A bench led by Chief Justice of India J S Khehar regretted that there was no regulatory mechanism to make NGOs answerable on utilising funds while the government pumped in public money. Watch What Else Is making News“How are you not bothered about how they (NGOs) spend the money? After all it is public money and they must be made accountable. It said that mere blacklisting the NGOs would not suffice but there was a need to include criminal action for misappropriation and swindling of funds disbursed to NGOs for certain purposes. It is not just your money but it is public money… there can be no doubt that the amount disbursed to NGOs is public money and has to be accounted for,” said the court.

Source: Indian Express January 10, 2017 22:08 UTC