KOZHIKODE: In the wake of warnings on massive arrival of foreign funds for anti-national activities, the Central intelligence has put the activities of various NGOs and organisations in Kerala under thorough scanner.
Surprisingly, there has been drastic increase in number of organisations in Kerala which have been found violating rules under Foreign Contributions Regulation Act (FCRA). As per a latest MHA report, FCRA licences of 527 organisations have been cancelled in Kerala in 2015 compared to two in 2014. In 2013, FCRA licences of one organisation was cancelled while 450 faced action for violation in 2012. Strict directions have been issued to all enforcement agencies concerned to keep track of the flow of funds to the NGOs and other charitable organisations in Kerala. According to officers with the intelligence, the Union Home Ministry has started to flag the organisations where they suspect diversion of funds for other purposes.
"The MHA has upped the surveillance and reports are filed. There is information that many organisations are using the subsidiary route for pumping in money. A lot of fund transfer is happening between parent organisation in a foreign country and its subsidiary opened in a different name in India," said a senior intelligence officer.All the organisations have been directed to keep their account books update. The MHA has been strict in taking action only in those cases where violations of FCRA have come to notice. It is learnt that a detailed probe is on to trace the funding activities of a few organisations in Kerala with regard to latest incident of 21 missing persons who reportedly left for Syria to join the IS. Officers said that they have collected details about a few bank accounts of the organisations. "Mostly, hard cash might have been used for the deals but we are put the accounts under surveillance," the officers added.
Source: http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Foreign-fund-flow-comes-under-intelligence-radar/2016/07/28/article3550484.ece
Surprisingly, there has been drastic increase in number of organisations in Kerala which have been found violating rules under Foreign Contributions Regulation Act (FCRA). As per a latest MHA report, FCRA licences of 527 organisations have been cancelled in Kerala in 2015 compared to two in 2014. In 2013, FCRA licences of one organisation was cancelled while 450 faced action for violation in 2012. Strict directions have been issued to all enforcement agencies concerned to keep track of the flow of funds to the NGOs and other charitable organisations in Kerala. According to officers with the intelligence, the Union Home Ministry has started to flag the organisations where they suspect diversion of funds for other purposes.
"The MHA has upped the surveillance and reports are filed. There is information that many organisations are using the subsidiary route for pumping in money. A lot of fund transfer is happening between parent organisation in a foreign country and its subsidiary opened in a different name in India," said a senior intelligence officer.All the organisations have been directed to keep their account books update. The MHA has been strict in taking action only in those cases where violations of FCRA have come to notice. It is learnt that a detailed probe is on to trace the funding activities of a few organisations in Kerala with regard to latest incident of 21 missing persons who reportedly left for Syria to join the IS. Officers said that they have collected details about a few bank accounts of the organisations. "Mostly, hard cash might have been used for the deals but we are put the accounts under surveillance," the officers added.
Source: http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Foreign-fund-flow-comes-under-intelligence-radar/2016/07/28/article3550484.ece
