THE AUROVILLE FOUNDATION ACT, 1988
An Act to provide for the acquisition and transfer of the undertakings of Auroville and
to vest such undertakings in a foundation established for the purpose with a view to making
long-term arrangements for the better management and further development of Auroville in
accordance with its original charter and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
WHEREAS Auroville was founded by the „Mother‟ on the 28th day of February, 1968 as an
international cultural township;
AND WHEREAS in view of the serious difficulties which had arisen with regard to the management of
Auroville, the management thereof had been vested in the Central Government for a limited period by the
Auroville (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1980 (59 of 1980);
AND WHEREAS under the management of the Central Government and under the overall guidance of
the International Advisory Council set up under the aforesaid Act, Auroville had been able to develop
during the last eight years along several important lines and the residents of Auroville have also carried
on activities for the development of Auroville which need further encouragement and consolidation;
AND WHEREAS Auroville was developed as a cultural township with the aid of funds received from
different organisations in and outside India as also from substantial grants received from the Central and
State Governments, and the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation also had,
from time to time, reflected in its resolutions that the project on Auroville is contributing to international
understanding and promotion of peace;
AND WHEREAS for the purpose of encouraging, continuing and consolidating the aforesaid activities
of Auroville, it is necessary in the public interest to acquire the undertakings of Auroville and to vest
them in a body corporate established for the purpose;
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
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