Receipt and Utilization of Foreign Contribution by Voluntary Associations
Receipt and Utilization of Foreign Contribution by Voluntary Associations
Receipt and Utilization of Foreign Contribution by Voluntary Associations
Foreign Contribution by
Voluntary Associations
Annual Report
2011-2012
Prepared by
Ministry of Home Affairs
Foreigners Division
FCRA Wing
CONTENTS
Foreword
Annexure
Annex-1 : Purpose-wise details of utilization of Foreign
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Contribution
Annex-2 : Donor country purpose-wise details
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Annex-3 : Top recipient Associations
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Annex-4 : State/Union Territory-wise details
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Annex-5 : Top recipient Districts
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Annex-6 : Top donor agencies
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Annex-7 : Donor country-wise details
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Introduction
Foreign contribution is regulated under the provisions of the Foreign
Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (FCRA, 2010) and the Foreign Contribution
(Regulation) Rules, 2011 (FCRR, 2011). Both FCRA, 2010 and FCRR, 2011 have
come into force simultaneously with effect from 1st May, 2011 through notifications
in the Gazette of India [S.O. 999 (E) dated the 29th April, 2011] and G.S.R. 349 (E)
dated the 29th April, 2011]. Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976 (FCRA,
1976) and the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules, 1976 have been repealed.
While the basic features of the repealed Act have generally been retained, the
FCRA, 2010 is an improvement over the repealed Act as more specific provisions
have been made in order to prevent misutilisation of the foreign contribution
received by any person. The purpose of the Act/Rules is to regulate and ensure
that the receipt and utilisation of foreign contribution by institutions, Associations
and other voluntary organizations as well as acceptance of foreign hospitality by
individuals working in important areas of national life (like judges, public servants,
office bearers of political parties, members of legislature, etc.) is in a manner
consistent with India’s values as a sovereign democratic republic. The primary
purpose of this Act is to ensure that foreign contribution is utilized for bonafide
activities without compromising on concerns for national security. The Act has put
into place a system of screening to ensure that the Associations or office bearers
thereof do not divert the foreign contribution towards activities detrimental to
national interest. FCRA, 2010 has done away with the concept of a 'permanent'
registration. A five-year validity has been stipulated for all Associations registered
earlier. The Act has also stipulations for proactive disclosure of information in
respect of foreign contributions exceeding Rs. 1(one) crore received by any NGO
in a year.
Salient Features
Data pertaining to receipt and utilization of foreign contribution for 2011-12
has been compiled. Its salient features are as below:
I. A total of 43527 Associations were registered under the Foreign
Contribution (Regulation) Act upto 31.3.2012. During the year 2011-12,
2001 Associations were granted registration and 304 Associations were
granted prior permission to receive foreign contribution.
II. 22702 Associations reported a total receipt of an amount of Rs.11,546.29
crore as foreign contribution. This includes 9509 Associations which
received Nil amount.
III. Among the States and the Union Territories, the highest receipt of foreign
contribution was reported by Delhi (Rs. 2285.75 crore), followed by Tamil
Nadu (Rs. 1704.76 crore) and Andhra Pradesh (Rs. 1258.52 crore).
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IV. Among the districts, the highest receipt of foreign contribution was reported
by Chennai (Rs. 889.99 crore), followed by Mumbai (Rs. 825.40 crore)
and Bangalore(Rs. 812.48 crore).
V. The list of donor countries continues to be led by the USA (Rs. 3838.23
crore) followed by UK (Rs. 1219.02 crore) and Germany (Rs. 1096.01
crore).
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-CHAPTER - 1
INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER - 1
INTRODUCTION
1.2 FCRA Wing of the Foreigners’ Division, MHA brings out an Annual Report
on the receipt and utilization of foreign contribution by Associations. The Annual
Report is prepared on the basis of the annual returns furnished by the
Associations under section 12(1) of FC(R) Act, 2010 read with Rule 17 (1) of
FC(R) Rules, 2011, for carrying out different activities and programmes as per
their respective charters. The report also contains State/UT-wise, purpose-wise
and donor/country-wise analysis of receipt and utilization of foreign contribution.
