'The good work done by Christian missionaries is a cause for suspicion at a time when India is high on Hindu nationalism. Choking the charity’s funding is, therefore, an expected consequence.' Opinion | Rubenbanerjee
On December 19 this year, India’s nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalled his meeting with Pope Francis in October at the Vatican when he invited the head of the Catholic world to the country. “This is the greatest gift you've given me,” Modi quoted the Pope as saying about the invite.
Once the news broke that the Indian government has refused to renew the organisation’s license to receive foreign funding under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act , it triggered disbelief and consternation the world over. But more than anything else, the charity’s troubles have highlighted the Indian government’s fraught ties with non-governmental organisations .
But it is also undeniable that many of them act as watchdogs and have consistently raised issues of public importance, often vigorously disagreeing with the government. One such bizarre rule was that every NGO in a vast country such as India that receives foreign funds must receive them through a particular bank branch in Delhi.
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