New Delhi: Figures with the Ministry of Home Affairs during the year 2003-04 say that as many as 14,700 groups in India have received foreign funds worth Rs 4,856 crore. The Puttaparti (AP)-based Sathya Sai Central Trust of Sai is the largest recipient of foreign contributions. It received Rs. 95 crore during 2003-04.
World Vision International, a US-based Christian relief and development organisation, is the biggest donor agency for many Indian voluntary groups.
It released nearly Rs 95 crore for charitable purposes for Indian agencies last year. Other big donors are Foster Parents Plan International, USA, and Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, USA.
As per the latest available data with the Union Home Ministry, the US heads the list of donor countries to India with Rs 1,492.62 crore, followed by the UK (Rs 677.59 crore), and Germany (Rs 664.51 crore).
Exchange rate today: One USD gets you 40 Indian rupees. (CNN IBN With inputs from Pallavi Basu).
In “Hindu India,” the problem begins only when Muslims and Christians get foreign funds. If a Hindu gets them, he is praised. Fraudman Sai, who is now fading because of old age, faces so many charges including that of multiple murder in his own bedroom, but he is above the law because he is a Hindu and a god. The law is the Hindu is above the law. Even the Supreme Court is sympathetic because many judges are his devotees — EDITOR.
