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A doon based NGO, has been working for nearly 3 decades in Uttaranchal.
RLEK has come a long way since its inception in the 1970s when a group of vibrant and enthusiastic youth started development work in the tribal area of Jaunsar-Bhawar. Today RLEK is working in 5 states Uttrakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh & Haryana. RLEK well understands how vital human life is to the conservation and sustenance of the environment. This has led RLEK to play a pro-active role in furthering the cause of human rights and environmental protection.
RLEK has
come a long way since its inception in the 1970s when a group of vibrant and enthusiastic youth started development work in the tribal area of Jaunsar-Bhawar. Today, RLEK has established its credibility as one of the pioneer NGOs of the country working at micro, meso as well as macro levels.
After two decades of work without any external support, RLEK
formally registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 as a Non
Profit Organisation in 1989 under registration number 1044/ 1988 - 89.
It is registered by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India under
Section 35AC of Income Tax Act which allows donors 100% income tax
deduction on their contributions, and under the Foreign Contribution
Regulation Act 1976. The State Government of Uttaranchal also
recognises RLEK as a charitable organisation.
