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An Outlook: Registering an NGO in India

calendar11 Jun, 2020
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Registering an NGO in India

Registering an NGO is essential for those who want to kick start their NGO in India. As NGO registration empowers you to be apparent in front of the vision of laws, you can get your NGO registered and start a charitable or non-profit making organization. Thereby, you can fulfill your desire of serving the poverty-stricken people by feeding them with all the necessities of life.

An NGO (Expanded as Non-government organization) is a voluntary union of individuals or groups of people within a legal framework that performs its operations and activities without government interference. Formation of NGOs at a rapid pace in India in the last few years is due to the fact that most of the Indians are unable to bring themselves out of the pit of poverty and misfortune. Furthermore, we can say that NGOs are eliminating poverty and removing the sufferings from the lives of underprivileged people.

Wide range of agendas that NGOs covers are uplifting children education, women empowerment, eradication of social evils, facilitating rehabilitation support for the disabled, sustainable development, Widows and elderly mothers support, and the list goes on. Profits made from the functioning of the NGOs get utilized in these agendas, and no members are liable to receive any dividend.

The establishment of NGOs has become a necessity by looking at the devastation condition of millions of underprivileged people living below the breadline in India. NGOs have a pivotal role to play in bringing improvement in the communities, developing the society as well as firing up the citizens to take active participation. Through this write-up, we are going to unfurl that why registering an NGO is important and other related topics.

Why Registering an NGO is recommended?

Registering an NGO should be a priority for an individual or an organization who is involved in running an NGO in India. Here is a brief overview of the need for registering an NGO in India-

  • If an NGO gets itself registered, it can establish its place in the confines of social, ethical as well as legal parameters of the society.
  • NGO registration makes sure that after passing through the registration process, the Non-government organization would get more exposure. Registering an NGO provides local NGOs with the favour that they will be able to explore diverse areas of operations along with extending its range.
  • Registering an NGO refers to the attainment of legal status by a Non-governmental organization. This legal status ensures that the organizations maintain accountability of donations as well as funds they received from all around the corner.
  • Registered NGOs provides a sense of reliability to those people who are a regular donor and thus, the donors involved in providing donations from time to time would feel happy and satisfied to connect themselves with the registered NGOs. In brief, it adds the believability factor to the Non-governmental organizations.
  • It’s mandatory to have a bank account under the name of the company in order to run a company in India. After getting registered as a non-profit organization, the bank account of a company can get opened.
  • Registering an NGO opens the door for both financial as well as manual resources. Marching ahead of more volunteers to serve the people living under reduced circumstances will turn out to be beneficial for the NGO.
  • Get your NGO registered under Income Tax Authorities[1] and it would further help in tax exemption.
  • NGOs must get registered with the proper authority as per the appropriate laws and regulations to find its place in the ambit of the legal entity.
  • The overall functions and operations of a registered NGO take place in a well-organized manner. For instance, if a person makes a contribution to the charitable fund to boost up the charitable works of the organization, then the amount get received under the organization name and come into use for the benefits of others. However, in the case of unregistered NGOs, the resources may get received under the name of any person, and he/she can utilize the valuable resources for their own benefits.

Read our article:All you need to Know before Starting an NGO in India

Legal Ways for Registering an NGO in India

There are three reasonable legal ways for registering an NGO in India-

Registering an NGO in India

Documents Required for Registration of Society, Section 8 Company and Trust

NGOs would receive the registered deed only after submission of relevant documents.

Registration of Society

The following are the required papers for society registration

  • Name of the society
  • Office address proof
  • Residential proof of all the members
  • Memorandum of Association- Two Copies along with the Bylaws
  • A Letter of request for registering the society under law
  • Voter ID of all the members
  • Driving license of all the members
  • Affidavits of the office bearers
  • Aadhaar Card of all the members
  • Passport copy
Note: After the payment for registration process gets completed, the drafting of MoA, as well as Bylaws of the society, takes around 8 to 10 days. Thus, it takes about 21 to 30 days for the registration of the society.

Registration of Trust

The following are the required papers for Trust Registration

  • Details of Trustees including Name, Residential Address, Name of the Father, Age, Contact Number, Occupation, as well as Email Address along with two photographs
  • Electricity bill or water bill affirming the address that would get registered
  • Voter ID proof
  • Aadhaar Card of the members
  • Driving license and passport
Note: After the payment process for registration gets over, completion of onlineregistration under the Indian Trust Act- 1882 requires about 8 to 10 days. The settler will be giving a presentation at the office of the registrar before the deed gets valid all over India. On the proposed registration date, the Author of the Trust needs to be present for registration in the registrar office.

Registration of Section 8 Company

The following are the essential papers for Section 8 Company Registration

  • Company name for approval
  • Office address proof (Water bill or electricity bill or house tax receipt)
  • Voter ID of all the directors
  • Driving license of all the directors
  • Aadhaar Card
  • Directors’ passport copy
  • MoA and AoA of the Company
Note: Once the payment concerning registration gets over, the drafting of AoA and MoA of the society needs around 8 to 10 days. Thus, the overall registration of Company gets completed in around two months.

Bottom Line

By registering an NGO in India, many corporations and individuals work for promoting social and economic advancement of poverty-stricken people for non-profit objectives. Registering an NGO in India is easy as well as a quick process with Corpbiz. Our team members will address all your queries and will help you in completion of your intact registration process along with managing all the formalities. Furthermore, we would also provide you with 12A and 80G Certification. Therefore, if you are planning to transform the lives of under privileged ones, you should go-ahead for the registration process.

Read our article:How to approach NGO Registration in India? Forms & Features

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