A view of Delhi High Court, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Centre to respond to a petition by the NGO Environics Trust challenging the cancellation of its registration under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA). The HC asked the Centre to file … Read more
The Ministry of Home Affairs office at North Block in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on March 28 extended the validity of Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) registration of non-government organisations (NGOs) and associations till June 30. Registrations of many NGOs are up for renewal since … Read more
For representative purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The story so far: The Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010 (FCRA) registration of two prominent non-governmental organisations (NGOs) — Centre for Policy Research (CPR) and World Vision India (WVI) have been cancelled this month. Who monitors the process? The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) monitors the … Read more
A car leaves the district headquarter hospital (DHQ) in Panjgur town of Balochistan province on January 17, 2024 where victims of an Iranian air strike were moved earlier this morning. Pakistan recalled its ambassador from Iran on January 17, and blocked Tehran’s envoy from returning to Islamabad after an Iranian air strike killed two children … Read more
Construction work of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple under way | Photo Credit: ANI The Ayodhya Ram temple trust, known as the Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra, on October 18 said that it has received a license to accept foreign donations under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA). The trust has already collected ₹3,500 crore in donations given … Read more
The restoration of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licence of the Missionaries of Charity will pave the way for over a dozen NGOs, including Oxfam, to present their case for renewal, officials said. As many as 179 non-governmental organisations (NGOs), including MoC and Oxfam, were denied renewal permission by the home ministry in December … Read more
The Delhi High Court has directed the Centre not to take any coercive step against a charitable trust, formed for upliftment of destitutes and leprosy patients, for not filing its annual return as mandated under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act due to purported technical glitches on the portal of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Justice … Read more
Indian non-profit organisations and individuals getting oxygen concentrators as gifts from overseas may end up paying goods and services tax and customs duty on them even though the government has offered relief on the devices, which are in short supply during the ongoing second Covid-19 wave. The government has waived integrated GST and customs duty … Read more
India on Tuesday reacted sharply to the comments made by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet who had expressed “dismay” at restrictions on human rights NGOs and “arrests” of activists in India. The spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Anurag Srivastava said, “We have seen some comments by the UN High … Read more
During the three years up to 2018-19, over Rs 58,000 crore of foreign funds have been received by non-government organisations (NGOs). The rising quantum of funds, received by those registered under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), 2010, could have prompted GoI to usher in tighter controls. The avowed objective of the amendments is to … Read more