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Praja Foundation

Sector: Governance
Tax Deduction: 50% u/s 80G of The Income Tax Act, 1961
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% Spent on Beneficiaries

72%
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Year of Establishment : 1999
Registered Address : Room No. 5, 2nd Floor, Botawala Building, 11/13, Horniman Circle, Fort, Mumbai 400023, Maharashtra
Presence : Delhi, Maharashtra
Website : https://www.praja.org
Email : info@praja.org
Telephone : +91 22-65252729
Donor Contact : Ms. Swati Raghunathan / swati@praja.org
Registered Under : The Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950
Auditor : H. N. Wania & Co.
Bankers : HDFC Bank Ltd.
Trustees/Directors/Managing Committee: : Nitai Mehta - Managing Trustee, Sumangali Gada - Founder Trustee, Anuj Bhagwati - Trustee, Dhruv Moondhra - Trustee, Iris Madeira - Trustee, Jamal Mecklai - Trustee, Vivek Asrani - Trsutee, Mustafa Doctor - Trustee , Rajan Mehra - Trustee, Vinay Sanghi - Trustee

Praja strives to revive the waning spirit of Mumbai, and increase the interaction between the citizens and the government. For this, they have created a web portal: www.praja.org to equip citizens with pertinent information, like issues faced by the ward, the responses received, along with a discussion board. Prajas primary focus areas for research are health, crime, education, working of elected representatives, housing and civic issues. Their research and outreach activities are essentially guided by the data collected and analysed by them through extensive use of The Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI).

Key activities:

  • Launched a new chapter in Delhi starting with data collection and collation through RTI applications in Delhi. They will conduct research in the areas of crime, education, health and working of Elected Representatives (ER). They have partnered with the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) for research on crime.
  • After having conducted a series of consultations with experts in urban planning since 2013, Praja widened its range to include research in the new arena of affordable housing. The idea is to create a knowledge bank for Elected Representatives, citizens and media, replete with data on Housing, issues with current approaches, demystify concepts such as Floor Space Index and popular myths surrounding these issues.
  • Praja’s first publication was the ‘Report on Working of Ward Committees in Mumbai and Civic Problems of Citizens’. It presented a thorough analysis of citizen’s issues in the 24 wards of Mumbai, and deliberation by the councilors of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai.
  • Praja collaborated with the Urban Design Research Institute for the Handbook on ‘Planning for Mumbai: The Development Plan for Greater Mumbai 2014-2034’which has been published in two languages, English and Marathi, so as to reach out to a wider audience.
FY 2020 (₹) FY 2021 (₹) FY 2022 (₹)
Income
Government Sources - - -
Foreign Sources 31,488,341 - -
Institutional Sources 13,477,436 31,716,390 -
General Donations 1,185,000 7,640,932 26,025,295
Sales/Fees 300,000 175,000 140,000
Interest/Dividend 374,802 353,818 301,139
Other Income - 3,292 -
Total Income (A) 46,825,579 39,889,432 26,466,434
 
Expenditure
Direct Program Activities 11,481,825 24,074,735 9,190,976
Program Staff Cost 16,596,378 11,322,334 7,730,482
Travel Expenses 4,938,676 - -
Direct Program Expenses 28,078,203 35,397,069 16,921,458
Fund Raising Expenses - - -
General Staff Cost 892,410 28,850 -
Overhead Expenses 12,194,532 6,231,308 6,395,041
Depreciation 289,394 199,489 162,519
Other Expenses/Transfers - - -
Total Expenditure (B) 46,393,215 41,856,716 23,479,018
 
Surplus / Deficit (A-B) 432,364 -1,967,284 2,987,416
Assets
Fixed Assets 500,500 555,536 502,856
Current Assets 6,619,765 481,109 549,142
Cash And Bank 2,288,630 3,689,078 6,892,050
Total Current Assets 9,408,895 4,725,723 7,944,048
Investments 3,600,916 632,439 669,393
Accumulated Deficits - - -
Total Assets 13,009,811 5,358,162 8,613,441
 
Liabilities
Trust Corpus 500,500 500,500 500,500
General Funds 6,619,765 4,650,939 7,638,356
Earmarked Funds - - -
Unutilized Grants - - -
Total 7,120,265 5,151,439 8,138,856
Loans - - -
Loans (From Members) - - -
Current Liabilities 263,044 206,723 474,585
Other Liabilities - - -
Total Liabilities 7,383,309 5,358,162 8,613,441
1) Grants/Donations taken as Institutional Sources.
2) Direct Programme Expenses include evaluation study & survey charges, salaries and software development expenses.
FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Beneficiary Details
Direct Beneficiaries (nos.) - - -
Indirect Beneficiaries (nos.) - - -
Average Cost per Direct Beneficiary (₹) - - -
Staff Details
No. of Staff - - -
Number of Consultants - - -
Number Of Volunteers - - -
Total - - -
Highest Paid Full-Time Staff (₹ p.a.) - - -
Lowest Paid Full-Time Staff (₹ p.a.) - - -
NGO Name Sector Sub Sector Location % Spent on Beneficiaries Income (₹) Expense (₹)
Informed Voter Project (MumbaiVotes) Governance Maharashtra 91 928,887 992,116
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Daksh Society Governance Karnataka 86 966,788 1,025,561
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Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) Governance Delhi 84 56,127,790 54,691,972
Human and Institutional Development Forum Governance Karnataka 82 9,635,807 8,176,994
Praja Foundation Governance Maharashtra 72 26,466,434 23,479,018
Public Concern for Governance Trust (PCGT) Governance Maharashtra 60 2,378,317 2,421,498
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