Crackdown on NGOs

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Non-governmental organisations (NGO) have been under pressure since the Modi government took charge at the Centre. Data from the home ministry showed it had cancelled registration of 13,972 NGOs since 2011 across 34 states and Union territories. Of these, 72 per cent or 10,046, NGOs were banned after May 2014, when the Modi government took over. Business Standard analysed the data, based on the names of NGOs. About 12 per cent of these banned NGOs had Christian names and two per cent had Muslim names. While in smaller states like Goa and Meghalaya, Christian names accounted for about 70 per cent of banned entities, among the top 10 states, 414 or 43 per cent of banned NGOs were from Kerala, followed by Tamil Nadu (354, 19.4 per cent) and Telangana (104, 15.7 per cent). Uttar Pradesh accounted for the largest number of banned NGOs, with 51 NGOs having Muslim names. But, this accounts for only 4.2 per cent of the state's tally. Karnataka ( 39, 3.6 per cent) and West Bengal (31, 2.8 per cent) are the other top 10 states, with Muslim names high among banned entities.