Since the data in the Annual Report is based on the annual returns submitted by
Associations, which are audited and verified by the Chartered Accountants, the
figures are accepted for inclusion in the report. Therefore, the figures included in
this report are a compilation and analysis of data furnished by various
Associations and does not represent any primary data generated by the Ministry
of Home Affairs.
1.3 The figures in this Report are based on the annual returns submitted by
22,702 out of 43527 Associations for the year 2011-2012, which were registered
under FCRA up to 31.3.2012, and 304 Associations which were granted prior
permission during the year. Therefore, the Report may not reflect the complete
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picture of foreign contribution received in the country during the year but provides
information about the foreign contribution received by Associations, which have
reported the receipt and utilization of foreign contribution. The number of
Associations which reported receipt of foreign contribution during 2008-2009,
2009-2010 and 2010-2011 were 20088,21508 and 22,735 respectively.
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CHAPTER - 2
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CHAPTER – 2
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Any Association which has a definite programme for carrying out specific
activities, which may fall in the five generic categories as mentioned above, may
seek registration or prior permission for receipt of foreign contribution. After grant
of registration or prior permission under the Act, the Association is permitted to
receive foreign contribution only in the single Bank Account mentioned in the order
for registration or prior permission granted by the Central Government. This
account number would be the same as has been intimated by the organisation in
their application for registration/prior permission. However, one or more accounts,
in one or more scheduled banks, may be opened for utilizing the foreign
contribution provided that no funds other than the foreign contribution received
shall be deposited in such account or accounts. An Association which has
received foreign contribution is also required to inform the Central Government of
the amount of each foreign contribution received by it, the sources thereof, the
manner in which such foreign contribution was received and the purposes for
which such foreign contribution was utilized by it.
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2.3 Foreign Hospitality
‘Foreign hospitality’ as defined in the Act means any offer, not being a purely
casual one, made in cash or kind by a foreign source for providing a person with
the cost of travel to any foreign country or territory or with free boarding, lodging,
transport or medical treatment.
One of the purposes of the Act is to ensure that the foreign contribution
received by an Association for a specific purpose is not misused or diverted for
any activity detrimental to the national interest. The Associations registered and
those granted prior permission under the Act are required to submit audited
annual returns within 9 months of the closure of the financial year. The information
includes details of receipt and utilization of foreign contribution along with the
corresponding Balance Sheet and the Receipts & Payments Account duly audited
by a Chartered Accountant. A certificate from a Chartered Accountant that the
accounts of the Association have been maintained as prescribed by the Act is
mandatory.
A Monitoring Unit in the FCRA Wing has been designated to monitor the
receipt and utilization of foreign contribution. This is done through a scrutiny of
the audited annual returns in the prescribed forms filed by the Associations and
wherever necessary, through field inspections of the books of accounts and
records of the Associations. The scrutiny of accounts is done in respect of some
randomly selected Associations and such Associations which are reported upon
adversely by the field agencies.
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2.5 Proactive disclosure of Information:
The FCR Rules require the NGOs receiving more than a crore rupees or
equivalent of foreign contribution to disclose the information. Such
disclosure is to be done through the direct efforts of the NGO as per Rule
13. The summary of such cases is also kept in public domain by the
Ministry of Home Affairs through their web site. Summary details of NGOs,
spread across different States/UTs pertaining to 2011-12 are placed in the
web site of the Ministry.
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CHAPTER - 3
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CHAPTER – 3
During the year 2011-12 the following major activities were performed:
Presently, the FCRA On-line of the MHA has the following facilities:-
In order to sensitise the NGO sector on the legal provisions relating to FCR
Act, outreach programmes were organised at New Delhi, Hyderabad and
Mumbai during the year 2011-12. Similar programmes were also planned
at other regional centres for better dissemination.
