American Express Credit Cards

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Namaskar Mitra,

American Express Cards had agreed to sponsor Modiji event at Madison square.

When the controversy on his visa brokeout they withdrew sponsorship. One of the

prominent NRI's said on NDTV Saturday night ki all of them would protest

American Express sponsorship withdrawal by destroying their cards. The function

was attended by 4,000 people acc to an NRI friend who was there.

 

I would urge Indians across the world to boycott American Express Bank / Card /

Travel related services.

 

For how long will the Hindus be at the receiving end. Aswini Rao a secular pal

of Bijoy Mathew based in New York questioned, in a NDTV interview, the funding

of the Hindu right in India by NRI's. It is high time we collect data on Church

transfers into India from U.S.A., U.K. and Germany and funding from the Middle

East. The number would be huge. Home Ministry site below gives you some nos,

ancient, because they are for the years 2000-01. with prem sanjeev

http://mha.nic.in/fore.htm

Receipt of foreign contribution during 2000-2001

1. 22,924 associations stood registered under the Foreign Contribution

(Regulation) Act, 1976 as on 31st March 2001.

2. 638 associations were granted prior permission to receive foreign

contribution during 2000-2001.

3. 14,598 associations filed returns for 2000-2001.

4. The receipt of foreign contribution during 2000-2001 amounted to Rs 4535.23

crores. This represents a 15.56% increase over the amount received in the

previous year (Rs 3924.63 crores).

5. Among the states and union territories, Delhi reported the largest amount

(Rs 763.05 crores) followed by Tamil Nadu (Rs 649.45 crores) and Andhra Pradesh

(Rs 589.52 crores).

6. The United States of America (Rs 1492.62 crores) heads the list of donor

countries, followed by the United Kingdom (Rs 677.59 crores), and Germany (Rs

664.51 crores).

7. The leading donor agency was World Vision International, USA (Rs 80.43

crores), followed by Foster Parents Plan International, USA (Rs. 76.37 crores),

and Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, USA (Rs. 68.11 crores).

8. The largest recipient of foreign contribution was Sri Sathya Sai Central

Trust, Andhra Pradesh (Rs 88.18 crores), followed by World Vision of India,

Tamil Nadu (Rs 85.42 crores) and Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society India,

Maharashtra (Rs. 74.88 crores).

9. Among the purposes, the largest amount was received for Rural Development

(Rs 547.74 crores) followed by Health care & Family Welfare (Rs 432.98 crores),

and Relief for natural calamities (Rs 339.77 crores).

FOR ATTENTION