Online gaming companies seek a clear regulatory playfieldIndia's online gaming sector is approaching the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology for guidance on new gaming rules. Compan...
12 May, 2026, 08.37 PM IST
Inside the jury shaping the One Of A Kind Startup AwardsThe One of a Kind Startup Awards 2026, presented by The Economic Times and Cashfree Payments, is seeking India's most promising internet-fi...
12 May, 2026, 12.41 PM IST
Iran to reopen airspace in phased "four-stage" plan following regional conflictCiting the deputy director of Iran's Civil Aviation Organisation, the report indicates that flight operations will resume in a graduated ma...
19 Apr, 2026, 11.20 AM IST
Foreign funding under prior permission category has to be spent within 4 years: GovtThe Home Ministry has announced new rules for organizations receiving foreign funds. Organizations under the Foreign Contribution Regulatio...
07 Apr, 2025, 09.42 PM IST
FCRA licences of 20,000 NGOs cancelledThis was conveyed to Home Minister Rajnath Singh during a review of the Foreigners Division of the Home Ministry in New Delhi.
28 Dec, 2016, 12.51 AM IST
Government fast-tracks permission process to build homesThe notification brings building project of the size of 5,000 sq metres to less than 20,000sq metres within the ambit of fulfilling "enviro...
15 Dec, 2016, 04.02 PM IST
FCRA licence of Teesta Setalvad's NGO renewedThe registration of CJP, run by Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand, under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, has been renewed, a Ho...
13 Dec, 2016, 11.14 PM IST
MHA not to reconsider ban on American donor NGOThe US donor works in the field of child rights and is accused of promoting religious conversion and funding non-FCRA registered NGOs.
13 Dec, 2016, 07.52 PM IST
Home ministry formalising modalities to make ‘key changes’ in Foreign Contribution Regulation RulesThey are required to obtain prior permission from the government every time they want to receive funds for a specific project from abroad, ...
03 Oct, 2016, 11.13 AM IST
Government to enforce law that bars foreign funds to NGO more than twiceThe official said if any NGO wants to receive funds from abroad more than twice, the entity should register under the FCRA and following th...
19 Aug, 2016, 11.14 PM IST
Amnesty always a red rag to Home MinistryA Nobel peace prize winning organisation, Amnesty has been critical of Indian security agencies and the Indian government for their human r...
19 Aug, 2016, 02.58 AM IST
Relief for Ford Foundation unlikely anytime soon"We have no plans to review the decision on Ford Foundation as of now," a senior Home Ministry official said.
16 Aug, 2015, 01.15 PM IST
Ford Foundation-government stand-off ends as NGO agrees to come under FemaThe home ministry has decided to reciprocate by allowing the NGO to utilize funds from its bank accounts here to pay salaries to its 50-odd...
16 Jul, 2015, 11.00 AM IST
Ford Foundation funding to non-FCRA NGOs, Teesta Setalvad's Sabrang TrustRijiju said Teesta Setalvad is associated with two NGOs namely Citizen for Justice and Peace and Sabrang Trust which are registered under F...
05 May, 2015, 04.26 PM IST
Home Ministry lists 7 violations for action against NGOsMinister of State for Home, Kiren Rijiju said that the FCRA wing of the Home Ministry had carried out 129 inspections on NGOs in 2014 and 3...
05 May, 2015, 12.41 PM IST
Get MHA nod for fund transfer from Greenpeace International, nine others: RBIAs per the rules of MHA, a list of 10 donor agencies have been put under "prior permission category" before fund can be transfered from the...
15 Jan, 2015, 10.17 PM IST
Government virtually freezes foreign funds for GreenpeaceA spokesperson for Greenpeace India said the organisation had “enough contributors” within India to sustain itself.
20 Jun, 2014, 05.19 AM IST