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3.4 Action taken in respect of defaulting NGOs:
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CHAPTER - 4
CHAPTER – 4
VARIOUS PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE FOREIGN
CONTRIBUTION IS RECEIVED
Foreign contribution is received for various purposes by the recipient
Associations. The table given below depicts in descending order, 15 major
purposes for which foreign contribution was received and utilized by Associations
during 2011-12:
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Purpose-wise analysis
4.2 Amongst the purposes for which foreign contribution was received and
utilized, the highest amount of foreign contribution was utilised for Activities other
than those mentioned in the list (Rs. 2253.61 crore) followed by Rural
Development (Rs 945.77 crore), Welfare of Children (Rs. 929.22 crore),
Construction and maintenance of school/college (Rs 824.11 crore) and Research
(Rs 539.14 crore).
4.3 These figures have been captured from the amounts indicated under
various standard heads of utilization prescribed in the annual returns. The returns
have not been received from nearly 19,000 organizations for which appropriate
action has been/ is being taken for non-compliance of their statutory obligations.
Further, some Associations, which have reported receipt and utilization of foreign
contribution, have not classified utilization appropriately under the respective
standard heads and, therefore, such amount has been shown under the
miscellaneous head. Thus, these figures may not accurately reflect the utilization
of foreign contribution under the specific standard heads; however, they do
represent a statistical trend.
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CHAPTER - 5
ANALYSIS OF FOREIGN
CONTRIBUTION RECEIPTS
IN 2011-12
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CHAPTER -5
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State/Union Territory Number of Amount received
Associations (Rs. in crore)
Kerala 1648 1027.52
West Bengal 2065 726.66
Gujarat 1075 384.32
Uttar Pradesh 1230 265.01
Orissa 1322 239.00
Bihar 838 179.31
Madhya Pradesh 473 154.74
Rajasthan 441 145.14
Jharkhand 456 143.81
Himachal Pradesh 112 125.18
5.4. An analysis of the data indicates the following five major recipient Districts
in the country:
The details in respect of the top 25 recipient districts in the country are
shown at Annex-5.
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Details in respect of foreign donors and donor countries
5.5 The list of foreign donors is headed by the Compassion International, USA
(Rs. 99.20 crore) followed by the HCL Holdings Pvt. Ltd., Mauritius (Rs.69.98
crore), the Action Aid, UK (Rs.62.66 crore). Population Service International,
USA (Rs. 61.34 crore) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, USA (Rs.
48.91 crore). Details in respect of the top 25 foreign donors are shown in Annex –
6.
The five major donor countries are USA (Rs. 3838.23), UK (Rs. 1219.02
crore), Germany (Rs. 1096.01 crore), Italy (Rs. 528.88 crore) and the Netherlands
(Rs. 418.37 crore). The donor country-wise details are shown in Annex – 7.
5.6 From the analysis of the data for the last four years i.e. from 2008- 09 to
2011-12, it emerges that:
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Chart –2
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Chart-3
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Chart-4
Compassion International,
183.83 Compassion International, USA 99.20
USA
The Church of Jesus Christ of HCL Holdings Private Ltd., 69.98
130.77
Latter day Saints, USA Mauritius
Kinder Not Hilfe e. V ( KNH ),
51.76 Action Aid, UK 62.66
Germany
SOS Kinderdorf International, Population Service International , 61.34
43.25
Austria USA
General Conference of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 48.91
41.65
Seventh Day Adventists, USA USA
Population Service Kinder Not Hilfe e. V (KNH) 48.37
38.76
International, USA Germany
WORT & TAT AllgemeineI EED-Evangeischer 40.00
Missions Geselischaft, 37.56 Entwickkugsdienst e.v., Germany
Germany
SOS Kinderdorf International, 36.14
Action Aid, UK 37.33
Austria
Bill & Mellnda Gates Wort & Tat Allgemeinel Mission 31.78
34.44
Foundation, USA Geselischaft, Germany
AHMADIYYA MUSLIM
33.75 Save The Children, UK 29.21
ASSOCIATION, UK
Christian Foundation for
33.71 Leprosy Mission International, UK 28.78
Children and Aging, USA
EED - Evangelischer General Conference of Seventh 26.29
Entwicklungsdienst e.v., 32.95 Day Adventists, USA
Germany
International Development 26.28
Give 2 Asia, USA 32.02
Enterprises (IDE). USA
Direct Relief International, Christian Foundation for Children 23.90
31.22
USA and Aging, USA
28.85 Oxfam, UK
Road To Peace, USA 22.90
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Chart-6
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Chart-7
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Chart-8
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Chart – 9
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Annex – 1
Purpose Amount
Rural Development. 945.77
Welfare of children. 929.22
Construction and maintenance of school / college. 824.11
Research. 539.14
Establishment of Corpus Fund. 507.89
Other expenses. 443.01
Grant of stipend / scholarship / assistance in cash and kind to poor
412.92
/ deserving children
Construction / Running of hospital / dispensary / clinic. 336.60
Non-formal education projects / coaching classes. 309.83
Welfare of the orphans. 304.48
Construction / Extension / Maintenance of office, administrative
288.59
and other buildings.
