The CPR governing board is currently headed by Meenakshi Gopinath and was once headed by academician and critic of the BJP government.
New Delhi: An Income Tax Department search is underway at the Delhi-based independent thinktank Centre for Policy Research (CPR). While the full details are yet to be out, sources said the raid is in connection with the raids in Haryana, Maharashtra and Gujarat and other places “over funding of more than 20 registered but non-recognised political parties”.
The CPR governing board is currently headed by Meenakshi Gopinath and was once headed by academician and critic of the BJP government Pratap Bhanu Mehta. Gopinath is a political scientist who taught at Jawaharlal Nehru University and was also a principal of the Lady Shri Ram College in New Delhi.
On its website, CPR says it has been recognised as a not-for-profit society by the Government of India and contributions are tax-exempt. “CPR receives grants from a variety of domestic and international sources, including foundations, corporate philanthropy, governments, and multilateral agencies,” the website reads. “…a full accounting of annual finances and grants” is available on the website.
CPR describes itself as a “a non-partisan, independent institution dedicated to conducting research that contributes to high quality scholarship, better policies, and a more robust public discourse about the issues that impact life in India”. “Asking the relevant questions” is one of its stated goals, it says.
Notably, CPR receives grants from various domestic and international sources, including foundations, corporate philanthropy, governments and multilateral agencies, the website added.
