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Should NGO’s be brought under the RTI Act?
27 Jan, 2012
RTI applications filed to know the source of fund to Anna’s organisation Bhrastachar Virodhi Jan Andolan Nyas, Manish Sisodia’s Organisation Kabir, Arvind Kejriwal’s organisation PCRF, show that Kabir has been funded by Ford Foundation, Dutch Embassy and many other foreign organizations. In 2011 alone, Kabir got 2 lakh Dollars (nearly 1 Crore Rupees) from Ford Foundation and about 20 lakh rupees Dutch Embassy. Critics of the movement have charged them for relying on corporates like Tata and Jindal, banks like HDFC bank and Kashmir Bank, Private schools like Carmel and many foreign organisations.