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Blind Persons' Association

Sector: Disability
Sub Sector: Blind - Services
Tax Deduction: 50% u/s 80G of The Income Tax Act, 1961
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% Spent on Beneficiaries

81%
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Year of Establishment : 1946
Registered Address : 6B, Panchanantala Road, 2nd Floor, Kolkata 700029, West Bengal
Presence : West Bengal
Website : https://www.bpa.org.in
Email : bpaindia@gmail.com
Telephone : +91 33 24605548
Donor Contact : Mr. Anupam Chakraborty / +91 9433525156 / bpaindia@gmail.com
Registered Under : The Societies Registration Act, 1860
Auditor : P. Mukherjee & Co.
Bankers : United Bank of India
Trustees/Directors/Managing Committee: : Mr. Narayan Ganguly - President, Dr. Debabrata Chakraborty - V. President, Mr. Bikash Chakraborty - V. President, Ms. Sumita Ray - V. President, Mr. Nanda Kr Dhar - General Secretary, Ms. Anupam Chakraborty - Secretary, Ms. Shankar Sen - Secretary, Mr. Amit Sarkar - Secretary, Mr. Somprakash Dasgupta - Treasurer

Some of their activities are:

  • Education: The Association runs three schools for kids who are visually impaired in regions of West Bengal free of cost. Residential/Hostel facilities are provided for students in need of shelter. They also continue to make books by Indian as well as other authors available in Braille. They record books as audio CDs which are available in their library and supply CDs directly to organisations on request. The demand for different types of braille books, especially those for higher education, has gone up. They strive to create Braille books on different subjects like science, epistemology, etc. for their students to acquire knowledge and wisdom.
  • Cultural:  All Bengal Swimming Competition for the blind was held at the swimming pool of Indian Life Saving Society. It was the 8th successive year of the aquatic meet, arranged by the association where 135 sightless boys and girls took part in the competition. Also, an All Bengal Sports Competition including all categories of Physically Challenged Boys and Girls was conducted by the same institute. An interschool debate competition was organized by Helen Keller Smriti Vidyamandir at the school premises.
  • Movement: Being part of Paschimbanga Pratibandhi Aikyo Mancha - a conglomeration of different organizations protesting against injustices toward the physically challenged, BPA has advocated for the sightless many a times, recently the organization successfully demanded reserved seats and free travel for the blind and got it approved by the Ministry of Transport, West Bengal.
FY 2015 (₹) FY 2016 (₹) FY 2017 (₹)
Income
Government Sources 81,703 2,205,488 1,758,532
Foreign Sources 163,268 72,601 138,607
Institutional Sources - - -
General Donations 3,325,417 1,570,774 1,901,149
Sales/Fees 239,969 112,774 260,364
Interest/Dividend 68,199 221,005 144,676
Other Income 3,091 13,568 54,452
Total Income (A) 3,881,647 4,196,209 4,257,780
 
Expenditure
Direct Program Activities 859,084 1,738,619 2,504,000
Program Staff Cost 18,000 - -
Travel Expenses 69,846 66,132 127,667
Direct Program Expenses 877,084 1,738,619 2,504,000
Fund Raising Expenses - - -
General Staff Cost - - -
Overhead Expenses 177,648 188,184 339,255
Depreciation 153,845 308,326 284,806
Other Expenses/Transfers - - -
Total Expenditure (B) 1,278,424 2,301,260 3,255,728
 
Surplus / Deficit (A-B) 2,603,224 1,894,949 1,002,052
Assets
Fixed Assets 19,402,282 20,021,243 20,634,676
Current Assets 55,506 115,516 109,215
Cash And Bank 1,770,423 1,671,401 1,148,823
Total Current Assets 21,228,211 21,808,160 21,892,714
Investments 595,000 2,010,000 3,060,000
Accumulated Deficits - - -
Total Assets 21,823,211 23,818,160 24,952,713
 
Liabilities
Trust Corpus - - -
General Funds 21,823,211 23,818,160 24,952,713
Earmarked Funds - - -
Unutilized Grants - - -
Total 21,823,211 23,818,160 24,952,713
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Loans (From Members) - - -
Current Liabilities - - -
Other Liabilities - - -
Total Liabilities 21,823,211 23,818,160 24,952,713
1) Details have not been provided on expenses of the Helen Keller Smriti Vidyamandir which is run with the help of a Central Government grant. This expense accounts for more than 50% of Direct Program Cost during FY10 to FY14.
FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017
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NGO Name Sector Sub Sector Location % Spent on Beneficiaries Income (₹) Expense (₹)
Ashadeep Disability Mental Health Assam 93 15,085,229 14,812,193
Adarsh Charitable Trust Disability Compr - Mental/Phy Disability Kerala 84 20,344,781 25,880,909
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Blind Persons' Association Disability Blind - Services West Bengal 81 4,257,780 3,255,728
Amar Seva Sangam Disability Rehabilitation - Physical Disability Tamil Nadu 80 166,555,712 148,525,716
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Andhjan Kalyan Trust Disability Comprehensive - Multiple Gujarat 72 2,204,277 2,533,317
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Diya Foundation Disability Vocational Training - Mental Disability Karnataka 70 7,443,000 6,420,000


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