FCRA News

The new govt rules require NGOs with FCRA licence to submit details of movable and immovable assets created out of foreign contributions.

The Home Ministry has taken a big action against the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. The MHA cancelled the FCRA (Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act) license. BJP held a press conference regarding this. In this press conference, Sambit Patra said that action has been taken against corruption.

Rajiv Gandhi Foundation have faced a big action. The Ministry of Home Affairs has cancelled the FCRA (Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act) license of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. Watch the report to know more about the same.

Centre cancels FCRA of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation The Centre alleged violations of the foreign funding law The inquiry into RGF began in 2020

ED has penalised Amnesty India Rs 51.72 crore and ex-CEO Aakar Patel Rs 10 crore. Amnesty India and its former head have been charged for FEMA violations.

CBI today raided 40 locations in connection with alleged FCRA violations The operation was launched after a complaint from the Home Ministry to the CBI The central agency also apprehended around 14 people during the operation

Trusts are reportedly facing technical glitches on the portal of the Ministry of Home Affairs. The trust were represented through advocates Jose Abraham and M P Srivignesh. They submitted that the return could not be filed due to a technical glitch in the authorities' portal.

The Home Ministry on Wednesday allowed an Amritsar-based association to receive foreign funds to provide free food and other facilities to devotees of Golden temple. Union Food Processing Minister and Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal said that the MHA has granted approval under FCRA to Sri Harmandir Sahib.

The web-based tool enables decision-makers in various government departments to scrutinise source of foreign funds and their actual use in India.  

A deadline of one month has been given to the NGOs, business entities and individuals to comply with the order.

IIT Delhi has issued clarification over the reports about non-submission of annual statement of returns on FCRA ( Foreign Contribution Regulation Act).

The show cause notices were issued on July 8 and the NGOs have time till July 23 to give their reply.

All NGOs, which did not disclose income and expenditure statements leading to cancellation of their FCRA registration, have been given a final opportunity by the government to file their annual returns by June 14.

Amnesty International on Wednesday criticised the Indian government for using the "crude, colonial-era" sedition law to "silence" its critics.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the source of money in the bank accounts of social activist Teesta Setalvad and others which were frozen by Ahmedabad police in 2015 after allegations of misappropriation.

The Congress and the BJP on Tuesday withdrew their pleas challenging a Delhi High Court order holding both guilty of taking donations from subsidiaries of Britain-based Vedanta Resources in violation of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA).

The registration of the 1,736 NGOs under Foreign Contribution Regulation Act expired after these organisations failed to submit required documents for renewal of their licence by November 8.

An apex body of NGOs has petitioned the Union Home Ministry, urging it to extend the date of FCRA renewal to December 31, fearing that otherwise many organisations awaiting renewed licenses will have to cease operations.

Four officials of the Home Ministry were Thursday night suspended for their alleged goof-up in renewing the FCRA licence of the NGO of Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, who is under the scanner of security agencies for his alleged radical views.

In a measure which could have far-reaching consequences, the Union  Home Ministry has decided that all non-profit organisations that receive more than Rs one crore as government funds and over 10 lakhs as donations from abroad, will have to declare their assets.