RE: [IAC#RG] WHY FOREIGN FUNDING FOR NGOs ?

14/6/14
 
Dear Mr. Venkataraman
 
The time has certainly come to closely monitor the activiries of N.GOs
Mr. Chidambaram had initiated the process for NGOs getting foreign funds.The present Govt. will now be expediting this process .
Thiere have been serious allegations of misuse of funds not only for conversion but anti-social activities, terrorism and other anti national activities.
Some NGOs are bound to protest but those who have nothing to hide should welcome if it leads to transparancy in their working.
Banning foreign remittances at present will not be feasible, but as the country becomes financially strong and can meet the needs of NGOs through Govt. aid and volutary contribution, it should be the ultimate goal.
The figure of 20 lakhs seems to be on the higher side. All NGOs have to be registered either with Charity Commissioners or as Registered Societies under the Societies Act. Aid from Govt. is difficult to get and not enough.It will be worthwhile to collect data Statewise and Subject-wise. You will be amazed to see heavy concentration in some states and very small nos in many states.
Getting them under RTI will be a tall order. Even PPP projects are not under RTI. But public opinion should be built for NGOs totally dependent on Govt. or foreign funding.
Regds
JKGaur
 

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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 19:30:43 +0530
From: nsvenkatchennai@gmail.com
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Subject: [IAC#RG] WHY FOREIGN FUNDING FOR NGOs ?

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                                                                                                                 WHY FOREIGN FUNDING FOR NGOs ?

 

While some NGOs are protesting about the accusation of intelligence bureau that some NGOs receive foreign funds which are misused ,  the question arises in one's mind immediately  as to why these NGOs receive funds from abroad at all. Can they not function well with the money made available to them by the government (around Rs. 950 crores per annum)  and by many donors in India ?

 

While it is true that many NGOs are doing good work in  several areas, there is suspicion that quite a number of NGOs in the country view the NGO activities as "business opportunity" perhaps, this explains as to why there are around   20 lakh  number of NGOs in the country at present. ( One for every 600 citizens)  Several  promoters of NGOs who are not employed and who have no known source of income often are seen living in comfortable life style, with posh office facilities and  travelling frequently. Obviously, such promoters divert part of the donation made to the NGOs for their personal benefits. It is also believed that under the cover of NGO, the overseas funds are used for conversions and other purposes under the guidance of overseas masters.

 

NGOs have very crucial role to play, since large percentage of countrymen living  below poverty line and exploitation of the innocent  people and atrocities against women are increasing.. At the same time, it has to be ensured that bad elements and  motivated  campaigners do not hide their true colour in the name of NGOs.

 

Certainly, there is strong case that Government of India should closely monitor the activities of NGOs particularly those receiving funds from abroad  and NGOs should be brought under RTI Act.

 

It would be even appropriate that Government of India should ban the practice of NGOs receiving  funds from abroad  once for all.

 

N.S.Venkataraman

Nandini Voice For The Deprived

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Re: [IAC#RG] Arundhati Roy: Big money' is backing Modi to end resistance

As a usual indian, what I feel is that it is for kashmir ppl to be part of India.If what they r looking for r sops,n hve been getting them too.Well,the days r past for these tactics.
They hve potential for dev of handicrafts, tourism n maybe much more.They better get on on this n move on.
Regards to all.

On 13 Jun 2014 17:11, "Sarbajit Roy" <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Rina

I certainly hope that we can all take up Dr. Roy Choudhury's offer to
start a serious discussion about India's INTERNAL security and
internal governance.

My 2 paise on this:-

The only honest Prime Minister India ever had was tricked into signing
the Tashkent Treaty and promptly murdered the next day in his bedroom
by the CIA/Pakistani combine. Since this dastardly move by the
dirty-tricks dept. conveniently took place on Soviet soil, both India
and the USSR could not take this to its logical conclusion due to the
embarrassment to the host country.

