Panaji (GOA): The Union Home Affairs Ministry has issued show cause notices to three of Goan non-government organizations (NGOs) for failing to file their annual income and expenditure for last five years since 2010-11.

Goa Football Association, Goa Heritage Action Group and Goa Animal Welfare Trust were among nearly 6,000 NGOs who received show cause notices on July 8. The NGOs have been given time till July 23 to respond.

Director for foreign contribution at the Union ministry of home affairs, Santosh Sharma in the notice has pointed out that these three NGOs have not filed their annual income and expenditure records for five consecutive years.
These NGOs were registered under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, or FCRA that allows them to receive foreign donations.

Ministry said that in spite of sufficient and adequate notices, these NGOs failed to upload their annual returns.

The NGOs failure to respond within the time, will be presumed that ‘they have nothing to say and action as proposed will be taken by the home ministry as per FCRA’, the notice said.

Team NNV