Naresh Kumar Vaid, Director , Vaids ICS

AFTER thorough investigation, Home Ministry has prepared a list of 103 NGOs involved in anti national activities or funding of terrorists or are engaged in illegal conversion. The Ministry has handed over the list to Ministry of Foreign Affairs for further investigation. ACCORDING to Government of India, there are about 30 lakh NGOs in the country out of which about 40,000 seek foreign funds under Foreign Contribution Regulation Act ( FCRA ) about half of which do not fulfil their obligations under the Act, i.e. either not revealing their sources of funds or not submitting proper audited accounts or diverting their funds for unspecified purposes. Of these only 103 have been listed for further investigations. Why not others? NGO sector has witnessed a boom in the years of globalisation. It has almost become an industry. These days, it has become a status symbol to form an NGO or to be associated with an NGO of some repute. It was not the case previously. A REPORT from the US clear...

THE world is plagued with severe crises economic and political. The country too is struggling to fight corruption, Maoism and a host of other issues and I have decided to write on this trivial issue. Surprising? Shocking? THREE Cheers for Montek Singh Ahluvalia and his team at the Planning Commission (of course, headed by our beloved, honest Prime Minister). In one stroke, they have improved the economy of Common Man by redefining the poverty in terms of Rs. 32/day and Rs. 25/day respectively for the urban and the rural folk. NOW they have a bigger task ahead. By the same norm, they should redefine creamy layer by including everyone earning more than Rs. 50/day or more. They should also start taxing income above the bpl limit. This way the government will earn more than it can handle, and so, will have to open account(s) with Swiss Bank. THEY can also advise the government to decide the salaries and perks of our elected representatives as also the bureaucracy accordingly and reformula...