We should have left the job to our Armed forces thereafter to do what
had to be done in 1966 and Shastri would certainly have done so - he
was a man of (stainless) steel - and not a wimp as the Congress now
prefers that he be portrayed in history as.

The Kashmiri people were NEVER in favour of joining India. Who is
being naive here ?

Sarbajit

On 6/12/14, Rina Mukherji <rina.mukherji@gmail.com> wrote:
> Mr Roy Chowdhury,
>
> I don't understand what got you to conclude that I consider all anti-Indian
> views Pakistan-inspired. I myself feel that a plebiscite held in the '40s
> would  ve bn in our favour.
> About the process of joining the Indian Union or not, why r u only talking
> of Kashmir? What about Bahawalpur or PEPSU? I know that many r talking of
> Junagadh on these lines. As regards the Kashmiri people, a little research
> will tell you that it is they-Muslim or not- who had  wanted to be part of
> the Indian UNion. The Raja, like many others of his ilk -wanted 2 remain
> independent.
> And pray- why  r u not looking at the mischief Pakistan did ( with US
> backing, of course) in KAshmir?  They stayed put in POK, and continue to do
> so today, in contravention of international law. If you are taling of
> legalities, what legal standing do they have, pray?
>
> R.M
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 7:43 PM, Tridib Roy Chowdhury <
> tridibroychowdhury@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I was hoping to see some more thoughts on UCC comments of mine.
>>
>> Dr. Rina Mukherji - why is it that whenever some one takes a view against
>> your implicit view of Kashmiri, it is assumed that the other side has
>> been
>> ONLY persuaded by Pakistani propaganda. This kind of totalitarian opinion
>> has resulted in getting us where we are today. If you are willing to
>> debate
>> my points I am most willing to engage with an open mind. The questions I
>> raised:
>>
>>    1. Was the process of Kashmir joining the Indian union very
>> democratic?
>>    2. Was there not an obvious opportunity lost by not doing a referendum
>>    and getting a majority of Kashmiris vote for India ? I am sure they
>> will do
>>    so today. (A point to be noted, China possibly has more land that
>> India
>>    claims to be their own.I do not see too many complaining about that -
>> but
>>    let us not digress)
>>    3. On the question of Maoist infested states - I think this continues
>>    to be a law and order problem. But, with a potential for some serious
>>    problems in the future if the development does not kick in.
>>
>> I am not trying to win an argument, but start one. Trying to test the
>> data
>> and logical solidity of well-established positions that we may have as
>> muscle memory.
>>
>> - Tridib Roy Chowdhury
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 5:45 PM, SURESHAN P <sureshandelhi@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I don't understand why we are not able to distinguish truth ? whatever
>>> interest a nation is having it  can't undo and ignore the principle of
>>> truths, Here we are getting counter questions and evasive statements
>>> when
>>> countered with naked truths, No body wants to discuss any thing based
>>> upon
>>> facts and reason but simply dodge or counter the questions by putting
>>> emotional theories, Why we are thinking that the elected representatives
>>> are having better brain than others, this is fundamentally wrong, we
>>> have
>>> seen in the past how our administrators take decisions, only for vote
>>> bank.
>>> Sycophancy, dumbness are ruling majority mindsets in this country..
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 11:55 AM, Vishwanath Mada <vishmada@hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all
>>>>
>>>> Kashmir is integral part of India and who are we to decide on anything
>>>> without fully being informed of the pros and cons of the same. Only the
>>>> govt. with full details and information can and should decide on the
>>>> case.
>>>> India is democratic country witch will do in the greater good of India
>>>> and
>>>> for every Indian. Leave it to the people we have elected and it is
>>>> their
>>>> job to work for all our welfare.
>>>>
>>>> Arundati Roy is trying her best to gain some free popularity.
>>>>
>>>> Vishwanath Mada
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2014 21:13:43 +0530
>>>> From: rina.mukherji@gmail.com
>>>>
>>>> To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
>>>> Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] Arundhati Roy: Big money' is backing Modi to end
