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BANGALORE, INDIA, February 1, 2004: As many as 618 Bangalore-based Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) received over US$80 million in funds from foreign agencies during 2001-02, according to the Union Home Ministry’s latest annual Foreign Inward Remittance Report. Among the cities in India, Bangalore tops the list of recipients, followed by Chennai with over US$ 69 million and Mumbai with over US$ 66 million. Christian organizations are the largest beneficiaries of this foreign funding, states this article. As many as 1,192 NGOs in Karnataka, registered under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act-1976 (FCRA), received approximately US$118 million from foreign funding agencies during 2001-02 while the total for the previous year was around US$107 million. Of this amount, Christian NGO’s alone received US$104 million. Hindus, Muslims and others together got only around US$14 million. According to the Home Ministry sources in New Delhi, the following NGOs are some of the major beneficiaries of foreign funding in Bangalore during 2001-02: Church’s Concern for Child and Youth Care, Campus Crusade for Christ, Mysore Resettlement and Development Agency, Indian Society of Church of Christ, Habitat for Humanity in India, Christian Church in India, Bridge Foundation, Karnataka Jesuit Education and Veda Vigyan Vidya Pita.

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