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A recently-imposed law in India is preventing local charities from accessing foreign donations, as the country keeps struggling with COVID-19
A recently-imposed law in India is preventing local charities from accessing foreign donations, as the country keeps struggling with COVID-19
Bill BostockMay 13, 2021, 16:05 IST
A critical patient who tested positive for COVID-19 is been taken to an ICU unit at a COVID-19 care hospital in Kolkata, India, on April 22, 2021.Debarchan Chatterjee/NurPhoto via Getty Images
India is struggling to bring its rampant COVID-19 outbreak under control.
Around the world people and companies have donated oxygen and PPE, and millions of dollars.
Modi wants NGOs to help fight Covid-19. But their hands are tied by rules his government introduced
Modi wants NGOs to help fight Covid-19. But their hands are tied by rules his government introduced
The law that regulates foreign contributions to the non-profit sector was amended in the middle of the pandemic. A women receives oxygen support through a cylinder arranged by the Hemkunt Foundation. | @Hemkunt Fdn via Twitter
In September, when India was in the midst of the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the Centre amended the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, which governs the use of foreign donations received by non-governmental organisations in the country.
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National policy on voluntary sector needed: VANI New Delhi, Feb 19 (KNN) Voluntary Action Network India (VANI) has recommended the government to implement the national policy on the voluntary sector. To effectively revive a working framework that promotes voluntary sector s functioning, Voluntary Action Network India (VANI) has undertaken a comprehensive study review of the National Policy of Voluntary Sector which got cabinet approval in 2007 but ever since then has not seen implementation, VANI said in a statement.
The voluntary sector in India is subjected to multiple different laws and unlike other sectors is not governed by a ministry or department of the government thereby creating problems in the day to day functioning of voluntary organizations.