Of a total of 29,99,623 trusts which are functioning as NGOs, only 2,90,7897 file balance sheets every year.
New Delhi:
Of the 3.8 lakh NGOs in the country, only 10 per cent inform the government how they spend their funds, the Central Bureau of Investigation informed the Supreme Court today in an affidavit.
The top court was hearing a Public Interest Litigation or PIL on regulating NGOs in the country.
The CBI wanted the top court to regulate the NGOs by stipulating a condition that they would not be eligible to receive funds if they did not file balance sheets for three years indicating the purpose for which the amounts were spent.
In its affidavit, the CBI said that 26 states had filed their response giving details of the NGOs registered in the respective states. Of a total of 29,99,623 trusts which are functioning as NGOs, only 2,90,7897 file balance sheets every year.
There are 82,250 such NGOs registered in seven Union Territories of which only 50 have filed balance sheets. The list includes 5.48 lakh NGOs in Uttar Pradesh, 5.18 lakh in Maharashtra, 3.69 lakh in Kerala, 1.36 lakh in Rajasthan, 1.55 lakh in Tamil Nadu and 2.92 lakh in Andhra Pradesh.
The CBI said the remaining states had either not filed or filed incomplete information and unless there was regulation in flow of funds, it will be difficult to monitor their working.
The top court was hearing a Public Interest Litigation or PIL on regulating NGOs in the country.
The CBI wanted the top court to regulate the NGOs by stipulating a condition that they would not be eligible to receive funds if they did not file balance sheets for three years indicating the purpose for which the amounts were spent.
In its affidavit, the CBI said that 26 states had filed their response giving details of the NGOs registered in the respective states. Of a total of 29,99,623 trusts which are functioning as NGOs, only 2,90,7897 file balance sheets every year.
There are 82,250 such NGOs registered in seven Union Territories of which only 50 have filed balance sheets. The list includes 5.48 lakh NGOs in Uttar Pradesh, 5.18 lakh in Maharashtra, 3.69 lakh in Kerala, 1.36 lakh in Rajasthan, 1.55 lakh in Tamil Nadu and 2.92 lakh in Andhra Pradesh.
The CBI said the remaining states had either not filed or filed incomplete information and unless there was regulation in flow of funds, it will be difficult to monitor their working.
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