All funds to Ford Foundation to be cleared by MHA, orders govt

April 23, 2015 18:34

Cracking down on the Ford Foundation, one of the most powerful international funding organisation, ministry of home affairs has ordered that it be put under a watchlist in "national interest and security" of the country. Putting Ford Foundation on prior permission list, MHA has ordered that all the funds coming from Ford Foundation, US, for any agency or NGOs in country will first need to be cleared by the ministry. MHA has asked the RBI to instruct all banks and their branches to ensure that any fund flow from Ford Foundation will first be cleared by the ministry.

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