MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, NEW DELHI HAS ISSUED A NOTIFICATION ON (8-11-2024) RELATED TO THE FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION REGULATION ACT AND THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVE OF THE NGOs WORKING ON THE CAPTIONED SUBJECT.

Government has stated that the foreign contribution Regulation Act for the NGOs associated with radical groups involvement in the anti development activities and the religious conversions inciting protests with malicious intentions and the existence of links with radical organisations are some of the reasons listed by the Ministry of the Home Affairs (MHA) for denying the clearance needed by the NGOs under foreign contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) required to receive funds from abroad. In a notification issued as on 8-11-2024 the MHA said that it was putting out consolidated reasons after receiving the representations from the several NGOs seeking clarity on why their clearance under FCRA was denied, however MHA has not given any names of the NGOs concern which fall under such categories. The MHA further added that the other reasons for refusal of clearance includes concealment of facts in Application forms, pending prosecution against any office bearers of the NGOs, if a field enquiry reveals that no reasonable activity has been carried out by the NGO for two or three years, refusal to provide clarification and absence of the details of the addresses of office bearers or members of the organization. In cases of the renewals the notification said that the MHA can reject the Application, if it finds that the funds received by the organization in the past five years have not been used as per the aims and the objective and if annual reports and returns are not uploaded, or if there is any discrepancy in the financial documents. According to the Ministry of Home Affairs notification data report stated that, as many as 16000 NGOs have obtained FCRA licences while licences of the 20711 organisations have been cancelled as per the information of the MHA , so issued in this behalf on 8-11-2024:-- Er Fateh chand Guleria, Director RTI Welfare Association registered number HPCD-3552 , phone number 9459334377.