Three major US-based donors on MHA’s ‘watch list’

Three major US-based donors on MHA’s ‘watch list’

The ministry of home affairs has recently put under the 'watch list' three major US-based donors under the Foreign Contributions Registration Act, 2010.

The three major NGOs - Open Society Foundation (OSF), World Movement for Democracy and National Endowment for Democracy (NED) are now in the watch list, also called "prior permission category" of MHA, which means that these donors cannot extend any financial assistance to any registered or unregistered NGO/organisation or individual without clearance from the ministry.

The number of major foreign donors under government's watch list now aggregates eighteen. Earlier Greenpeace International, Climate Work Foundation, Ford Foundation and CORDAID among others were in the list. Ford Foundation was earlier this year removed from the watch list.