>>>> resistance
>>>>
>>>> Dear Mr Roy,
>>>>
>>>> The Instrument of Accession was the same as that  signed by more than
>>>> 500 princely states to accede to the Indian Union. It is only Pakistan
>>>> that
>>>> declared it illegal.
>>>>
>>>> As 4 the plebiscite, there were certain conditions that needed to be
>>>> fulfilled for the referendum. Pakistan, for instance, had to withdraw
>>>> its
>>>> occupying forces, which it has not done to this day.
>>>>
>>>> There was nothing wrong abt holding a plebiscite then; the Kashmiris
>>>> were all 4 India. Today, Pakistan has created a totally different
>>>> situation. Even otherwise, Indian Kashmir is far more developed and
>>>> freer
>>>> than POK, where a dictatorship is in place, with little room for
>>>> dissent.
>>>>
>>>> We should  ve pushed it into ICJ; but Pakistan had already done so; if
>>>> you study everything, u ll never uphold  Arundhati Roy's opinion. The
>>>> Maoists, the insurgents, and the Kashmiri separatists have all taken
>>>> advantage of the soft Indian state to push the agenda of foreign
>>>> collaborators. What makes Ms Roy support their point of view? I wonder!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dr Rina Mukherji
>>>>
>>>> Kolkata
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Gaur J K <gaurjk@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 9/6/14
>>>>
>>>> Dear Sirs,
>>>> This is how we get side-tracked in our discussions on important issues
>>>> of governance.
>>>> In the original post of S. Roy,he had quoted a statement made by
>>>> Arundhati Roy alleging that Big money is backing Modi Govt. and he
>>>> will hand over the land and forest resources after eliminating
>>>> insurgency
>>>> to that lobby even if that leads to shedding blood. This is a matter
>>>> concerning internal security. The two/three issues that have plagued
>>>> the
>>>> country are Terrorism, Naxal insurgency and cross border links between
>>>> the
>>>> two. What in our opinion the Govt. should do to tackle these issues? Is
>>>> Arundhati Roy justified in making this insuation? S. Roy also feels that
>>>> at
>>>> some point of time there will be a clash between the extreme right and
>>>> extreme leftist forces.
>>>> 2. The other issue is use of natural resources-minerals, forest
>>>> wealth,coal etc. If these resources belong to the nation,how the Modi
>>>> Govt.
>>>> should exploit them?
>>>> Import of Arundhati Roy,s statement is- that if the Govt.controls Naxal
>>>> insugency and terrorism and there is blood shed, she will be proved
>>>> right.
>>>>  Regds
>>>> JKGaur
>>>>  ------------------------------
>>>> CC: manavasi.seshadri@gmail.com
>>>> From: jkchaudhry@gmail.com
>>>> Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2014 18:48:12 +0530
>>>>
>>>> To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
>>>> Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] Arundhati Roy: Big money' is backing Modi to end
>>>> resistance
>>>>
>>>> When these " liberals " reside in UK ,Australia China,even Saudi
>>>> Arabia,
>>>> They have no qualms in obeying local laws,civil or,criminal ,or
>>>> financial like interest,
>>>> But
>>>> India is different.
>>>> Dare you advocate uniformity or equality before law,apart from personal
>>>> rights?
>>>> J.K.Chaudhry
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 8, 2014, at 1:27 PM, Sureshan <sureshandelhi@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  What is the problem in lack of uniform civil code. Come on if somebody
>>>> marries several women how it hurts the soceity. Why we need a common
>>>> civil
>>>> code after all. This is not a series matter At all
>>>>
>>>> "M.N.Seshadri" <manavasi.seshadri@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  I will support Arundathi Roy if she works for UNIFORM CIVIL CODE In
>>>> India .Article 370will automatically disappear . What else do I want
>>>> !!!
>>>> I have seen Arundathi more in the company of Hurriat than Indians !!!
>>>> Seshadri
>>>>
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Re: [IAC#RG] Arundhati Roy: Dr. Modi to end resistance

Dear Rina

1) If you visit the official IAC website here, [http://indiaagainstcorruption.org.in/#tocanchor2] you will see a map of "Hindustan" and its boundaries. You will also see the following text

"The object of the organisation are to establish, through revolution, a Republic of the United States of India under a Federal Constitution of the Republic, enforced by organized and armed committees of citizens in a lawful, democratic and Constitutional manner."

