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Intelligence Bureau says Foreign-funded NGOs are stalling development

New Delhi: An Intelligence Bureau report has accused "foreign-funded" NGOs such as Greenpeace, Cordaid, Amnesty and ActionAid of "serving as tools for foreign policy interests of western governments" by sponsoring agitations against nuclear and coal-fired

The money was supposedly transferred by Ohio University for sending in resources and articles in the field of Kudankulam.

Meanwhile, Greenpeace has rejected the accusations outright. "Why our work has drawn the attention of IB. We are in India since last 11years. We face this accusation in every country that we receive foreign funds but there is no iota of truth in it," said Abhishek Pratap Singh, Greenpeace campaigner.

Former Union Minister Veerappa Moily is of the opinion that not all foreign funding is bad as he said, "there is general atmosphere that the foreign funding is being used for blocking development work but all foreign funding is not bad or all NGOs are not engaged in disruptive work."

Greenpeace India, meanwhile, has written to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh seeking a copy of the IB report.

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