MHA extends till Jun 30 validity of FCRA registered NGOsThe government has cancelled FCRA registration of nearly 1,900 NGOs for violating various provisions of law in the last five years.
24 Mar, 2022, 11.21 PM IST
SC to hear plea challenging MHA's decision to cancel FCRA license of NGOs on January 25The Supreme Court on Monday posted for hearing on January 25 on a plea challenging the decision of the Ministry of Home Affairs by which it...
24 Jan, 2022, 03.36 PM IST
FCRA registration of 1,807 NGOs cancelled in 2019 for violation of lawsAmong those whose registration has been banned include University of Rajasthan, Allahabad Agricultural Institute, Young Mens Christian Asso...
12 Nov, 2019, 01.42 PM IST
Once in 5 years, NGOs must declare members haven’t violated FCRA normsMove aimed at reducing close monitoring of NGOs by government, a home ministry official said.
18 Sep, 2019, 11.32 PM IST
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...
10 Jul, 2017, 03.04 PM IST
File returns or face licence cancellation, Home Ministry warns NGOsEarlier, the ministry had said starting May 15 and till June 14, all such NGOs can upload their missing annual returns along with the requi...
23 May, 2017, 09.58 PM IST
Home Ministry "inadvertently" renews, cancels licence of another NGOThe licence of Florence Home Foundation, a member of France's Emmaus International, was cancelled for alleged misutilisation of foreign gra...
09 Jan, 2017, 10.13 PM IST
Foreign funds: NGO takes home ministry to courtA Bengaluru-based public health NGO that works with the state and Union health ministries has taken the Union home ministry to court for de...
09 Jan, 2017, 11.46 AM IST
Home Ministry asks 800 NGOs to complete paperworks by Feb 2017The government had derecognised 11,319 NGOs last month after they failed to renew their registration by June-end, preventing them from rece...
22 Nov, 2016, 08.45 PM IST
FCRA licence to Naik's NGO: 4 MHA officials suspended for 'irregularities'The officials, whose names and ranks were not known immediately, were suspended after the Home Ministry found that Naik's NGO Islamic Resea...
01 Sep, 2016, 10.59 PM IST
NGOs violating FCRA seek refuge by invoking Fema registration, Home Ministry wants the option closedThe home ministry is now all set to shoot off a letter to the finance ministry urging it to "rescind its powers to monitor NGOs under Fema."
29 Aug, 2016, 01.49 AM IST
NGOs not furnishing annual returns to be penalised, orders Home MinistryA penalty equivalent to five per cent of total foreign funds received in a year or Rs five lakh will be imposed for non-furnishing of annua...
03 Jul, 2016, 12.11 PM IST
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.
08 Jul, 2015, 04.00 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
Home Ministry making list of material for disaster reliefA damaging assertion in the letter is that agencies in the past demanded cost of the relief supplies, putting the ministry in a "predicamen...
15 Jun, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
NGOs spending over Rs 20,000 in cash to attract intensive government scrutinyThis follows a detailed inspection lately of records and accounts of associations which have been granted prior permission by the govt.
26 Oct, 2014, 01.49 AM IST
Greenpeace funding: Home ministry to serve notice to 10 more NGOs under FCRA within a week10 more NGO’s to be sent notices by the Union Home Ministry, asking them to explain their funding and spending pattern
14 Jun, 2014, 09.03 AM IST