250 NGOs blacklisted in State
Bhubaneswar
Planning and Coordination Minister Anang Uday Singh Deo on Thursday informed the Assembly that the State Governmnet has black listed 250 Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) as they were involved in anti-State works.
Giving a reply to a question of Sidharth Sekhar Singh and additional questions of Rabi Narayan Nanda, Amar Prasad Satapathy, Sananda Marandi, Nrusinhga Sahu, Satya Narayan Pradhan, Sanjay Das Burma, Minister said nearly 1.5 lakh NGOs are working in the State now and they had received foreign funding of Rs 5.40 crore in five years from 2004-05 to 2009.
He also informed that while 83 thousand NGOs have been taking up different works in district levels, 23, 719 have been registered in State level. Of the black listed NGOs, 84 working in Nayagarh district had received Rs 2.65 crore from all sources including Central and State Governments. Grants have been stopped to such NGOs, Minister informed.
Sing Deo said the NGOs are funded as per the guidelines which have been specially set for them. District collectors have been asked to look into the workings of the suspected NGOs, he said.
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