Govt plugging gaps to block foreign 'funding' of newsFor the first time, several non-profit entities, backed by foundations and philanthropists abroad, have been asked to give sworn declaratio...
19 May, 2025, 12.08 AM IST
Home Ministry extends FCRA validity for pending NGO renewals until March 2025The union home ministry has extended the FCRA registration validity for NGOs with pending renewal applications until March 31, 2025. This m...
27 Dec, 2024, 07.38 PM IST
Home Ministry extends validity of FCRA registration for NGOs till December 31The Union home ministry has extended the validity of FCRA registration for NGOs with pending renewal applications until December 31. The ex...
29 Sep, 2024, 11.38 PM IST
Centre extends validity of FCRA registration of NGOs till September 30The FCRA registration extension benefits NGOs with pending renewal applications. Scrutiny affected prominent NGOs, leading to new FCRA lice...
01 Jul, 2024, 12.21 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
Government suspends FCRA registration of Centre For Equity Studies for 6 monthsAccording to an order issued by the home ministry, the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, prohibits acceptance of foreign contrib...
20 Jun, 2023, 09.28 PM IST
Validity of FCRA licence of NGOs extended till September 30, 2023: MHA noticeValidity of those entities which were registered under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) and whose five year validity period i...
24 Mar, 2023, 07.14 PM IST
Validity of FCRA licence of NGOs extended till March 31, 2023the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) also said that the validity of those FCRA entities whose five years validity period is expiring during O...
23 Sep, 2022, 11.34 PM IST
Tough for CPR and Oxfam to get FCRA licence nowIn June, the Union home ministry had given a three-month extension to all FCRA registered non-governmental organisations (NGOs) whose licen...
09 Sep, 2022, 08.35 AM IST
ED slaps Rs 61.72 cr FEMA penalty against Amnesty India, ex-CEO Aakar PatelThis was despite denial of prior registration or permissions to Amnesty International India Foundation Trust (AIIFT) and other trusts under...
08 Jul, 2022, 09.57 PM IST
Many NGOs under lens; Some may lose FCRA licencesIn view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Centre had granted relaxation for validity of FCRA registration expiring between September 29, 2020, ...
21 Mar, 2022, 12.43 AM 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
Non-FCRA listed NGOs may have to pay tax on foreign oxygen device giftsThe government has waived integrated GST and customs duty on oxygen concentrators that are gifted from overseas or imported. However, exper...
07 May, 2021, 07.45 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
Government stops foreign funding to 156 NGOs for defying orderSuspension of the FCRA registration means the NGOs and entities cannot accept funding from abroad, an official said.
10 Dec, 2018, 07.21 PM IST
HC orders to defreeze accounts of Indira Jaisingh's NGOThe NGO then approached the HC arguing that the MHA order that takes recourse of sections 22 and 15 of the FCRA was erroneous and that the ...
31 Jan, 2017, 02.09 PM IST
30-year-old rule trips foreign companies' CSR efforts in IndiaThe FCRA norms, which are more than 30 years old, require the corporate foundation to be registered or have prior permission to receive fun...
11 Apr, 2014, 04.00 AM IST