27th February, 2003
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment  


FIFTY FOUR NGOs BLACKLISTED IN TEN STATES; TWENTY FOUR IN UTTAR PRADESH


LOK SABHA

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has blacklisted 54 Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) in ten states during the last three years and grants-in-aid stopped to them. The Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today. He said that 24 of them are in Uttar Pradesh, 11 in Andhra Pradesh, 10 in Maharashtra, two each in Gujarat and Karnataka and one each in Delhi, Goa, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Dr. Jatiya said that reasons for blacklisting included non-existence of the NGO or project or institution, adverse report of the inspecting officer, unsatisfactory performance and forged/ fake recommendation of state government.