As per figures shared by home ministry last month, 2024-25 witnessed 16,200 NGOs receiving foreign contributions worth Rs 22,963 crore

NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding the progressive tightening of laws governing foreign contributions under Modi govt, their inflow has grown even though the total number of NGOs registered under Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2020, has declined.

Bharti Jain is senior editor with The Times of India, New Delhi. She has been writing on security matters since 1996. Having covered the Union home ministry, security agencies, Election Commission and the âprimeâ political beat, the Congress, for The Economic Times all these years, she moved to TOI in August 2012. Her repertoire of news stories delves into the whole gamut of issues related to terrorism and internal strife, besides probing strategic affairs in Indiaâs neighbourhood.