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India orders Greenpeace to shut down over fraud | |
2015-11-08 | |
[Rooters] - India has canceled Greenpeace International's license to operate and gave the group 30 days to close down, citing financial fraud and falsification of data, the environment watchdog said on Friday.
Last year, Modi government withdrew permission to Greenpeace to receive foreign funding, saying the money was used to block industrial projects. Under the latest order issued by authorities in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu where Greenpeace is registered I told you we should have registered in Panama!, the government said it had found that the organization had violated the provisions of law by engaging in fraudulent dealings. Greenpeace denied any wrongdoing and said the closure was a "clumsy tactic" to silence dissent. I'm innocent I tell you, innocent! Greenpeace India has campaigned against coal mines in forests, genetically modified crops, nuclear power and toxic waste management. In recent months the federal government has toughened rules governing charities and canceled the registration of nearly 9,000 groups for failing to declare details of overseas donations. | |
Posted by:Shinter Cloter4068 |
#5 The Indians don't call it the "Licensing Raj" for nothing. Their plethora of civil servants an agencies are poorly financed and before you do anything you must get a license to do it. That requires a trip of at least 3 levels per agency and more than one agency. If you are polite, soft spoke, patient, and form "relationships," the process for opening a coal mine is quicker and cheaper than building a duck pond in California. "Now you have to go to Parks and Wildlife to get certification that your ducks are domestic and not wild." I snark but not by much. |
Posted by: Chaith Oppressor of the Lutherans1517 2015-11-08 15:09 |
#4 Gee whiz, if that's a "shutter the doors" offence then there shouldn't be a single NGO operating anywhere. Rather |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-11-08 11:09 |
#3 falsification of data, Gee whiz, if that's a "shutter the doors" offence then there shouldn't be a single NGO operating anywhere. |
Posted by: AlanC 2015-11-08 10:57 |
#2 the money was used to block industrial projects Like the "build an outhouse or don't get a bride" program? |
Posted by: Skidmark 2015-11-08 02:52 |
#1 Man, whatever happened to honor among thieves? Somebody miss a payment? |
Posted by: SteveS 2015-11-08 01:33 |