CLARIFICATION - 01/11/2016

News reports have appeared in a section of media recently about the need for National Sports Federations (NSFs) to register themselves on the NGO- PS (Partnership System) Portal of Niti Aayog.

In this connection, it is clarified that NITI Aayog has made it mandatory for all non- government organisations to register with ‘NGO- PS (Partnership System) Portal’ for seeking grants from any Department/ Ministry of Government of India. No money is to be released by any Ministry to any non-Government organisation that has not registered itself with NITI Aayog NGO-PS Portal.

National Sports Federations (NSFs) are not Government organisations and they receive grants from the Government of India. Therefore, it is mandatory for them to register themselves with the NGO-PS Portal to be able to continue to receive grants. It is in this context that a communication has been sent to them to register themselves with the NGO-PS Portal. Several of them have already registered themselves on the Portal.

The steps to be taken for registration are very simple and are prominently displayed on the NGO-PS Portal which is also known as NGO- DARPAN. The organization has to fill up some online details such as names of the office bearers, its address, registration, PAN number, etc. This will automatically generate a unique number for the concerned organisation. This unique Id number will be used for applying for grants from the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports/ Sports Authority of India.

The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Vijay Goel has said that the requirement for registration on the NGO-PS Portal is in the interest of transparency and urged NSFs to get themselves registered.

Courtesy – Press Information Bureau, Government of India