What this means is that IAC does not agree that Kashmir, and Maoist / insurgent affected areas should be part of India merely because the local people want it so. Those people saying that wishes of local Kashmiris should be taken into account are probably foreign financed stooges paid by the US and EU war machines to shatter multi-ethnic pluralistic societies like India like they did, say, Yugoslavia, USSR and Iraq.

I don't need to know what happened in 40's or 60' s when I know that India TODAY does not have the will or power to hold onto the territory it claims. And let me also tell you, this situation has mainly arisen because of TRAITORS within each and every Govt we have had, and because Indian politicians have no SELF RESPECT (Shastri being a rare exception).

Where is the need for NaMo to go to US or China with a begging bowl to the IMF and World Bank (his US PR agency can spin it any which way they want to) ? Let him set the country in order first so that, as PM, he meets them as an EQUAL (ie. PM of a permanent member of the UN Security Council)

2) You are only talking about POK, what about Aksai Chin and all the other land China has encroached on ?

3) If you seem to think that I am part of Ms. Arundhati's Roy's foreign financed circus or agree with her on every issue she rakes up, you are very sadly mistaken. I do concede that she is perhaps as reasonably informed from reading press stories as I am.

Sarbajit


On 6/14/14, Rina Mukherji <rina.mukherji@gmail.com> wrote:
> More than anyone else, Mr Gaur, it is our moderator, Mr Sarbajit Roy who
> needs to be enlightened, especially when he claims that the Kashmiris-never
> wanted to be part of India.
>
> He has never read, or tried to study reports from the '40s era. Not even
> the time time until the '60s.
>
> Mr Roy is totally taken up by the likes of Arundhati Roy and her
> ill-informed ilk.
>
> Dr Rina Mukherji
>
> Kolkata

Re: [IAC#RG] Arundhati Roy: Dr. Modi to end resistance

A comprehensive document Point-Counter Point needs to be compiled,with supporting verifiable evidence to back up any issue. Historical backdrop and global scenario needs to be kept in view,as also Constitutional provisions,as also a unanimous resolution passed by the Parliament reg PoL/LoC. The desire of the nation at macro level and desire of each village/habitation at micro level also needs to be factored into overall analysis. The real geopolitical feasibility of any small/big area to be in any specific mode,as also real/perceived well being of people/security+dev of the area need to be considered as imp factors in analysis. No knee-jerk,or piece meal reactions/opinions are of any use.RAW/IB have done massive studies and also prepared scenarios. Shall not like to talk about the same here,for obvious reasons. Independent scholarly analysis on this forum is ok. Shall remain neutral.s p mathur IPS DGP(retd) BE MBA PhD
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Re: [IAC#RG] The (Commissioned?) Toxic Intelligence Bureau (IB) Report to Indian Prime Minister's Office (PMO): Activists' Voice of Spirited Defiance

most of the NGOs are fraudulent. this is a fact. all of us have seen them mushrooming and the spoils of deceit shared by corrupt politicians, bureaucrats and white collared activists who project a 'holier than thou' image.our country needs generation of jobs, a vibrant economy and a strong infrastructure in order to  stand tall among the affluent western countries.most of the roadblocking concerns of the NGOs are regressive and propelled by ulterior motives.

