NEW DELHI: In a fresh crackdown on non-profit organizations for alleged violation of provisions of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act 2010, the Union home ministry has cancelled the FCRA registration of over 4,000 organizations over the last couple of months.
Of these, the licence of 971 organizations to receive foreign contributions under FCRA was cancelled on Tuesday. Among the prominent non-profit bodies stripped of their registration since May are the Supreme Court Bar Association, University of Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Indian Law Institute, Panjab University, Gujarat National Law University, School of Planning and Architecture, Escorts Heart Institute, Vikram Sarabhai Foundation and Kabir founded by Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia. This means that they can no longer receive contributions from foreign donors.
Sources in the Union home ministry said the cancellation of FCRA registration of the errant NGOs was ordered after giving them due notice and following the laid down procedures. The grounds for cancellation of licences included non-filing of annual returns and other anomalies.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/DU-JNU-among-4000-bodies-barred-from-foreign-funding/articleshow/47607383.cms
Of these, the licence of 971 organizations to receive foreign contributions under FCRA was cancelled on Tuesday. Among the prominent non-profit bodies stripped of their registration since May are the Supreme Court Bar Association, University of Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Indian Law Institute, Panjab University, Gujarat National Law University, School of Planning and Architecture, Escorts Heart Institute, Vikram Sarabhai Foundation and Kabir founded by Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia. This means that they can no longer receive contributions from foreign donors.
Sources in the Union home ministry said the cancellation of FCRA registration of the errant NGOs was ordered after giving them due notice and following the laid down procedures. The grounds for cancellation of licences included non-filing of annual returns and other anomalies.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/DU-JNU-among-4000-bodies-barred-from-foreign-funding/articleshow/47607383.cms
