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While the government remained apathetic and the Supreme Court unmoved, the major institutions that offered succor to the millions of migrants during the ill conceived and hastily mandated lockdown were the nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in India. In appreciation of their contribution, the government rewarded them by increasing legislative and bureaucratic strangleholds on their functioning. On September 20, 2020, the Lok Sabha passed The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment (FCRA) Bill 2020 and the Rajya Sabha, the following day. The legislation, critics say, is not to regulate but control NGOs. The objective is to silence any criticism NGOs may express. Without......



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Just mentioning that in Karachi (I can only speak of the city I know about and live in) honesty of trustees is a 'given' and in that we feel very grateful.

BUT leadership is lacking maybe due to restrictive environment in which we live, and thereby not trained to think or act boldly, to make changes when required.
- Sunnu Golwalla
- 08-Oct-2020

 

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