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New FCRA 2.0 portal launched with advanced features, here's what special about this
Business | Jul 01, 2026, 04:14 PM ISTAmit Shah also launched the Electronic Overseas Citizen of India (e-OCI) Card. Under this system, applicants can complete the entire OCI process online.
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Govt tightens FCRA rules for NGOs, revises penalties on foreign funding violations: Check details
India | Jun 23, 2026, 10:31 PM ISTThe orders were notified by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday under powers conferred by section 41(1) of the Act.
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Vrindavan's Banke Bihari temple gets FCRA licence, to receive foreign funding: Sources
India | Jan 25, 2025, 02:06 PM ISTBanke Bihari temple is currently managed by the court and the court has formed a management committee. This management committee under court approval had applied for an FCRA license.
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Govt cancels more FCRA licences of NGOs over ‘violations’, second time in a month
India | Apr 30, 2024, 05:34 PM ISTWith the cancellation of their Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration, these NGOs will no longer be able to receive foreign contributions nor utilise the existing available funds.
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Trouble mounts for NGO Oxfam India after MHA recommends CBI probe into foreign fund allegations
India | Apr 06, 2023, 05:35 PM ISTOxfam India allegedly routed funds to the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) through its associates and employees in the form of a commission.
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RBI modifies NEFT, RTGS systems to accommodate FCRA transactions
Business | Feb 17, 2023, 04:29 PM ISTRBI introduces changes to NEFT and RTGS systems for FCRA related transactions following the Home Ministry's mandate for SBI to report all donor details. SBI must capture donor details and report them daily to MHA, while other banks must make necessary changes by March 15, 2023.
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FCRA violations: CBI arrests 14, including 6 MHA officials, for graft
India | May 11, 2022, 09:31 PM ISTThe CBI on Tuesday conducted searches at 40 locations in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Manipur.
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FCRA violations: CBI raids 40 locations in countrywide crackdown; NGOs, MHA officials under scanner
India | May 10, 2022, 10:23 PM ISTAccording to reports, 6 officials, NGO representatives being questioned by CBI over alleged FCRA violations and Rs 2 crore hawala transactions detected so far.
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No more foreign funding for 12,580 NGOs as registrations under FCRA expires today
India | Jan 01, 2022, 08:56 PM ISTOn Friday, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had extended the validity of FCRA registration of those NGOs that were expiring between September 29, 2020, and September 30, 2021, till March 31, 2022.
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CBI raids senior advocate Anand Grover's properties
India | Jul 11, 2019, 05:48 PM ISTThe action came almost a month after the CBI registered a case against Mumbai-based NGO Lawyers Collective and its President Anand Grover for alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution (Regulations) Act (FCRA), criminal conspiracy and criminal breach of trust.
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Govt suspends FCRA registration of 156 NGOs
India | Feb 05, 2019, 08:32 PM ISTThe Home Ministry also said 36 NGOs have compiled with its order and opened their bank accounts in PFMS-integrated banks and their suspension order has been revoked.
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Foreign funds: Delhi HC grants 6-month time to Centre to look into accounts of political parties
India | Oct 09, 2017, 01:31 PM ISTDelhi High Court on Monday granted six-months time to the Centre to look into accounts of political parties.
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Govt bars JNU, DU, IGNOU from receiving foreign funds for violating FCRA
India | Sep 14, 2017, 06:56 AM ISTJNU, Delhi University, IIT Delhi, ICAR and Supreme Court Bar Association are among several hundred organisations barred by the Centre from receiving foreign funds.
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Govt bars top public health NGO from receiving foreign funds
India | Apr 20, 2017, 08:50 AM ISTThe government has barred an NGO from receiving foreign funding including from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for alleged violation of the law.
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CBI files charge sheet against Teesta Setalvad, spouse for FCRA violations
India | Jan 04, 2017, 08:38 AM ISTCBI has filed a charge sheet against social activist Teesta Setalvad, her husband Javed Anand and a company run by them for alleged violation of foreign funding rules. The charge sheet, which has listed
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Govt cancels FCRA licences of 20,000 NGOs for violation of laws
Dec 27, 2016, 07:14 PM ISTIn a significant move, the government today annulled the licenses of around 20,000 of the 33,000 existing Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) after they were found to be allegedly violating various provisions of the Foreign Contribution Regulation
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FCRA violation: Govt bars Indira Jaising's NGO ‘Lawyers Collective’ from receiving foreign funds
India | Dec 07, 2016, 05:38 PM ISTThe government has permanently cancelled the FCRA license of Lawyers Collective, an NGO run by noted lawyer and former Additional Solicitor General of India Indira Jaising, for alleged violation of FCRA.
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Foreign funding: BJP, Congress withdraw appeals from Supreme Court
National | Nov 29, 2016, 05:07 PM ISTBJP and Congress, prima facie guilty of violating the law on foreign funding, today withdrew their plea in apex court challenging the Delhi High Court verdict.
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Foreign funding: BJP, Congress withdraw appeals from Supreme Court
National | Nov 29, 2016, 05:07 PM ISTBJP and Congress, prima facie guilty of violating the law on foreign funding, today withdrew their plea in apex court challenging the Delhi High Court verdict.
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Centre cancels FCRA licence of Teesta Setalvad's NGO
India | Jun 16, 2016, 07:46 PM ISTThe Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has today cancelled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licence of Teesta Setalvad's NGO Sabrang Trust.