On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 12:04 AM, Sukla Sen <sukla.sen@gmail.com> wrote:

[The IB report is apparently the very first move to discredit, intimidate and muzzle all possible voices of dissent, well in advance, against the policy of the incumbent new regime to open up the country's economy for unfettered corporate loot, in the name of "development", overriding all procedural norms, environmental concerns and livelihood issues of the marginalised people, what the much vaunted "Gujarat model" essentially encapsulates.

While the first two pieces reproduced below report on the protests by the activists targeted for vilification, the the last one gives a brief sketch of the content of the leaked "secret" report.]

I/III.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/policy/ib-report-on-ngos-comes-under-attack-from-activists/article6112015.ece

Intelligence Bureau report raises fears of repression

OUR BUREAU

NGOs say report to muzzle dissent; refute allegations of foreign funding

NEW DELHI, JUNE 13:  

A report by the Intelligence Bureau (IB), targeting non-Governmental organisations, is raising fears among activists that attempts are being made to muzzle dissent.

"We are very much concerned that the ground is being prepared to oppose and to justify discrediting a whole range of popular activities and resistances and to weaken them by highlighting and taking out supposed fallacies of NGOs," Achin Vanaik, member of the Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (India) said.

Vanaik has been named in the report, along with many well known activists, such as political analyst and anti-nuclear activist Praful Bidwai, MG Devasahayam, SP Uday Kumar, Medha Patkar and Karuna Raina. The IB report has reportedly been submitted to the Prime Minister's Office. Uday Kumar, an anti-nuclear activist, said the report has undermined not just his integrity, but also his safety and he could take legal recourse against the IB.

'Ánti-national'

The report, which Business Line has access to, mentions several international organisations such as Greenpeace, Action Aid and even Amnesty, besides Indian groups as well as individuals, has alleged that NGOs, which have been termed "anti-national", are effecting India's GDP growth by two to three per cent. However, Bidwai countered this by saying research has shown that the cost of environmental degradation, which is the agenda for most of the NGOs mentioned, is costing India 5-7 per cent of its GDP.

Devasahayam, a retired IAS officer and power policy expert, who was involved in protests against the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu, said the report was baseless and the NGOs were actually carrying out the agenda of the Government itself.

The report alleges that these NGOs are being funded by foreign entities and are derailing the country's "economic security" with their campaigns against developmental projects such as nuclear energy, coal mining, power plants, hydel projects and others, which have been criticised for not being in line with the agenda for sustainable development.

However, Bidwai refuted the allegation of foreign funding and said CNDP and most other NGOs named in the report are funded through domestic sources only.

The report also says Greenpeace plans to campaign against import of palm oil from Indonesia and dumping of e-waste by IT firms, both of which are seen as major environmental concerns globally.

(This article was published on June 13, 2014)

II.

http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/IB-Report-on-NGOs-Comes-Under-Atack-From-Activists/844468

