Nongovernmental organizations in India are bracing for the worst, concerned that proposed regulatory changes could restrict their access to foreign funding further — a move that could force some to close.
And recent events only worsened their fears.
After a long-running battle that saw Greenpeace India accused of “prejudicially affecting” the state’s economic interests, the country’s Ministry of Home Affairs revoked Sept. 2 the environmental group’s registration to receive foreign funding.