Construction / Repair / Maintenance of places of worship. 270.83
Construction and running of hostel for poor students. 263.19
Awareness Camp / Seminar / Workshop / Meeting / Conference. 241.38
Awareness about AIDS / Treatment and rehabilitation of persons
231.21
affected by AIDS.
Maintenance of priests / preachers / other religious functionaries. 227.40
Religious schools / education of priests and preachers. 208.71
Holding of free medical / health / family welfare / immunisation
204.18
camps.
Welfare / Empowerment of women. 203.72
Purchase of land. 152.66
Environmental programs. 149.11
Payment of salaries / honorarium. 134.23
Establishment expenses 130.84
Treatment / Rehabilitation of persons suffering from leprosy. 128.75
Religious functions. 128.44
Construction and Management of Orphanage. 127.73
Relief / Rehabilitation of victims of natural calamities. 127.27
Welfare of the physically and mentally challenged. 125.32
Vocational training – tailoring, motor repairs, computers etc. 121.22
Provision of free clothing / food to the poor, needy and destitute. 110.89
Purchase and supply of educational material – books, notebooks
94.53
etc.
Agricultural activity. 91.23
Income generation projects / schemes. 81.86
Supply of free medicine, and medical aid, including hearing aids,
79.35
visual aids, family planning
Education / Schools for the mentally challenged. 76.53
Asset building 62.50
Construction and Management of old age home. 58.90
Welfare of the aged / widows. 54.55
Micro-finance projects, including setting up banking co-operatives
40.03
and self-help groups.
Animal husbandry projects. 39.55
Publication and distribution of religious literature. 38.43
Welfare of the Scheduled Tribes. 38.19
Sanitation including community toilets etc. 34.32
Cultural shows 31.07
Construction of community halls etc. 29.69
Welfare of the Other Backward Classes. 24.26
Survey for socio-economic and other welfare programs. 23.55
Celebration of national events (Independence/Republic day) /
23.45
festivals etc.
Maintenance of places of historical & cultural importance 22.80
Conducting adult literacy programs. 22.48
Construction and Management of dharamshala / shelter. 19.37
Welfare of the Scheduled Castes. 18.87
Digging of bore wells. 13.85
Theatre/Films 11.43
Help to the victims of riots / other disturbances. 10.54
Provision of aids such as Tricycles, calipers etc. to the
9.91
handicapped.
Providing free legal aid / Running legal aid centre. 6.22
Setting up and running handicraft centre / cottage & Khadi industry
5.43
/ social forestry programmes
Publication of newsletter / literature / books etc. 4.21
Treatment / Rehabilitation of drug addicts. 3.83
Preservation of ancient / tribal etc. art forms 1.37
Holding sports meet. 0.22
Activities other than those mentioned above 2253.61
Total 12455.11
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Purpose U.S.A U.K. Germany Italy Netherlands
Education / Schools for the mentally 7.58 5.86 1.17
26.24 7.02
challenged.
Environmental programs. 21.78 25.02 16.79 0.53 28.29
Establishment expenses 59.17 10.57 9.74 12.77 1.02
Establishment of Corpus Fund. 258.80 52.73 15.61 11.74 1.22
Grant of stipend / scholarship / 27.27 46.67 11.70
assistance in cash and kind to poor / 136.21 34.03
deserving children
Help to the victims of riots / other 3.16 0.10 0.11
0.49 2.31
disturbances.
Holding of free medical / health / family 10.24 1.27 6.42
113.84 11.37
welfare / immunisation camps.
