Activists to move HC over NGOs being brought under Lokpal

A group of civil society activists have decided to move the Delhi High Court against the Centre's recent notification bringing NGOs receiving foreign funds under the ambit of Lokpal.
The representatives of the NGOs including Participatory Research in Asia, Church's Auxiliary for Social Action and Voluntary Action Network India, decided to take the legal recourse in a meeting yesterday.
"A group of civil society leaders will file a writ petition in Delhi High Court challenging the notification's section 14(1)(g) which covers foreign funded organisations," they said in a statement.
Manoj Fogla, one of the representatives, said the clause that brings organisations receiving government funds will "not be an issue of contention".

"If such reasoning is provided for foreign funded NGOs then it should be applicable on corporate subsidiaries and other private entities which receive funding from foreign sources," Fogla said.
As per the rules notified recently by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), NGOs receiving more than Rs one crore as government grant and donations above Rs 10 lakh from abroad will be under the ambit of the Lokpal.