Ministry of Home Affairs revoked the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) licenses of 1807 NGOs and educational setups that did not comply with the regulations. These institutions had repeatedly failed to comply with the regulatory requirement of furnishing income and expenditure reports.
Crux of the Matter
NGOs or Educational Institutes that have FCRA are required to furnish their annual income and expenditure statements to the government. After the 2016 amendment to the law, the government has been scanning
The government had been repeatedly seeking the statement from some of these institutes for as much as 6 years. Failing to comply with this regulation, 1807 NGOs and Educational Setups were restrained from getting fundings from foreign institutes.
As per the guidelines, the registered institutes that did not receive any fundings from foreign sources were required to file ‘NIL’ returns.
Distinguished institutions like the Swami Vivekananda Educational Society, Allahabad Agricultural Institute, Young Men’s Christian Association, University of Rajasthan, World Peace Mission Trust, et al. became victims of the government scanning.
Curiopedia
The Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), 2010 is an act of the Parliament of India, by the 42nd Act of 2010. It is a consolidating act whose scope is to regulate the acceptance and utilisation of foreign contribution or foreign hospitality by certain individuals or associations or companies and to prohibit acceptance and utilisation of foreign contribution or foreign hospitality for any activities detrimental to the national interest and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. A number of NGOs receiving foreign funding are seen by the India’s central government as involved in anti-development activism and hence posing a negative impact on the economic growth by two to three per cent. Read More
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