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Quadria, PE funds eye stake in Samarth Lifesciences; deal may value firm at Rs 4,500 croreQuadria Capital is eyeing a strategic acquisition of a majority interest in Samarth Lifesciences, a move that could value the transaction a...
NGOs lose foreign donation nod for failing to use fundsThe Indian government is taking action against non-profits holding unused foreign funds. Registrations are being cancelled for organization...
Govt sends notices to wake up 'inactive' NGOsNon-profits face potential FCRA registration cancellation for inactivity since 2021, with the MHA invoking a rarely used law. Notices cite ...
CBI files charge sheet in FCRA bribery racket case; MHA officials namedThe central agency's charge sheet, filed before a special court on Saturday, came within 60 days of the arrests made on May 11, they said, ...
Govt invokes FCRA, clutch of NGOs face detailed auditThe accounts and records of these local NGOs for receipt and utilisation of foreign contribution (FC) from 2015-16 to 2017-18 will be inspe...
Unregulated foreign aid could harm India's sovereignty: Centre to SCUnder the new law, any NGO, which is registered to get foreign contributions, cannot transfer such contributions. It also places the NGO un...
Rules tightened for NGOs to apply for foreign donationThe home ministry has tightened the eligibility criteria for NGOs applying for foreign donation, saying such entities should have been oper...
Home Ministry tightens eligibility criteria for non-governmental organisations applying for foreign donationThe ministry notification dated November 10 said that office bearers of the NGOs seeking registration under the Foreign Contribution (Regul...
After a year, Home Ministry relaxes mandatory norm for NGOs getting foreign fundA year after the decision was "reconsidered" and now the registration on Darpan has been made "optional".
6,000 NGOs could lose licence to receive foreign donationsIn May this year, 18,523 NGOs were given a one-time opportunity by the home ministry to give details of their income and expenses by June 1...
American NGOs under 'watchlist' were allegedly donating money to unregistered organisationsA senior government official said US billionaire George Soros-promoted Open Society Foundations donated Rs 4.1 crore to senior lawyer Indir...
Government versus NGOs: FCRA to protect transparency and prevent misuse of foreign fundsThe first-ever renewal of clearances for foreign funding to NGOs have been delayed and new and stringent rules are being framed to govern t...
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...
Government determined to put NGO's under scrutiny despite objectionsA senior home ministry official said that some NGOs, through representations in the past fortnight, have objected to the new stipulation.
MHA proposes linking FCRA accounts of NGOs to PFMS for real-time alert of fundsThe Home Ministry is set to notify a new set of FCRA rules stipulating that banks should inform MHA within 48 hours of any foreign donation...
Government proposes to tighten noose around NGOs by changing rulesThe Ministry has also suggested that banks will have to inform it within 48 hours of receipt of foreign funds by any NGO.
Make public every foreign donation within a week, Government tells NGOsThe main change is that all NGOs will have to make public each foreign contribution received by them within a week of the receipt, on their...
Rs 3784 crore in foreign donations went to NGOs in 2013-14: GovernmentA total of Rs 3,784 crore has been received as foreign donations by various non-government organisations (NGOs) across India during 2013-14.
Delhi NGOs get most foreign donationsNGOs registered in Delhi reported the highest receipts of foreign donations at Rs 2,232 crore during FY 2012-13, followed by TN & AP.
Foreign funds risky business for NGOs, says Home MinistryLess than 2% of NGOs in India are registered with the government for receiving foreign contribution, says a Home Ministry report