
CURRENT AFFAIRS UPDATE
February 27, 2025 at 08:49 AM
*❇️ 27 February*
*🤝 World NGO Day*
*विश्व एनजीओ दिवस*
Theme25: "Empowering Grassroots Movements for a Sustainable Future"
🧰 World NGO Day aims to inspire people to become more actively involved within NGOs (Charities, NPOs, CSOs) and encourage a greater symbiosis between NGOs and both the public and private sector.
🧰 Embarked in the UN in 2014, but after then World NGO Day was officially recognised & declared by the 12 member countries of the IX Baltic Sea NGO Forum of the Council of the Baltic Sea States in 2010.
🟢NEWS
🔶SMILE-75 schemes for beggars and make arrangements for their rehabilitation through municipal corporation and NGOs
🔷1976 FCRA (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act) brought in to regulate receipt of foreign donations by NGOs.
🔶ISKCON Bhiwandi NGO has recently received the Most Trusted NGO of the Year award.
🏢 UNITED NATIONS (UN)
▪️Founded - 24 OCT, 1945
▪️HQ - New York, US
▪️S.G - Antonio Guterres (Portugal)
▪️MC - 193
▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️