An NGO run by Olympian and Rajya Sabha member Mary Kom, the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust and IT body NASSCOM are among 42 organisations probed by the Home Ministry to find whether they allegedly violated foreign funding laws.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated Ms. Kom’s boxing foundation during his Manipur visit last week.
The Centre for Internet and Society, a Bengaluru-based NGO which had reportedly flagged breach of Aadhaar data last year was also sent a notice by the Ministry.
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Standard questionnaire
Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said in the Lok Sabha that 21 NGOs were served standard questionnaire which include Mary Kom Regional Boxing Foundation, Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust, Delhi, Asianet New Charitable Trust, Kerala, Amnesty International (India) Foundation.
Mr. Rijiju said, replying to a written question, that audit and inspection had been completed in cases of 21 other NGOs that included 15 Christian NGOs and associations in Kerala and Arunachal Pradesh.
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The Minister said the NGOs had received foreign funding and the inquiry was initiated under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act.
The Mary Kom Regional Boxing Foundation was established as a charitable trust in 2006 with the aim to promote boxing among underprivileged youth in Manipur and other parts of northeast.
The Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust was established in 2002 to address the development needs of the underprivileged of the country. NASSCOM, a not-for-profit industry association, is the apex body for the $154 billion Indian IT BPM industry.