By IANS
New Delhi : Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) received Rs.78.77 billion as foreign contribution during 2005-06, the parliament was informed Tuesday.
In a written reply, Minister of State for Home, Sriprakash Jaiswal told Lok Sabha that during this period, under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976, 13,574 associations did not submit the statutory annual returns of receipt and utilisation of foreign contribution.
Giving the figures for the last three years, he said during 2004-05, the NGOs got Rs.62.45 billion while in this period 11,781 did not submit their annual returns.
In 2003-04, the NGOs got Rs.51.05 billion while 11,206 did not file the annual statutory returns, he said.
The minister said the government had placed 8,673 NGOs under the prior permission category for securing foreign contributions, as they had not submitted their annual returns for three consecutive years 2001-02, 2002-03 and 2003-04.