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Support 'The India Forum': Help us grow. Our apologies for intruding. Please spare a couple of minutes. We are 4 now and we need your support to grow into a publication you will continue to want to read. 'The India Forum' is an experiment in reader-supported publication. It is free to read; it carries no ads and it is free of commercial backing. To make this work though and to continue to bring you informed analysis and thoughtful comment on a range of contemporary issues, we need your help. Please begin with a donation to the Vichar Trust. Go There has been unprecedented scrutiny of international funding of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in India, most recently demonstrated by the withdrawal of permissions for several iconic organisations to raise foreign donations. The tightening of the regulation on how the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) could be used, the more stringent application of income tax laws by widening the definition of what could be a commercial and taxable activity have made it not only unattractive to donors but also increasingly difficult for CSOs to raise resources. The setting up of Prime Minister Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM-CARES) Fund also preempts a significant amount of available philanthropic resources back to the state. Taken together, it has been increasingly difficult for CSOs to seek funding not only from foreign sources but also from domestic sources, with implications for welfare delivery. The state-ma...

Civil society organizations (CSOs) or non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are voluntary organizations without profit-making objectives that have been active in India in various areas such as cultural promotion, education, health, and natural disaster relief. According to a survey conducted by Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), about 1.5 million NGOs work in India. However, CSOs are facing various issues and challenges in recent days. In this essay, we will discuss the changing regulations for CSOs, issues with the move, and suggestions for the government, NGOs, and young activists. Changing Regulations for CSOs The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act was amended by the current government in 2020, giving the government tighter control and scrutiny over the receipt and utilization of foreign funds by NGOs. The new regulations include the following: • All NGOs seeking foreign donations have to open a designated FCRA account at the SBI branch. • Foreign contribution has to be received only through banking channels and accounted for in the manner prescribed. • Donations given in Indian rupees by any foreign source including foreigners of Indian origin like OCI or PIO cardholders should also be treated as foreign contributions. • NGOs must give an undertaking that the acceptance of foreign funds is not likely to prejudicially affect the sovereignty and integrity of India or impact friendly relations with any foreign state and does not disrupt communal harmony...

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What is civil Society? • The society considered as a community of citizens linked by common interests and collective activity is a civil society. • It is the aggregate of non-governmental organizations and institutions that manifest interests and will of citizens. • It is referred to as the third sector of the society distinct from government and business. What is the need for civil society? • The modern democratic state with the technologies of surveillance and control possesses such power that has never been seen in the history. Yet, there are citizens that are vulnerable and helpless despite the rights they possess, if the democratic state decides to terrorise, kill and drill fear in them. • The market in present times lacks moral sense. It is supremely indifferent to human suffering. It has neither sympathy nor room for citizens exploited by the state, and by its own need for resources, labour, and profit. • Such a scenario calls for the intervention of civil society to protect the interest of the citizens. As it is the only sphere that stands between the individual and the state. • Associations have the capacity to challenge the violent power of the state through petitions, protests, dharnas and ultimately judicial activism. • When the political parties are unresponsive, citizens can access centres of power and privilege only through a vibrant civil society. What has been the role of Civil Society in India? • The human rights groups have become the custodian of the Fu...

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Context: While addressing the passing out parade of the 73rd batch of IPS probationers at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in Hyderabad, NSA Ajit Doval said that civil society, the new frontiers of war, and can be manipulated to hurt a nation’s interests. Introduction According to the World Bank: “Civil society refers to a wide array of organizations: community groups, non-governmental organizations [NGOs], labor unions, indigenous groups, charitable organizations, faith-based organizations, professional associations, and foundations.” When mobilized, civil society sometimes called the “third sector” (after government and commerce) -has the power to influence the actions of elected policy-makers and businesses. But the nature of civil society - what it is and what it does - is evolving, in response to both technological developments and more nuanced changes within societies. Role of Civil Society in Transforming Nations • Civil society organizations give voice to the disorganized, voiceless segments of society. They raise awareness of social and environmental issues and advocate for change, empowering local communities to develop new programs to meet their own needs. • Involvement of civil society in the Swachha Bharat Mission has made it a huge success. Role of Swacchagrahis has a visible impact in changing the behavior of people to stop open defecation practices in rural areas. Similarly, Swachha iconic places and Swachhata Pakwada are the instances o...

civil society, dense network of groups, This modern definition of civil society has become a familiar component of the main strands of contemporary liberal and democratic theorizing. In addition to its descriptive properties, the terminology of civil society carries a The meaning and implications of the concept of civil society have been widely debated. As an Civil society and modernity Historians of the idea of civil society suggest that these contemporary reservations have their roots in the complex and multifaceted More generally, the entry of civil society into the language of modern European thought was bound up with the development and spread of liberal doctrines about society and politics. Since the 18th century it appeared in the Origins and development This civil society has carried a number of different associations in the history of political thought, and its original meaning in Western thinking was rather different from its current protean status. For the Roman author societas civilis (itself a translation of koinonia politike) signaled a political

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civil society, dense network of groups, This modern definition of civil society has become a familiar component of the main strands of contemporary liberal and democratic theorizing. In addition to its descriptive properties, the terminology of civil society carries a The meaning and implications of the concept of civil society have been widely debated. As an Civil society and modernity Historians of the idea of civil society suggest that these contemporary reservations have their roots in the complex and multifaceted More generally, the entry of civil society into the language of modern European thought was bound up with the development and spread of liberal doctrines about society and politics. Since the 18th century it appeared in the Origins and development This civil society has carried a number of different associations in the history of political thought, and its original meaning in Western thinking was rather different from its current protean status. For the Roman author societas civilis (itself a translation of koinonia politike) signaled a political