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Infosys Foundation is a non-profit organisation based in Karnataka, India, established in 1996 by Infosys to support the underprivileged sections of society. [3] It supports programs in the areas of education, rural development, healthcare, arts and culture, and destitute care [4] in remote regions of India.
Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 is the law that governs foreign funding in India [18] [19] According to a 2014 Intelligence Bureau report, certain NGOs (such as Greenpeace, Cordaid, Amnesty International, and Action Aid) reduced India's GDP by a few percent each year.
Public trusts can be created for public charitable purposes. There is no All India Level Act for setting up public charitable trusts. Some of the states in India have enacted the Public Charitable Trust Act, while most states in India do not have a trust Act. An NGO can be created only under a public trust Act.
Foreign contributions to non-profits are governed by FC(R)A regulations and the Home Ministry. For an organisation to be termed as charity it requires Income tax clearances under 12A Section of Income Tax Act. Section 2(15) of the Income Tax Act defines ‘charitable purpose’ to include ‘relief of the poor, education, medical relief and the ...
V This is a list of notable nonprofit organisations, charitable organisations and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working in India or connected with Indian diaspora. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
Charitable status is granted by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) upon application by a nonprofit; charities are allowed to issue income tax receipts to donors, must spend a certain percentage of their assets (including cash, investments, and fixed assets) and file annual reports in order to maintain their charitable status.
The Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) is an Indian government program designed to "address regional imbalances in development." [1] [2] The programme was launched by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Barpeta, Assam on 19 February 2007.
Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low Income Households (commonly known as the Nachiket Mor Committee) [1] was an expert committee formed by Raghuram Rajan on 23 September 2013, [2] after he was appointed as the governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). It was headed by Nachiket Mor.