Interest, income from grants must be credited back to FCRA account: MHAThe Ministry of Home Affairs has instructed NGOs that interest income from foreign contributions must be credited to FCRA utilisation accou...
25 Aug, 2024, 11.37 PM IST
RBI makes changes in NEFT, RTGS for daily reporting of foreign remittancesIn a circular, the RBI said in terms of extant requirements of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the donor details such as name, address,...
17 Feb, 2023, 12.36 AM IST
MEA's Think Tank among 30 NGOs to lose FCRA licenceSeveral non-governmental organisations (NGOs) had approached the home ministry seeking restoration of their FCRA licences on the grounds th...
18 Jan, 2022, 12.42 AM IST
Nearly 19,000 NGOs have opened SBI accounts under FCRA till nowOfficials said that with a large number of NGOs already registered with the SBI, a fresh extension is not required, but they might consider...
30 Dec, 2021, 08.37 AM IST
Asked our centres not to operate foreign currency accounts till renewal of FCRA registration: Missionaries of Charity"We would like to clarify that the FCRA registration of the Missionaries of Charity has been neither suspended nor cancelled. There is no f...
27 Dec, 2021, 10.00 PM IST
Home Ministry refused FCRA renewal application of Missionaries of CharityThe MHA statement came hours after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed the Centre had frozen all bank accounts of the organi...
27 Dec, 2021, 07.15 PM IST
All NGOs, except one, allowed to open A/cs with SBI New Delhi branch under FCRA: MHA to HCThe Centre on Thursday also said that it is the “stand of the MHA (ministry of home affairs) that all the applications from NGOs applying f...
05 Jun, 2021, 12.21 AM IST
NGOs urge Delhi HC to formalise 7-day limit for Home MinistryUnder the new Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) laws, NGOs are required to obtain a prior approval from the central government for...
31 May, 2021, 11.45 PM IST
Open NGOs’ A/Cs under FCRA in 10 days of central nod: HC to SBIJustice Rekha Palli issued the order after the court was informed by some NGOs that despite receiving the approval from the Union home mini...
21 May, 2021, 08.15 AM IST
Ensure FCRA accounts opened for NGOs within 10 days of MHA approval: Delhi HC to SBIThe Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the State Bank of India (SBI) to ensure it opens FCRA accounts for NGOs within 10 days of receivi...
20 May, 2021, 05.50 PM IST
NGOs get 4 months more to renew FCRA licencesThe earlier deadline for renewal of FCRA licences was May 31 and March 31, 2021, for opening of bank accounts at the designated SBI branch ...
20 May, 2021, 08.16 AM IST
Govt extends FCRA registration date for NGOs till September 30Another order issued by the ministry said the non-government organisations (NGOs) can open their FCRA accounts to receive foreign donations...
19 May, 2021, 08.10 PM IST
New FCRA rules choking NGO funding, stalls Covid relief workNon-profit organisations are knocking on several doors, trying to convince authorities of the urgent need to relax the regulations — which ...
18 May, 2021, 09.55 AM IST
Can NGOs receive foreign contributions pending MHA approval as their services required:HC to CentreThe query by Justice Prathiba M Singh came during hearing of the pleas by two NGOs which had not yet received approval of the Ministry of H...
13 May, 2021, 09.03 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
Home Ministry relaxes account norms for NGOs under the Foreign Contribution Regulation ActThe home ministry has set a deadline of March 31, 2021 for NGOs registered under FCRA to open an account at the specified branch of SBI. “F...
23 Nov, 2020, 10.26 PM 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