Income generation projects / schemes. 54.09 1.08 4.14 0.01 1.13
Maintenance of places of historical & 0.22 2.72 0.80
1.16 2.03
cultural importance
Maintenance of priests / preachers / 31.93 0.68 2.23
81.76 6.00
other religious functionaries.
Micro-finance projects, including setting 0.58 28.33 2.30
up banking co-operatives and self-help 4.87 2.12
groups.
Non-formal education projects / 14.59 1.49 7.17
134.35 53.82
coaching classes.
Other expenses. 96.20 31.97 20.86 4.44 7.02
Payment of salaries / honorarium. 47.60 35.73 5.47 17.89 1.37
Preservation of ancient / tribal etc. art 1.17 0.99 -
0.36 0.12
forms
Providing free legal aid / Running legal 0.84 0.10 0.73
1.64 0.04
aid centre.
Provision of aids such as Tricycles, 12.95 0.04 0.05
3.97 3.76
calipers etc. to the handicapped.
Provision of free clothing / food to the 1.35 5.56 3.22
24.79 7.00
poor, needy and destitute.
Publication and distribution of religious 0.51 - 0.00
24.64 8.37
literature.
Publication of newsletter / literature / 3.51 - 0.11
1.83 0.27
books etc.
Purchase and supply of educational 5.32 1.50 3.29
62.17 2.46
material – books, notebooks etc.
Purchase of land. 116.24 1.79 11.66 10.48 0.32
Relief / Rehabilitation of victims of 12.34 0.53 15.43
16.83 11.03
natural calamities.
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Purpose U.S.A U.K. Germany Italy Netherlands
Religious functions. 57.27 10.03 12.34 4.46 0.49
Religious schools / education of 18.26 17.01 4.42
89.27 6.51
priests and preachers.
Research. 268.41 58.59 11.36 2.44 10.35
Rural Development. 135.55 116.31 126.96 16.06 45.45
Sanitation including community 6.40 0.50 1.37
7.01 6.55
toilets etc.
Setting up and running 0.00 - 0.60
handicraft centre / cottage &
0.71 0.00
Khadi industry / social forestry
pro
Supply of free medicine, and 9.32 2.37 1.81
medical aid, including hearing 21.03 9.76
aids, visual aids, family planning
Survey for socio-economic and 0.88 0.29 2.16
10.58 1.37
other welfare programs.
Theatre/Films 3.96 0.06 0.15 - 0.41
Treatment / Rehabilitation of 0.33 - -
1.52 0.46
drug addicts.
Treatment / Rehabilitation of 9.43 4.50 2.75
11.99 28.11
persons suffering from leprosy.
Vocational training – tailoring, 18.50 2.92 7.66
17.27 10.13
motor repairs, computers etc.
Welfare / Empowerment of 23.40 3.65 10.85
56.78 27.35
women.
Welfare of children. 355.04 63.79 69.00 33.20 54.95
Welfare of the aged / widows. 4.52 7.72 4.11 0.57 0.28
Welfare of the orphans. 55.61 34.73 34.34 14.64 11.43
Welfare of the Other Backward 1.30 0.82 0.00
1.00 6.57
Classes.
Welfare of the physically and 9.31 5.84 15.86
24.49 13.88
mentally challenged.
Welfare of the Scheduled 1.29 0.09 1.79
1.37 6.33
Castes.
Welfare of the Scheduled Tribes. 4.54 7.13 4.74 1.23 3.55
Total 3838.24 1219.02 1096.02 528.89 418.38
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Annex – 3
Associations 2011-12
World Vision Of India, Tamil Nadu 233.38
Believers Church India, Kerala 190.05
Rural Development Trust, Andhra Pradesh 144.39
Indian Society Of Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day
130.77
Saints, Delhi
PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA, Delhi 130.31
Aga Khan Foundation, Delhi 110.26
Caruna Bal Vikas, Tamil Nadu 109.50
Mata Amritanandmayi Math, Kerala 98.64
Plan International (India Chapter), Delhi 91.33
Bal Raksha Bharat, Delhi 81.31
Gospel For Asia, Kerala 81.22
Compassion East India, West Bengal 71.09
SOS Childrens Village of India, Delhi 67.93
Missionaries of Charity, West Bengal 62.77
Action Aid Karnataka 62.69
Womens Development Trust , Andhra Pradesh 61.46
Services Association Of Sda Pvt. Ltd., Tamil Nadu 56.58
Child Fund International USA, Karnataka 54.83
Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha,
54.42
Gujarat
Pratham Education Foundation, Maharashtra 54.24
A.M.G. India International, Andhra Pradesh 48.13
Operation Mobilisation India, Andhra Pradesh 46.94
Tibetan Childrens Village, Himachal Pradesh 43.58
Caritas India, Delhi 43.45
OXFAM INDIA, Delhi 42.07
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Annex - 5
No. of Amount(Rs.