IB Report on NGOs Comes Under Atack From Activists

NEW DELHI | JUN 13, 2014 A number of prominent citizens and activists today rubbished an Intelligence Bureau report which had said funding of several NGOs was "cleverly disguised" as donations for issues like human rights, but instead they were involved in stalling developmental projects. Former Navy Chief Admiral L Ramdas, former Director General of Tripura Police K S Subramanian, senior columnist Praful Bidwai, anti-nuclear activist S P Udayakumar and number of other activists debunked the IB report, terming it "baseless" and aimed at "discrediting popular protests". Ramdas, a Magsaysay award winner, said the IB report was leaked to "demean the individuals" while Subramanian, doubting the content, said the report should be placed before Parliament and there should be a debate on it. The IB report to the Prime Minister's Office had said funds to certain NGOs were mostly used to fuel protests against developmental projects relating to coal, bauxite mining, oil exploration, nuclear plants and linking of rivers, resulting in stalling or slowing down of these projects. The report named two anti-nuclear organisations--National Alliance of Anti Nuclear Movements (NAAM) and People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE)-- spearheaded by US-educated S P Udayakumar who allegedly received "unsolicited contract" from a US university. Udayakumar termed the report as "non-sensible and baseless" and said that by leaking this report, "they have undermined my security and that of my family". He also refuted that Sonntag Rainer Hermann, a German national who was deported from Chennai in 2012, was his contact as reported by the IB. Udaykumar said Hermann is not his "contact in Germany" and rather was an acquaintance from Nagercoil, his hometown in Tamil Nadu. "Knowing somebody does not make him my sponsor. This is an effort to discourage popular protests from opposing dangerous projects," the activist said. On the IB report mentioning that Hermann's laptop contained scanned map of India with 16 nuclear plants (existing and proposed), Udaykumar said he did not receive any information, maps or monetary helps from Hermann. Senior columnist Praful Bidwai said that the report was a "cock-and-bull story" based on "false baseless allegations, most of them untrue and innuendos which try to establish guilt by mere associations." "CNDP (Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace), of which Achina Vanaik and I are founder members, takes no money at all from foreign sources, corporate sources, government sources and is entirely funded by our own individual contributions," he said.  Achin Vanaik, retired Professor of International Relations in Delhi University, wondered why the report was sent to PMO when "as per procedure it should have gone to the Home Ministry". "Both this government and the last government share a similar economic perspective. And this government's PM recently said that they want to go full speed ahead with what they consider development, which in itself is a very contentious issue about what constitutes development and we are very concerned that the ground is being prepared," Vanaik said. He alleged that a ground is being prepared to "discredit a whole range of popular activities and resistances" and to weaken them. Talking about activities of CNDP, he said, "We are Indians and we are opposed to nuclear arms and energy not just in the country but world over." He said that CNDP does not get money from anybody and is funded by individuals. He categorically denied that the CNDP gets any foreign funding including from the Greenpeace. Another activist M G Devasahayam, a retired IAS officer and power policy expert, termed the report as an "absolute conspiracy" which has neither "head nor tail". The IB report had said that in the last few years, the country has been facing problems from some NGOs which have stepped up efforts to encourage growth retarding campaigns in India, focused on extractive industries including anti-coal, anti-uranium and anti-bauxite mining and anti-nuclear issues. III. http://www.in.com/news/current-affairs/from-swami-agnivesh-to-left-wingers-ib-report-names-many-52793881-in-1.html From Swami Agnivesh to Left wingers, IB report names many by firstpost last updated on June 13, 2014 at 4:17 pm The 23-page Intelligence Bureau (IB) report titled Concerted efforts by select foreign-funded NGOs to take down Indian development projects names many eminent Indians who have either wittingly or unwittingly supported these NGOs, with or without financial consideration. While some of these prominent personalities were engaged in a variety of projects in India, others were invited abroad to attend conferences where they were briefed on how and why some kinds of mining and power projects coal-fired and nuclear and the construction of dams must be opposed.Take Swami Agnivesh, for instance. The saffron socialist, IB report says, was invited to Geneva in Switzerland as one of the lead speakers in a side event on how extractive industries interfere with the enjoyment of human rights (14 September, 2012). He was invited by a Netherlands government-funded donor called CORDID. A `Geneva coalition has begun working on extractive industries which has opposed oil drilling by Jubilant Energy in three districts of Manipur, dam-building in Arunachal Pradesh and mining projects in Meghalaya.Elsewhere, while detailing foreign-funded anti-nuclear power activism, the IB report says that these networks are guided by eminent (often Left-wing) Indians, including Praful Bidwai, Achin Vanaik, Admiral (Retd) Ramdas, Lalitha Ramdas, Medha Patkar, Neeraj Jain, Banwarilal Sharma, Karuna Raina, Fr Thomas Kocherry, Arti Choksey and MG