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Jaitley defends government move to bar NGOs from receiving foreign funds

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has defended the government's move to bar some NGOs from receiving foreign funding, saying doing good work as a civil society organisation does not make them immune to the law. <br/><br/>The minister, in New Yark, yesterday, said that the procedure under the law will have to be followed. <br/><br/>He added that India has also suffered on account of some forms of funding coming into the country for activities which Indian government don't appreciate. <br/><br/>His remarks have come in the backdrop of the government tightening the noose around the foreign funding route taken by NGOs operating in the country.

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