Auroville Foundation matters

The Working Committee reported that the minutes of the last meeting of the former Governing Board, held on line on November 7th, 2020, have still not been received for information to the community. The term of office of the former Governing Board ended on November 15th; the appointment of the Chairman and members of the next Governing Board is still awaited, as is the appointment of new members of the International Advisory Council (vacant for the last four years) and the appointment of the Secretary of the Auroville Foundation (vacant since July 2019). The government of India also substantially reduced its normal grant for Auroville. In the financial year 2020-2021, a total amount of Rs 1.5 crores has been received while the Auroville Foundation had submitted a request for the usual amount of about Rs16 crores.