Over 18,000 NGOs failed to file annual returns for 5 years
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said that over 18,000 NGOs failed to file their annual returns for the 2010-2015 period. He added that the defaulting NGOs were given one month's time to file the missing returns, failing which around 6,000 NGOs were issued show-cause notices. Registered NGOs with invalid bank accounts have also been asked to validate the same.