Forming an NGO
Public charitable trusts can be established for a
number of purposes, including the relief of poverty, education, medical
relief, provision of facilities for recreation, and any other object
of general public concern and utility.
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Societies are governed by the Societies Registration Act 1860, which
is an all-India Act. Many states, however, have variants on the
Act. Societies are similar in character to trusts, although there
a few essential differences.
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Trust Act
In the State of Maharashtra, the legislation governing Public Trust
is Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950. Similar legislation by the same
name prevails in the State of Gujarat also. This is because; the
Act was passed when Maharashtra and Gujarat were one.
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Section 25
According to section 25(1)(a) and (b) of the Indian Companies Act,
1956, a section-25 company can be established ‘for promoting commerce,
art, science, religion, charity or any other useful object’, provided
the profits, if any, or other income is applied for promoting only
the objects of the company and no dividend is paid to its members
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NGO Certifications
35 AC
NGO can register itself u/s 35AC from the Central Government of
India. Potential donors get 100% exemption for the amount donated
towards 35AC. All NGOs should avail the advantage of this provision
to attract potential donors.
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80 G
Registration under section 80G of Income Tax Act provides benefit
to NGOs. If NGO has 80G certificate with them, donor gets financial
benefit in his/her taxable amount of their income.
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FCRA
Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976 (FCRA) was enacted in
the year 1976 with the prime objective of regulating the acceptance
and utilization of foreign contribution and foreign hospitality
by persons and associations working in the important areas of national
life.
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Income Tax
In order to claim any exemption, an NGO
should make an application u/s 12A to the Commissioner of Income
Tax of concerned district for registration of the NGO. Such application
is to be made in Form 10A
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PAN Number
All organizations which are required to furnish return of income
under section 139(4A) and (4C) should apply for a Permanent Account
Number (PAN). As the name suggests, it is a taxpayer’s permanent
identification number allotted by the income-tax department.
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TAN Number
Under the Income-tax Act, every person making payment or crediting
income of specified types to another person is required to deduct
a specific proportion of amount payable/creditable at the time of
making payment or giving credit, whichever is earlier and deposit
the sum so deducted.
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Finance Act 2009
Foreig
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Tax Amendments
According to Section 2(15), ‘charitable purpose’, includes
relief of the poor, education, medical relief, and the advancement
of any other object of general public utility
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Capacity Building
Vision
Vision is one important pillar of organization that continuously
guides people associating with organization. Many NGOs and voluntary
organizations have started to define their vision and mission statements
as a living document of the organization.
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Mission
Mission is the important pillar of organization that continuously
guides people associating with organization. Many NGOs and voluntary
organizations have started to define their vision and mission statements
as a living document of the organization.
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Governance
“Good governance means the effective management of an NGO's
resources in a manner that is open, transparent, accountable, equitable
and responsive to people's needs. The rule of law, transparency,
accountability and effectiveness of NGO management are all essential
components of good governance”.
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Fund Raising
Almost every voluntary or non-profit organization requires money
either to support its existing activities or to expand and improve
it services. Fund raising has no option other than hard work, but
if the voluntary agencies have a cause or programmes that deserve
support and it is willing to really work at it, it can raise considerable
awareness, goodwill and money.
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Human Resources
Leave Structure
The NGO must have a clear policy on leaves covering (1) Type and
number of paid leaves for its employees, (2) Complimentary leaves
to employees who work on official holidays and (3) Deduction from
salary of employees for non paid leaves
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Sexual Harassement
While exact statistics of the number of women to men working in
NGOs in India is not known, we can safely assume that significant
proportion of workforce and volunteers in NGOs, CBOs and most of
the workforce or participants in SHGs are women.
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KRAs
Based on the vision, mission and sustainable programmes, every NGO
must have a clear organisation chart. This chart needs to be displayed
on the organisation notice board.
Typical organisation chart should share designation for each person
on the chart and the relationship or reporting structure for all
the people on the chart.
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Documentation
Annual Report
The purpose of an Annual Report is to ensure that your organization
communicates its past performance and future goals in a clear and
concise way so as to convince and attract your shareholders and
donors to continue their contributions.
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Correspondence
In day-to-day activities of any NGO, ideas, thoughts and other information
regarding the NGO is shared with others. This information is dispersed
among inside as well as outside stakeholders of organization.
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Filing Returns
Section 12A states two conditions for availing the exemption available
under the Act, the first condition is regarding application for
registration and the second condition is regarding audit by an accountant
as defined in the Explanation below sub-section (2) of section 288.
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Financial Documentations
Financial Management (FM) is an integral part of NGO management.
Financial resources are nothing but the fuel which is required to
stay the organization alive. FM can be broadly divided in to two
different parts such as
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Proposal Writing
Proposal writing is very essential for the fund raising process,
but it can be intimidating for the beginner. Well prepared proposal
provides focus, articulation and credibility to a project.
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Report Writing
Many people agonise over writing reports, other people enjoy the
opportunity it gives them to reflect. Many people do not look forward
to reading reports because they are often too long and unclear.
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Forms
80
G application
12
A application
Correction
Form
FC 3
FC 8 f
80
G application
12
A application
Correction
Form
FC 3
FC 8 for FCRA
reg
3 A for filing
return
Form 10
Form
10 B
Form 12 BA
Form 16
Form 16 A
Form 24 Q
Form 26 Q
Form 49 A
Form
49 B TAN appli
Form 56
Form FC 4
Form FC 6
Form
FC 1
Form
FC 2
FCRA reg
3 A for filing
return
Form 10
Form
10 B
Form 12 BA
Form 16
Form 16 A
Form 24 Q
Form 26 Q
Form 49 A
Form
49 B TAN appli
Form 56
Form FC 4
Form FC 6
Form
FC 1
Form
FC 2
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