surajmal Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 As a first step to fast-tracking development high on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s agenda, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) has submitted a classified document identifying several foreign-funded non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that are “negatively impacting economic developmentâ€. “A significant number of Indian NGOs (funded by some donors based in the US, the UK, Germany, The Netherlands and Scandinavian countries) have been noticed to be using people centric issues to create an environment which lends itself to stalling development projects,†says the IB report marked to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). “The negative impact on GDP growth is assessed to be 2-3 per cent per annum,†says the June 3 report, identifying seven sectors/ projects that got stalled because of NGO-created agitations against nuclear power plants, uranium mines, coal-fired power plants, farm biotechnology, mega industrial projects, hydroelectric plants and extractive industries. While detailing what it calls “anti-development†activities by the NGOs during 2011-13, the 21-page report highlights their plans for 2014 and the areas that would come under pressure. These include a campaign against palm oil imports from Indonesia and disposal of e-waste of Indian IT firms, organising construction workers in urban areas, protests against identified projects such as Gujarat’s Special Investment Regions, Par Tapi Narmada River Interlinking Project and the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor. The report says that while caste discrimination, human rights and big dams were earlier chosen by international organisations to discredit India at global forums, the recent shift in the choice of issues was to encourage “growth-retarding campaigns†focused on extractive industries, genetically-modified organisms and foods, climate change and anti-nuclear issues. According to the report, the funding for such campaigns came from foreign donors under charitable garb for issues ranging from protection of human rights, violence against women, caste discrimination, religious freedom etc or to provide a “just deal†to the project-affected displaced persons or for protection of livelihood of indigenous people. The NGOs become the central players in setting the agenda, drafting documents, writing in the media, highlighting scholars-turned-activists and lobbying diplomats and government, it says. “These foreign donors lead local NGOs to provide field reports which are used to build a record against India and serve as tools for the strategic foreign policy interests of the Western government,†adds the report. “The strategy serves its purpose when the funded Indian NGOs provide reports, which are used to internationalise and publicise the alleged violations in international fora. All the above is used to build a record against a country or an individual in order to keep the entity under pressure and under a state of under-development,†says the IB report. Four NGOs were put under the scanner in 2012 for allegedly fuelling protests against the Kudankulam nuclear project in Tamil Nadu. The accounts of several Indian NGOs were put in the watch list with regard to allegations of funds diversion, after a discreet probe by security agencies with the help of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and Central Economic Intelligence Bureau. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/foreign-aided-ngos-are-actively-stalling-development-ib-tells-pmo-in-a-report/ The jig is up. Aaptards, commies, missionaries, treehuggers , poverty pornographers, anti developments hags, Human Rights hacktivists etc etc. Time to pack your bags and kindly feck off for ever.
diga Posted June 8, 2014 Posted June 8, 2014 nothing new.. since India doesnt allow lobbying for policy decisions, something to subvert the process
JaiRamesh2 Posted June 8, 2014 Posted June 8, 2014 The parasite Teesta Setalvad and her husband come to mind, using donations meant for victims rehabilation for wine, jewellery, expensive clothes, foreign holidays... They ran a very slick operation to fund their lifestyle.
G_B_ Posted June 8, 2014 Posted June 8, 2014 This is nothing new. The western NGO's have done the very same thing in African countries. Its only now that the Chinese are providing a counter to them in Africa. Just how dumb is the congress anyways. They lost their seat in government due to these people. I think India gets 5-6 billion in terms of aid via governments and the ngos. That needs to be stopped and scrutinized. China threw these guys out a long time ago. IF you notice the western press keeps highlighting the bad parts of china.
velu Posted June 8, 2014 Posted June 8, 2014 Anti-nuclear power guy comes to come my mind , he was against kudankulam power plant. He is against the plant and created a scene that whole south tamilnadu is with him. In the elections he contested for AAP in kanyakumari and got 15,000 votes.
cowboysfan Posted June 8, 2014 Posted June 8, 2014 I think there is some truth to this but not sure what the government can do about non profit organizations.
surajmal Posted June 11, 2014 Author Posted June 11, 2014 I think there is some truth to this but not sure what the government can do about non profit organizations. Government can stop foreign funding into NGOs outright or at the very least it can setup a check that decides which NGOs will be allowed foreign funding.
