NEW DELHI: Days after the home ministry froze the Greenpeace India ’s bank accounts, the NGO – that has been pitching for environment protection through its sustained campaign against government’s climate-damaging policies for 14 years – is staring at “imminent” shutdown that may leave 340 of its campaigners jobless within a month due to paucity of funds.Facing this grim scenario, the organization on Tuesday accused the government of putting “every Indian civil society group on the chopping block” and said the home ministry was trying to strangle the NGO by stealth, because it knew an outright ban was unconstitutional.“We have one month left to save Greenpeace India from complete shutdown, and to fight the home ministry’s indefensible decision to block our domestic accounts”, said Samit Aich, executive director of the NGO, while addressing its staff to prepare them for the shutdown of the organization.The home ministry had on April 9 suspended Greenpeace India's Foreign Currency Regulation Act (FCRA) registration for 180 days and frozen seven of its bank accounts, citing under-reporting and violation of foreign currency rules and gave it 30 days time to respond.In its order, the home ministry had said that during onsite inspection of accounts and records conducted on September 24 to 27 last year, it was found that the NGO had transferred foreign contributions in the FCRA-designated bank account and from there to five other accounts “without informing authority concerned”, which was a violation of rules.Though Greenpeace India is currently preparing its formal response to the home ministry’s decision as well as a fresh legal challenge, Aich expressed his concern saying “the legal process could extend well beyond June 1 when cash reserves for salaries and office costs will run dry”.Asking the government to recognize the impact of its decision, Aich said, “The home minister (Rajnath Singh) is trying to strangle us by stealth, because he knows an outright ban is unconstitutional…His arbitrary attack could set a very dangerous precedent: every Indian civil society group is now on the chopping block”.He said, “The question here is why 340 people are facing the loss of jobs? Is it because we talked about pesticide-free tea, air pollution, and a cleaner, fairer future for all Indians?”Greenpeace India has consistently been claiming that its work is supported by people of this country and 70% its funds come from 77,768 Indian donors. It claimed that the group had received Rs 30.36 crore during 2014-15, of which Rs 20.76 crore was given by supporters within India.Reacting to the entire episode, Priya Pillai, a senior campaigner with Greenpeace India whose overseas travel ban was overturned by the Delhi high court in March, said, “I fear for my own future, but what worries me much more is the chilling message that will go out to the rest of Indian civil society and the voiceless people they represent.