IEG 2nd big NGO after Missionaries of Charity to regain FCRA licenceThe Union home ministry restored the FCRA licence of the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) after it was initially denied earlier this year...
26 Jul, 2024, 12.14 AM IST
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
Kailash Satyarthi Foundation gets FCRA licenceThe number of organisations registered under FCRA has dropped to 16,325 on April 2, 2023 from 16,352 on March 26, following the overhaul ca...
03 Apr, 2023, 07.18 AM 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FCRA licence of CPR suspended amid I-T probeOxfam's FCRA licence was revoked in January 2022, after which the NGO had filed a revision petition with the home ministry.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
Over 1800 NGOs' FCRA licences cancelled in 3 yrs: GovernmentThe minister said reasonable opportunities of being heard are given to the Non-Government Organisations by issuing them show cause notice b...
26 Jul, 2022, 05.04 PM IST
FCRA licences of JNU, DU, IITD, RKM and others restoredThe renewal of as many as 179 FCRA licences was denied by the MHA in December last year while the licences of 5,789 NGOs had lapsed. The to...
09 Jan, 2022, 11.41 PM IST
MHA extends validity of FCRA registration of NGOs by three months till March 31The NGOs with FCRA registration certificates expiring between September 29, 2020 and March 31, 2022 and that have applied for renewal on th...
31 Dec, 2021, 02.14 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
“No law violated, we use only funds provided by Infosys,” says Sudha MurtyIn June 2016, we applied to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) asking for de-registration, though we had been verbally told we were outside...
15 May, 2019, 01.48 PM IST
Over 14,000 NGOs barred from receiving foreign funds: GovernmentOf these, the largest number of 10,020 NGOs were barred last year. A total of 4138, 4 and 59 NGOs were restrained from receiving foreign co...
19 Jul, 2016, 08.48 PM IST
Greenpeace launches new campaign to reclaim freedom of speechGreenpeace today launched a new campaign to reclaim freedom of speech by recreating Bollywood movie posters highlighting real life stories ...
04 Sep, 2015, 04.57 PM IST
Won't be deterred by attempts to silence campaigns: GreenpeaceThe NGO which has been mired in controversy, said that the cancellation of the FCRA license was government's latest move in a relentless on...
04 Sep, 2015, 01.22 AM IST
Foreign funding: Modi government cancels licences of over 10,000 NGOsThe home ministry recently took a series of actions against various NGOs, including Greenpeace India, two NGOs run by social activist Teest...
22 Jul, 2015, 02.30 PM IST
Government plans to cancel FCRA registration of Teesta Setalvad's NGOsSabarang Trust and Citizens for Justice and Peace, run by Teesta and her husband Javed Anand, were served the notice following an on-site i...
01 Jul, 2015, 04.29 AM IST
Government to be soft on 'genuine' NGOs doing good workHome Ministry wants to do away with all physical paper works for NGOs which apply for registration under the Foreign Contribution Regulatio...
30 Jun, 2015, 09.55 PM IST
E-system: Home ministry to go hi-tech to simplify FCRA regimeThe applicant needs to upload the digitally signed signed application, along with scanned documents as specified by the Centre from time to...
18 Jun, 2015, 12.44 PM IST