IEG says reapplied for FCRA licence with all papers nowAccording to FCRA rules amended in 2020, "An application for renewal of the certificate of registration shall be made to the Central govern...
01 May, 2024, 12.28 AM IST
FCRA license of leading think tank CPR revoked by Union Home Ministry over alleged violationsThe Union Home Ministry canceled the Foreign Contribution Registration Act (FCRA) license of the Centre for Policy Research (CPR), a promin...
18 Jan, 2024, 12.09 AM IST
Union home ministry renews FCRA licence of ORF for 5 yearsObserver Research Foundation (ORF) has had its Foreign Contribution Regulation Act licence renewed by the Union home ministry for five year...
17 Aug, 2023, 11.52 PM IST
MHA extends FCRA licence of Care India by five yearsThe union home ministry in September had extended the deadline for six months till March 31, 2023 for NGOs to apply for renewal of license....
24 Mar, 2023, 01.23 AM IST
Govt suspends FCRA licence of think-tank Centre for Policy ResearchCPR, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), in a statement, said it continues to cooperate fully with authorities, is in complete complianc...
01 Mar, 2023, 06.27 PM IST
FCRA licence of CPR suspended amid I-T probeOxfam's FCRA licence was revoked in January 2022, after which the NGO had filed a revision petition with the home ministry. Officials said ...
01 Mar, 2023, 07.32 AM IST
New overseas investment norms: Gifting of foreign securities comes with foreign funding law caveatThe erstwhile RBI norms permitted any Indian resident individual to acquire foreign securities by way of gift from non-residents without ta...
15 Sep, 2022, 10.35 PM IST
CPR, Oxfam say they cooperated with I-T dept during survey; compliant with Indian lawsSources said the analysis of the documents was continuing and the department may question some executives of these organisations in the com...
09 Sep, 2022, 10.14 PM IST
FCRA compliance: Supreme Court grants 3 weeks to Centre to respond to pleasOne of the petitions said the ministry has also validated the licences of these NGOs and individuals till September this year and these dec...
07 Sep, 2021, 08.14 PM IST
Ashoka promoters get FCRA okay for University at MohaliNew Delhi-based RHEF is setting up a technology university at Mohali in Punjab with an initial investment of about Rs 2,000 crore.
20 Mar, 2021, 12.48 PM IST
MHA advises NGOs on switch to new FCRA regimeIn a table put on the FCRA website on Friday, the home ministry spelt out the requirements needed to be fulfilled under the amended Act and...
29 Nov, 2020, 11.48 AM IST
Docking NGOs for a few bad apples? FCRA may cause unintended hurdles for the genuine onesPast experience may have led to introduction of greater control of NGOs yet some other amendments will only result in unintended operationa...
25 Sep, 2020, 11.47 PM IST
MHA launches online analytical tool to monitor foreign funding of NGOsThis web-based tool enables decision-makers in various departments of the government to scrutinise source of foreign funds and their actual...
01 Jun, 2018, 07.37 PM IST
Mary Kom NGO, Sonia-led trust among 42 bodies under FCRA lensKiren Rijiju said that 21 NGOs had been served a standard questionnaire to check as part of preliminary inquiry into an alleged violation o...
21 Mar, 2018, 10.37 AM IST
No tribunal needed to enforce FCRA: Centre tells Delhi High CourtA bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar was also informed that there was no need for any tribunal or body fo...
28 Nov, 2017, 08.12 PM IST
No tribunal needed to enforce FCRA, current system robust: GovernmentThe government in its affidavit filed before a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal said there was no need fo...
13 Jul, 2016, 10.44 PM IST
How FCRA norms may hurt CSR contributions of Indian companies with large foreign shareholdingCompanies work with or pay NGOs, schools or hospitals. Some like Infosys, HDFC, ICICI and Hindustan Lever have started their own foundation...
09 Sep, 2015, 01.58 PM IST