Only 10% NGOs have filed financial details with govt: CBI tells SC

Less than ten per cent of over 30 lakh NGOs functioning across the country have submitted their returns or their balance sheets and other financial details to the authorities, CBI has informed the Supreme Court.

The dismal picture was presented by the CBI to the apex court on the basis of the income-expenditure statement of a total of 30,81,873 NGOs in 26 states and seven Union Territories.

A fresh affidavit by CBI maintained that approximately 9.33 per cent of the registered NGOs met the criteria of filing the returns.

The latest report by the agency came eight months after the last affidavit filed in January when it had submitted that out of 23,95,579 NGOs in 21 states, approximately 2,43,955 of them had filed their balance sheets with the authorities and, in seven UTs, of the 73,213 NGOs, only 50 had submitted their returns.

At that time, only 10.24 percent of the registered NGOs in the country had complied with the prerequisite of providing balance sheets and other financial details.