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Centre launches tool to monitor foreign contributions

  New Delhi: The Centre on Friday launched a web-based analytical tool to closely monitor the flow and utilisation of foreign contributions received by different organisations registered or permitted under the FCRA(Foreign Contribution regulation Act). “The tool enables decision-makers in various government departments/Ministries to scrutinise the sources of foreign funds and their actual use in […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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NGOs have 30 days to file annual returns

New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday gave 30 days to all the non-governmental organisations (NGOs) interested in renewal of their registration under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) to submit their annual reports, a statement said. According to the Home Ministry statement, this exemption is a one-time measure and available to those organisations that uploaded […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Educational Institutions created through Act of Parliament exempted from FCRA

New Delhi: The HRD Ministry today clarified that the institutions created through an Act of Parliament do not need an FCRA licence to receive foreign funds. The Home Ministry has cancelled the FCRA licences of several hundred organisations, including DU, JNU and IIT Delhi, for failing to file annual returns for five consecutive years. “Institutions […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
Organisations deny receiving funds as centre bans 427 Odisha NGOs

Bhubaneswar: Even though the union home ministry has cancelled the registration of 627 NGOs from Odisha for non-compliance with FCRA, certain blacklisted organisations said there were errors in the list as they are in no way authorized by their parent state authority to receive such contributions. A notification of the ministry said that these non-government […]

  • Tuesday, 22 June 2021
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