surajmal Posted June 11, 2014 Author Posted June 11, 2014 Greenpeace a Threat to Economic Security, Says Intelligence Bureau Report New Delhi: Greenpeace on Wednesday dismissed accusations levelled by the Intelligence Bureau that it was foreign funded and it aimed at stalling development. "Greenpeace India believes that a lot of the facts are misrepresented; the intent of the campaigns are deliberately misunderstood and this is a conscious attempt to crush and stifle opposing voices in the civil society," said Greenpeace India spokesperson Abhishek Pratap in Delhi. Addressing a press conference, he said the organisation was a threat not to development but to powerful corporate interests that "seek to bulldoze clearances at the cost of millions of people and the environment". He dismissed accusations that Greenpeace India was receiving foreign funds. "As far as the source of funding is concerned, Greenpeace India is funded by individual supporters in India. Greenpeace does not accept any donation from corporate or government entities. In the year 2013-2014, Greenpeace India raised around Rs.20 crore from over three lakh individual supporters in India," Mr Pratap added. He said that Greenpeace India through its campaigns hopes the new government will take bold measures to take India away from dependence on dirty coal and dangerous nukes to a future that not only meets the growth aspirations of the people, but also ensures equity in access to energy, and also keeps the carbon emission level under check. "Instead of destroying our forests to access the coal underneath, we believe that our country should embrace the ambitious uptake of renewable energy and energy efficiency to meet the rapidly increasing energy needs of our growing country," said Mr Pratap. An IB report dated June 3 on "foreign-funded NGOs negatively impacting economic development in India" apprised the prime minister's office that Greenpeace India has helped conduct anti-nuclear agitations and mounted "massive efforts to take down India's coal-fired power plants and coal mining activity". Mr Pratap, however, said the government has shut its eyes to ecological sustainability in the name of coal mining. He rubbished reports that Greenpeace has violated the provisions of the Foreign Contribution Act of 2010, and financed sympathetic studies at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences and IIT-Delhi. "How can the IB come to that conclusion? We have never been served any notice for violating the provisions of the Foreign Contribution Act," Mr Pratap said. He added the studies at TISS and IIT-Bombay - he clarified it was not IIT-Delhi - were to outsource the report on health impact and water being diverted in the Vidarbha region respectively. "Yes, money was given by Greenpeace. We wanted to outsource report from IIT-Bombay on water being diverted in the Vidarbha region despite farmers struggling for water for their crops," Mr Pratap said. He said that contrary to reports, Greenpeace did not support any Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate in the 2014 Lok Sabha election. "We had asked Pankaj Singh (AAP candidate from Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh) to resign as Greenpeace consultant when he decided to contest election, which was purely a personal decision for him," Mr Pratap said. Mr Pratap rejected any notion that Greenpeace is renewing its campaign internationally to highlight that Indian IT/ITeS firms do not meet global standards on e-waste emissions. "The truth is that we had recommended EVS legislation in the country. The government acted on the recommendation and we had the EVS Management and Handling Rule of 2012. We have all the right to ask whether companies are acting on the rule. We have asked this to four Indian and 18 global companies," Mr Pratap said. http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/greenpeace-a-threat-to-economic-security-says-intelligence-bureau-report-539923 I said, NGOs will come under the hammer under this government. Why do you think people in the AAP are quitting?
asterix Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 Foreign-aided NGOs are actively stalling development, IB tells PMO in a report ^ Nothing gonna happen especially to AAP.... I'm ready to get PWND by Modi again...
someone Posted June 19, 2014 Posted June 19, 2014 Why NGOs need to be brought down from their high pedestal Good article, don't really understand brouhaha over this report.
Crookbond Posted June 19, 2014 Posted June 19, 2014 IB’s NGO-scare report to Modi plagiarises from old Modi speech http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/ibs-ngo-scare-report-to-modi-plagiarises-from-old-modi-speech/
surajmal Posted July 3, 2014 Author Posted July 3, 2014 Maharajas among NGO’s: A category of NGOs are registered with Ministry of Home Affairs -under Foreign contributions regulations Act [ FCRA] –These can be called Euro or Dollar NGOs who get funds from private charities as well as Government organizations abroad. The salient features for 2011-2012 are as follows: I. A total of 43,527 Associations have been registered under the FCRA until 31 March 2012. During 2011-12, as many as 2001 associations were granted registration and 304 associations were given prior permission to receive foreign contributions. II. 22,702 Associations reported a total receipt of Rs11,546.29 crore as foreign contributions. III. Delhi reported the highest receipt of foreign donations at Rs2,285.75 crore, followed by Tamil Nadu (Rs1,704.76 crore) and Andhra Pradesh (Rs1,258.52 crore). IV. Among districts, Chennai reported the highest foreign donations (Rs889.99 crore), followed by Mumbai (Rs825.40 crore) and Bangalore (Rs812.48 crore). V. The list of donor countries is headed by the US (Rs3,838.23crore), followed by UK (Rs1,219.02 crore), and Germany (Rs1,096.01 crore). VI. The list of foreign donors is topped by the Compassion International, US (Rs183.83 crore), followed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, US (Rs130.77 crore), and the Kinder Not Hilfe (KNH), Germany (Rs51.76 crore). VII. World Vision of India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (Rs233.38 crore) received the highest foreign donations among NGOs, followed by the Believers Church India Pathanamthitta, Kerala (Rs190.05 crore) and Rural Development Trust, Ananthapur, AP (Rs144.39 crore) VIII. The highest foreign contribution was received and utilized for--Rural Development (Rs945.77 crore), Welfare of Children (Rs929.22 crore), Construction and Maintenance of school/colleges (Rs824.11 crore) and Research (Rs539.14 crore). Activities other than those mentioned above received Rs2,253.61 crore. http://www.moneylife.in/article/foreign-funding-and-the-maharajas-among-ngos/37943.html A major chunk of the foreign funding is actually for soul harvesting. Not surprised, since one these fecktards has been spreading the good word on this very forum for the last couple of years.
Crookbond Posted July 3, 2014 Posted July 3, 2014 New report shows how Hindutva groups operate in US, send money to India http://scroll.in/article/668870/New-report-shows-how-Hindutva-groups-operate-in-US,-send-money-to-India
diga Posted July 3, 2014 Posted July 3, 2014 DM indulging in exactly the same practice that he advices others not to... posts what the other side is doing instead of saying whether foreign NGO's impede development
randomGuy Posted July 3, 2014 Posted July 3, 2014 BJP is the master in spreading propaganda , conspiracy theories.
Number Posted July 3, 2014 Posted July 3, 2014 Scroll.in ? I see many writers who used to write for Tehleka before Tarun Tejpal case on this site now.
Crookbond Posted July 3, 2014 Posted July 3, 2014 DM indulging in exactly the same practice that he advices others not to... posts what the other side is doing instead of saying whether foreign NGO's impede development Your post is quite interesting. I am posting exactly about "foreign NGOs" spending money for "soul harvesting" with ulterior motives. What is the "other side" here?
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