The Latest Breaking News from NGOs

Hopes fade of deal being struck, with one sticking point being right to occasionally breach detention centre standards

MSKs urged to step up vigil and act as convenors of child marriage prohibition and monitoring committees. SCPCR Member lauded role of NGOs in monitoring child marriages. MSKs to create awareness and acquire knowledge of CMPOs. ASP asked MSKs to disseminate legal consequences of child marriages. CRAF to conduct more…

MHA amends rules: NGOs must declare movable/immovable assets created from foreign funds. FCRA registration mandatory. New additions to existing rules require NGOs to declare details by March 31. Details include description, size, location, value of assets at start/end of financial year, and assets acquired/disposed.

To ensure “ease of doing farming” in the drought-hit Tumakuru district, more than half a dozen of government departments have joined hands by roping in NGOs and launched a novel programme called “Raitharondige Navu’‘ (we are with farmers) for providing services, including counselling, for mitigating risks faced by small and…

Opposition parties, NGOs and social media users blame Gujarat govt for mismanaging the sudden release of waters from Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam, causing floods in Narmada, Bharuch and parts of Vadodara. Cabinet Minister Kuvarji Halpati and Ankleshwar BJP MLA Ishwar Patel faced protests from angry crowds. Inflow of 22 lakh…

GTA USA Board meeting held in Detroit to work with Telangana Govt. & NGOs to launch projects in healthcare, education, employment, immigration & business. 10,000+ members & volunteers enlisted, presence in 50+ countries, goal to touch 100.

Karnataka Sugarcane Cultivators' Assoc. President Shanthakumar urges public to join Cauvery agitation for drinking water crisis. Plans to meet Kannada orgs, activists & NGOs to make it a mass movement. 1.3 crore people rely on Cauvery for water, need greater concern.

The government has approved the initiative of setting up of 100 new Sainik schools in partnership with NGOs, private schools, and State governments in a graded manner class-wise, starting from Class VI onwards

In most cases, such endeavours began as an effort to minimise the cost of agricultural production, and were supported by NGOs. But along the way, farmers were consumed by the fire of conserving crop diversity around them, which was disappearing under the onslaught of hybrid monoculture.

French associations and NGOs are still waiting for the green light from the Moroccan government to provide emergency aid to villages in the Atlas Mountains that have been destroyed following a violent earthquake that has killed more than 2,000 people.

The Hindu explains the functioning of India’s National Crèche Scheme and what research shows about childcare services‘ impact on women’s participation in the labour force.