In Brief
This writ petition addressed the governance and oversight of massive public grants to Non-Government Organisations and Voluntary Organisations. The Supreme Court found that the Central and State Governments disburse approximately Rs.950 crores annually to such organizations, yet lack adequate regulatory frameworks and enforcement infrastructure. The Court held that comprehensive guidelines—and potentially statutory legislation—must be enacted to establish accreditation, accounting, audit, and recovery procedures across all 76 disbursing ministries/departments. The Court noted that individual agencies like CAPART have insufficient capacity to meaningfully audit and recover misutilized funds.
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