Ngos In India

ED raids Amnesty India over FEMA irregularities: A brief history of Centre's crackdown on NGOs

The latest Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids at the India office of Amnesty International in Bengaluru on Thursday has brought back questions related to the Narendra Modi government's handling of NGOs run by international bodies or funded by them in India.

With laws like FCRA, govt stifles attempts by NGOs to bring about political change, clamps down on dissent

Laws like the FCRA hold NGOs back from fighting the government's crackdown on dissent and re-imagine ways to bring about political change.

'As you pursue your goals, obstacles become irrelevant': Magsaysay awardee Anshu Gupta on running 'Goonj'

Anshu Gupta, who has been given the Magsaysay Award, has been recognized for ‘his creative vision in transforming the culture of giving in India. Excerpts from an interview

A whistleblower and a social worker: Meet Magsaysay awardees Sanjiv Chaturvedi and Anshu Gupta

Here's an all you need to know about the awardees.

Offloaded Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai refuses to give undertaking sought by govt

Priya Pillai said she had refused to give the undertaking as she was refusing "to take on a gag order only".