Devasahayam. The IB report has devoted quite a few paragraphs to SP Uday Kumars German contact and Ohio State University funding to the Kudankulam anti-nuclear protests.The report says that there are territorial networks, which are closely linked and supported by superior networks of the numerous pan-Indian organizations, including Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace, National Alliance of Anti Nuclear Movement (NAAM), Peoples Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), Peoples Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL), Greenpeace, Indian Social Action Forum, and the Peoples Education and Action Centre (PEACE).After Greenpeace expanded its activities to oppose coal-fired power plants (CFPP) in 2010-11, it devised a new strategy of engaging reputed institutions and journalists for publishing reports or making documentaries.The report says that to encourage the Indian-ness of its anti-coal approach, Greenpeace financed the Mumbai-based Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to study heath, pollution and other aspects at the Mahan coal block and plans to use the Mahan case as ammunition to ban all coal extraction. In April 2013, Greenpeace supported and screened a documentary Coal Curse directed by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta on the harmful consequences of coal-mining in the Singrauli region, Madhya Pradesh. It also funded an IIT, Delhi, study in April 2013 which said that water diversion to CFPP caused a 40 percent reduction in the irrigation potential of Wardha region in Maharashtra. It demanded a ban on water allocation to the planned and existing CFPP.On its part, Greenpeace and Urban Emissions and Conservation Action Trust published a questionable technical report which claimed 100,000 deaths in 2011 and 2012 due to heart problems arising from 111 existing coal-fired plants in India.Starting 2012, Greenpeace activists have been financed to attend international coal conferences, such as the Istanbul Coal Strategy Conference (July 2012). The conference was held to discuss international funding to encourage people-centric protests in order to stop new coal-build plants and to retire existing coal plants. The guests were accorded lavish five-star treatment for attending the conference. A map of Indias coal-fired power projects with basic details was circulated by US-based Climate Works Foundation and World Resources Institute.While its (Greenpeace) efforts to raise obstacles to Indias coal-based energy plans are gathering pace, it has also started spawning mass-based movements against developmental projects and is assessed to be posing a threat to national economic security. In India, Greenpeace is growing exponentially in terms of reach, impact, volunteers, movements it supports and media influence, the IB report says, citing specific instances on public protests in Singrauli, the Mahan coal block, and against Sasan ultra mega power project.These activists have mapped out Indian coal mining companies, specifically mentioning Coal India Limited (CIL), Hindalco, Aditya Birla Group and Essar, which have been targeted because they stand in their way. Greenpeace aims to fundamentally change the dynamics of Indias energy mix by disrupting and weakening the relationship between the key players, including the CIL, the report said.The report also has a paragraph on Greenpeaces Indian headquarters in Bangalore where it regularly receives foreign experts. Recently a group of cyber security experts upgraded its communication systems and installed sophisticated and encrypted software in its servers and computers. The IB basically is raising questions as to why an NGO needs to constantly upgrade its communication system and have it encrypted with sophisticated software.If Greenpeace is busy in the mainland, Dutch-funded NGOs are focusing on the north-east. The IB report gives examples of how they lure Indian activists and NGOs to serve their purposes. Interestingly, the Dutch government-funded CORDAID, has slowly shifted its focus from human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir to the north-east.To assess the potential for civil rights activism, senior policy officer CORDAID, Eelco De Groot, earlier associated with the Dutch ministry of economic affairs, had planned a visit to Manipur from March 5-12, 2013, but permission was denied. He had planned the visit through an organisation called the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, the report says.To circumvent the visa denial, De Groot invited and funded the trip of 8 North Eastern participants to Bangkok from 28 April to 3 May 2013, for training in extractive activism. The event was formally sponsored by a Manipur-based NGO, rural womens upliftment society. The meeting resolved how future activism is to be organised. De Groot emphasised that instead of fighting the government it was best to make it difficult for companies to meet all the required international standards in oil extraction.This was followed up by an elaborate training session in Shillong from 28 October to 1 November 2013 to equip activists with skills to use GPS tracking to update a GIS platform on extractives in the north-east.CORDAID and three United Kingdom-based organizations, Amnesty International, Action Aid and Survival International, have been campaigning extensively against Vedanta Aluminium Limited. Around 15 Indian NGOs too are active against Vedanta. There was also an element of inter-corporate and international corporate rivalry. The report quoted the CMD of JSW Steel, Sajjan Jindal, as saying that some corporates routed around Rs 50 crore per annum in Odisha against Vedanta through American and Canadian organisations and Indian NGOs to stall the project.

