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As per the guidelines of Government of India, all countries, including Australia, can provide grant assistance directly to autonomous institutions, universities, NGOs, etc., directing such assistance towards projects of economic and social importance only.
Development Assistance to these organisations will be governed by the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976 and only such organisations that are registered under the said Act, may receive such assistance. Organisations that are not registered under Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act should obtain prior permission from the appropriate authority under the said Act.
The recipient NGOs, autonomous organisations etc. are required to fill a prescribed proforma and submit it through the concerned external development partner along with their proposals for concurrence of Department of Economic Affairs.
The bilateral development assistance committed by Australia to Government of India during the last three years is 15 million Australian dollars for India Australia Training and Capacity Building Project, 6.7 million Australian dollars for Bangalore Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation Project & 39.4 million Australian dollars for Gangtok-Shillong Urban Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation Programme.
This information was given by Shri S.S. Palanimanickam, Minister of State for Finance in reply to a question by Shri S.D. Mandlik and Shri Kirti Vardhan Singh in Lok Sabha today.
BSC/BY/DN-139/05
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