Author: Nina Benjamin
Publication: Deccan Herald
Date: February 1, 2004
URL: http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/feb012004/i3.asp
A Home Ministry official says most
of the NGOs who utilised the funds have not been able to make a difference
to the lives of those for whom the funds are meant.
As many 618 Banglore-based Non-Governmental
Organisations (NGOs) received a whopping Rs 362.2 crore funds from foreign
agencies during 2001-02, according to the Union Home Ministry's latest
annual Foreign Inward Remittance Report. Among the cities in India, Bangalore
tops the list of recipients, followed by Chennai with Rs 313.6 crore and
Mumbai with Rs 298 crore. Christian organisations are the largest beneficiaries
of this foreign funding.
As many as 1,192 NGOs in Karnataka,
registered under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act-1976 (FCRA), received
Rs 534 crore from foreign funding agencies during 2001-02 while the tally
for the previous year was Rs 486 crore. Of this amount, Christian NGOs
alone received Rs 471 crores. The Protestant groups received Rs 288 crores
and Catholics Rs 183 crore. Hindus, Muslims and others together got only
Rs 63 crores.
According to the Home Ministry sources
in New Delhi, the following NGOs are some of the major beneficiaries of
foreign funding in Bangalore during 2001-02: Church's Concern for Child
and Youth Care (CCCYC) Rs 30 crore, Campus Crusade for Christ Rs 24 crore.,
Mysore Resettlement and Develoment Agency (MYRADA) Rs 17.5 crore., Indian
Society of Church of Christ Rs 14.5 crore., Habitat for Humanity in India
Rs 5.7 crore, Christian Church in India Rs 4.5 crore, Bridge Foundation
Rs 4.5 crore, Karnataka Jesuit Education Rs 4.2 crore, and Veda Vigyan
Vidya Pita Rs 4 crore. Others included: Outreach Rs 3.8 crore., Samuha
Rs 3.7 crore, Humanistic Inst Rs 3.6 crore, Biblical Baptist Institutions
Incorp Rs 3.5 crore, and Bangalore Rural Education and Development Society
Rs 3 crore.
While Helping Hand Welfare Society
of the Seventh Day Adventists received Rs 2.8 crore, Precious Blood Ministries,
Partners in Child Development and "Search" received Rs 2.5 crore each.
SAIACS, Stewards Association and Southern Asia Bible College got Rs 2 crore
each. ACTS Ministries, Oasis India and Eternal Ministries received Rs 1.65
crore, Rs 1.5 crore and Rs 1.3 crore respectively. South India Baptist
College, Ceylon and India General Mission and India Mission Association
received Rs 1.25 crore each.
TAKING THE CAKE
States
Delhi Rs 794.4 crore
Tamil Nadu Rs 695.5 crore
AP Rs 559.6 crore
Karnataka Rs 534.0 crore
Cities
Bangalore Rs 362.2 crore
Chennai Rs 313.6 crore
Mumbai Rs 298.0 crore
