Foreign Funding License

Home Ministry has invalidated the FCRA permits of five notable NGOs after undergoing a "due process", citing breaches like the misappropriation of international funding, among other infractions.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has cancelled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) license of the Centre of Policy Research, a New Delhi-based think tank, based on its investigation of alleged irregularities found in their accounts.

The Delhi High Court today issued a notice to the Central government on the two pleas moved by the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust.

The Union Home Ministry has cancelled the FCRA licence of two NGOs -- Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and Apne Aap Women Worldwide (AAWW) -- for allegedly violating laws and diverting funds received from abroad, officials said on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court today refused to grant interim relief on a plea challenging the government's refusal to renew licenses needed to receive funding from abroad to 6,000 Non-Governmental Organisations, or NGOs.

The FCRA licence for Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity was restored Saturday, according to an entry in the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act website, two weeks after the Home Ministry cited "adverse inputs" to refuse a renewal request.

Oxfam India has said it has applied for a renewal of its Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act license -- mandatory for receiving funds from abroad -- in April last year and came to know only on January 1 that its request has been denied.

The government's decision to refuse renewal of its FCRA licence - needed to receive funding from abroad - will severely affect ongoing humanitarian and social work in 16 states across the country, Oxfam India said in a statement.

NGO Funding License: FCRA licences - needed to receive funding from abroad - of over 12,000 NGOs and other organisations have expired, the Home Ministry said Saturday, days after it refused renewal of Mother Teresa's charity's licence.

Home Ministry computer systems weren't hacked to incorrectly renew foreign funding licenses of 16 non-governmental organisations or NGOs, government sources told NDTV today. An internal probe had been ordered earlier this month after the Ministry found licenses for the NGOs under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act or FCRA, which allowed them t...

As many as 25 non-government organisations or NGOs have been denied licenses by the Ministry of Home Affairs to get foreign donations for allegedly being involved in "anti-national activities".

A senior joint secretary - heading the division of the Home Ministry that decides on visa policy and foreign funding of NGOs - is likely to be suspended for allowing Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), headed by Islamic TV evangelist Zakir Naik to receive foreign funds.

It could take all but 48 hours for the government to know about any NGO receiving foreign funds, and it will be mandatory for NGO's to put out such details on their website within a week. These are some of the changes proposed by union home ministry to keep a strict watch on NGOs under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules.

In another round of action against erring non-profits, the government has cancelled the licence of another 4,470 organisations. But the list surprisingly includes a number of top universities, Supreme Court Bar Association and the Escorts Heart Institute, which bars them from receiving foreign funds.

Home Ministry has invalidated the FCRA permits of five notable NGOs after undergoing a "due process", citing breaches like the misappropriation of international funding, among other infractions.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has cancelled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) license of the Centre of Policy Research, a New Delhi-based think tank, based on its investigation of alleged irregularities found in their accounts.

The Delhi High Court today issued a notice to the Central government on the two pleas moved by the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust.

The Union Home Ministry has cancelled the FCRA licence of two NGOs -- Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and Apne Aap Women Worldwide (AAWW) -- for allegedly violating laws and diverting funds received from abroad, officials said on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court today refused to grant interim relief on a plea challenging the government's refusal to renew licenses needed to receive funding from abroad to 6,000 Non-Governmental Organisations, or NGOs.

The FCRA licence for Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity was restored Saturday, according to an entry in the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act website, two weeks after the Home Ministry cited "adverse inputs" to refuse a renewal request.

Oxfam India has said it has applied for a renewal of its Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act license -- mandatory for receiving funds from abroad -- in April last year and came to know only on January 1 that its request has been denied.

The government's decision to refuse renewal of its FCRA licence - needed to receive funding from abroad - will severely affect ongoing humanitarian and social work in 16 states across the country, Oxfam India said in a statement.

NGO Funding License: FCRA licences - needed to receive funding from abroad - of over 12,000 NGOs and other organisations have expired, the Home Ministry said Saturday, days after it refused renewal of Mother Teresa's charity's licence.

Home Ministry computer systems weren't hacked to incorrectly renew foreign funding licenses of 16 non-governmental organisations or NGOs, government sources told NDTV today. An internal probe had been ordered earlier this month after the Ministry found licenses for the NGOs under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act or FCRA, which allowed them t...

As many as 25 non-government organisations or NGOs have been denied licenses by the Ministry of Home Affairs to get foreign donations for allegedly being involved in "anti-national activities".

A senior joint secretary - heading the division of the Home Ministry that decides on visa policy and foreign funding of NGOs - is likely to be suspended for allowing Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), headed by Islamic TV evangelist Zakir Naik to receive foreign funds.

It could take all but 48 hours for the government to know about any NGO receiving foreign funds, and it will be mandatory for NGO's to put out such details on their website within a week. These are some of the changes proposed by union home ministry to keep a strict watch on NGOs under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules.

In another round of action against erring non-profits, the government has cancelled the licence of another 4,470 organisations. But the list surprisingly includes a number of top universities, Supreme Court Bar Association and the Escorts Heart Institute, which bars them from receiving foreign funds.