District Name State Name
Associations In crore)
Chennai (Madras) 737 Tamil Nadu 889.99
Mumbai 834 Maharashtra 825.40
Bangalore 884 Karnataka 812.48
Kolkata 567 West Bengal 455.04
Pathanamthitta (Quillon) 137 Kerala 433.19
Ananthapur 104 Andhra Pradesh 369.76
Hyderabad/Secunderabad 434 Andhra Pradesh 351.34
Ernakulam 330 Kerala 275.44
Ahmedabad 259 Gujarat 232.45
Madurai 333 Tamil Nadu 183.03
Krishna 204 Andhra Pradesh 162.91
Pune 310 Maharashtra 151.42
Kangra/Dharamshala 49 Himachal Pradesh 122.83
Kottayam 240 Kerala 107.25
Chengalpattu/MGR/
214 Tamil Nadu 103.80
Kancheepuram
24 Parganas-(S and N) 600 West Bengal 102.94
Coimbatore 201 Tamil Nadu 91.86
Mysore 127 Karnataka 89.16
Dehradun 133 Uttarakhand 89.10
Ranga Reddy 122 Andhra Pradesh 87.42
Tiruchirapali 243 Tamil Nadu 81.59
Thiruvananthapuram 173 Kerala 81.08
North Arcot (Vellore) 134 Tamil Nadu 79.47
Kozhikode(Calicut) 121 Kerala 76.80
Patna 210 Bihar 74.58
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Annex – 7
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Country Amount of Country Amount of
foreign foreign
contribution contribution
(Rs.In Crore) (Rs.In Crore)
Argentina 2.20 Israel 0.35
Bahamas 2.11 Namibia 0.34
Slovakia 2.09 Maldives 0.34
Bulgaria 2.04 Cyprus 0.33
Panama 1.86 Peru 0.32
Hungary 1.80 Vietnam 0.31
Chile 1.71 Iran 0.28
Liechtenstein 1.49 Belarus 0.26
Monaco 1.34 Cambodia 0.25
Croatia 1.26 Morocco 0.24
Zambia 1.07 Lithuania 0.24
Lebanon 1.04 Rwanda 0.23
Mongolia 0.96 Laos 0.23
Greece 0.96 Jordan 0.22
Turkey 0.93 North Korea 0.17
Slovenia 0.78 Liberia 0.16
Bhutan 0.71 Suriname 0.16
Venezuela 0.70 Caicos Islands 0.13
Ethiopia 0.69 Kazakhstan 0.12
Fiji 0.60 Brunei 0.11
Seychelles 0.60 Jamaica 0.11
Malagasy (Madagascar) 0.50 Congo 0.11
Zimbabwe 0.49 Cayman Islands 0.10
Romania 0.48 Belize 0.07
Ghana 0.48 Egypt 0.06
Burkina Faso 0.44 Guyana 0.06
Netherlands Antilles 0.43 Barbados 0.05
Myanmar 0.42 Herzegovina 0.05
Pakistan 0.41 Estonia 0.04
Mexico 0.39 Latvia 0.04
Columbia 0.38 Mozambique 0.04
Bosnia 0.37 Mauritania 0.04
Ukraine 0.36 Uruguay 0.04
Uganda 0.36 Costa Rica 0.03
Dominica 0.35 Syria 0.03
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Country Amount of Country Amount of
foreign foreign
contribution contribution
(Rs.In Crore) (Rs.In Crore)
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