The Union ministry of social justice is now planning a crackdown on over 100 such entities after the inspections, which were carried out under the guidance of officials from the National Institute of Social Defence (NISD). Upset by the results of the survey and in one of its biggest drives for accountability, the social justice ministry is now planning to blacklist around 130 organisations which received government funds; it is also considering tightening regulatory norms. The ministry is now blacklisting these institutions and deleting them from the list of those eligible for grants,” said the person cited above. On average, these institutions received grants of upto Rs 25 lakh a year. State-wise, over 20 organisations in Maharashtra, 13 in Karnataka, 11 in Rajasthan and eight in Uttar Pradesh were among those that have come under the social justice ministry’s scanner.

Source: Hindustan Times October 18, 2020 21:29 UTC