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Re: [IAC#RG] Is supreme court playing with law

JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED--- why is it delayed? who all are involved? we all know this, but making allegations are a contempt till charges are proved. how does one prove the charges? maybe by sting operations.

On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 8:27 AM, Vilas Aglawe <vilas21nov@gmail.com> wrote:

                            Yes, it is very true not only supreme court, but I experienced every court JMFC court ,District court,

session court, High court, Railway tribunal , If you have money power you can manage everything, The court order

according to the volume of money you have given to bottom to top officials.

  
                         As a better half of an advocate , I am more concern to this situation,how things manipulate and changes all

scenario all of sudden with power of money. playing with law is everybody daily routine, there is no administration in India.

who follows law ? Do you? or me? ans NO. just observe outside, people spits in public places, No parking zone is full of

parked vehicles , breaking of traffic rules and big list to write. To break the rule is an ART IN INDIA. so every body is playing

with .  And LAW makers ? no concern. only to make LAW is not important , follow the rule is more important .                                  

                         Common man cant think to knock the door of supreme court for Justice , fees of an adv. time , lengthy

procedures, and Result will be in favor of financially sound party, that too after 10 - 20 or 30 yrs. why we dont ever think to

change the LAW , for fast Result ,or Justice ?    
                        

                          We, all citizen of the country are responsible for that, If public at large take it seriously we can fight for

clean JUSTICE. and one day we will get it . there are lot of to write but this is enough .

Thanx for your taking up good subject to discuss .              

On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 6:13 PM, Ankit Khetan <ankkhe2002@yahoo.co.in> wrote:

Is court start playing with law then whom to believe. At first wait for 20 years for justice. Then at last you will get game changing plan of justice. This is law of justice in India..
Enjoy....

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-supreme-court-stays-execution-of-death-row-convict-in-rape-murder-case-1994645

Ankit Khetan
India

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Re: [IAC#RG] Is supreme court playing with law

                            Yes, it is very true not only supreme court, but I experienced every court JMFC court ,District court,

session court, High court, Railway tribunal , If you have money power you can manage everything, The court order

according to the volume of money you have given to bottom to top officials.

  
                         As a better half of an advocate , I am more concern to this situation,how things manipulate and changes all

scenario all of sudden with power of money. playing with law is everybody daily routine, there is no administration in India.

who follows law ? Do you? or me? ans NO. just observe outside, people spits in public places, No parking zone is full of

parked vehicles , breaking of traffic rules and big list to write. To break the rule is an ART IN INDIA. so every body is playing

with .  And LAW makers ? no concern. only to make LAW is not important , follow the rule is more important .                                  

                         Common man cant think to knock the door of supreme court for Justice , fees of an adv. time , lengthy

procedures, and Result will be in favor of financially sound party, that too after 10 - 20 or 30 yrs. why we dont ever think to

change the LAW , for fast Result ,or Justice ?    
                        

                          We, all citizen of the country are responsible for that, If public at large take it seriously we can fight for

clean JUSTICE. and one day we will get it . there are lot of to write but this is enough .

Thanx for your taking up good subject to discuss .              

On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 6:13 PM, Ankit Khetan <ankkhe2002@yahoo.co.in> wrote:

Is court start playing with law then whom to believe. At first wait for 20 years for justice. Then at last you will get game changing plan of justice. This is law of justice in India..
Enjoy....

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-supreme-court-stays-execution-of-death-row-convict-in-rape-murder-case-1994645

Ankit Khetan
India
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