Dadar Nagar Haweli        |             1 |                   4.10004e+07 |
|         9 | Delhi                     |           398 |                   4.98351e+10 |
|        10 | Goa                       |            14 |                   3.82874e+08 |
|        11 | Gujarat                   |           144 |                   8.67106e+09 |
|        12 | Haryana                   |            14 |                   6.48476e+08 |
|        13 | Himachal Pradesh          |            28 |                   3.23478e+09 |
|        14 | Jammu & Kashmir           |            23 |                   5.22252e+08 |
|        15 | Jharkhand                 |            59 |                   2.43967e+09 |
|        16 | Karnataka                 |           355 |                   1.85008e+10 |
|        17 | Kerala                    |           244 |                   2.34847e+10 |
|        18 | Madhya Pradesh            |            78 |                   4.68755e+09 |
|        19 | Maharashtra               |           312 |                   2.49112e+10 |
|        20 | Manipur                   |            10 |                   2.99066e+08 |
|        21 | Meghalaya                 |            19 |                   5.76202e+08 |
|        22 | Mizoram                   |             1 |                   1.11989e+07 |
|        23 | Nagaland                  |             7 |                   4.09809e+08 |
|        24 | Orissa                    |            89 |                   2.80209e+09 |
|        25 | Pondicherry               |            18 |                   4.12725e+08 |
|        26 | Punjab                    |            22 |                   2.17801e+09 |
|        27 | Rajasthan                 |            61 |                   2.55182e+09 |
|        28 | Sikkim                    |             3 |                   1.19161e+08 |
|        29 | Tamil Nadu                |           384 |                   2.3165e+10  |
|        30 | Telangana                 |            21 |                   1.3768e+09  |
|        31 | Tripura                   |             5 |                   8.74985e+07 |
|        32 | Uttar Pradesh             |           102 |                   3.51488e+09 |
|        33 | Uttarakhand               |            52 |                   2.40142e+09 |
|        34 | West Bengal               |           174 |                   9.86782e+09 |

## Annexure-IV

State wise number of associations who have received foreign contribution more than one crore rupees during 2015-16 (As per returns filed as on 21.07.2016)

|   Sl. No. | State            |   No. of NGOs |   Amount received (In Rupees) |
|-----------|------------------|---------------|-------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh   |             5 |                   9.8926e+07  |
|         2 | Assam            |             2 |                   8.8996e+07  |
|         3 | Bihar            |             5 |                   3.18611e+08 |
|         4 | Chhattisgarh     |             1 |                   1.69217e+07 |
|         5 | Delhi            |            12 |                   2.30855e+09 |
|         6 | Gujarat          |            16 |                   4.95804e+08 |
|         7 | Himachal Pradesh |             2 |                   1.76917e+08 |
|         8 | Jharkhand        |             2 |                   2.41337e+07 |
|         9 | Karnataka        |            11 |                   2.58729e+08 |
|        10 | Kerala           |            20 |                   4.51439e+08 |
|        11 | Madhya Pradesh   |            10 |                   4.08417e+08 |
|        12 | Maharashtra      |            15 |                   4.51337e+08 |
|        13 | Manipur          |             2 |                   4.69982e+07 |
|        14 | Nagaland         |             3 |                   3.99125e+08 |
|        15 | Orissa           |             5 |                   1.23246e+08 |
|        16 | Rajasthan        |             1 |                   1.0553e+07  |
|        17 | Tamil Nadu       |            25 |                   9.52454e+08 |
|        18 | Telangana        |             8 |                   3.03098e+08 |
|        19 | Uttar Pradesh    |             7 |                   2.29757e+08 |
|        20 | Uttarakhand      |             4 |                   1.06523e+08 |
|        21 | West Bengal      |            22 |                   6.16772e+08 |

ANNEXURE-V State wise number of associations whose FCRA registration cancelled during

## 2012 to 2016(till date)

| Sl. No.   | State                     | No. of NGOs cancelled in 2012   | No. of NGOs cancelled in 2013   | No. of NGOs cancelled in 2014   | No. of NGOs cancelled in 2015   | No. of NGOs cancelled in 2016   |
|-----------|---------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh            | 670                             |                                 | 5                               | 945                             |                                 |
| 2.        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                                 |                                 | 2                               | 6                               |                                 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh         | 6                               |                                 |                                 | 27                              |                                 |
| 4         | Assam                     | 4                               |                                 | 1                               | 126                             |                                 |
| 5         | Bihar                     | 20                              |                                 | 5                               | 633                             |                                 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                | 6                               |                                 | 2                               | 12                              |                                 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh              | 7                               |                                 | 1                               | 34                              |                                 |
| 8         | Dadar Nagar Haweli        | 1                               |                                 |                                 |                                 |                                 |
| 9         | Daman & Diu               |                                 |                                 |                                 | 1                               |                                 |
| 10        | Delhi                     | 299                             | 1                               | 13                              | 382                             |                                 |
| 11        | Goa                       | 10                              |                                 |                                 | 46                              |                                 |
| 12        | Gujarat                   | 158                             |                                 | 2                               | 361                             |                                 |
| 13        | Haryana                   | 21                              | 1                               |                                 | 75                              |                                 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh          | 23                              |                                 | 2                               | 44                              |                                 |
| 15        | Jammu & Kashmir           | 5                               |                                 |                                 | 36                              |                                 |
| 16        | Jharkhand                 | 9                               |                                 | 2                               | 113                             |                                 |
| 17        | Karnataka                 | 296                             |                                 | 1                               | 804                             |                                 |
| 18        | Kerala                    | 450                             | 1                               | 2                               | 527                             |                                 |
| 19        | Madhya Pradesh            | 92                              |                                 | 1                               | 159                             |                                 |
| 20        | Maharashtra               | 352                             |                                 | 2                               | 964                             | 1                               |
| 21        | Manipur                   | 128                             |                                 |                                 | 289                             |                                 |
| 22        | Meghalaya                 | 9                               |                                 | 1                               | 32                              |                                 |
| 23        | Mizoram                   | 2                               |                                 |                                 | 15                              |                                 |
| 24        | Nagaland                  | 35                              |                                 | 1                               | 55                              |                                 |
| 25        | Orissa                    | 160                             |                                 | 3                               | 627                             |                                 |
| 26        | Pondicherry               | 6                               |                                 |                                 | 14                              |                                 |
| 27        | Punjab                    | 7                               |                                 | 1                               | 67                              |                                 |
| 28        | Rajasthan                 | 110                             |                                 | 1                               | 148                             |                                 |
| 29        | Sikkim                    |                                 |                                 |                                 | 10                              |                                 |
| 30        | Tamil Nadu                | 794                             |                                 | 5                               | 1062                            |                                 |
| 31        | Telangana                 |                                 |                                 | 5                               | 465                             |                                 |
| 32        | Tripura                   |                                 |                                 |                                 | 14                              |                                 |
| 33        | Uttar Pradesh             | 72                              | 1                               |                                 | 1144                            |                                 |
| 34        | Uttarakhand               | 2                               |                                 | 1                               | 47                              |                                 |
| 35        | West Bengal               | 384                             |                                 |                                 | 736                             |                                 |
|           | Total                     | 4138                            | 04                              | 59                              | 10020                           | 01                              |