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  Vrindavan's Banke Bihari temple gets FCRA licence, to receive foreign funding: Sources

  India | January 25, 2025 14:06 IST

  Banke 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 | April 30, 2024 17:34 IST

  With 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 | April 06, 2023 17:35 IST

  Oxfam 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 | February 17, 2023 16:29 IST

  RBI 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 21:31 IST

  The 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 22:23 IST

  According 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 | January 01, 2022 20:56 IST

  On 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 | July 11, 2019 17:48 IST

  The 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 | February 05, 2019 20:32 IST

  The 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 | October 09, 2017 13:31 IST

  Delhi 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 | September 14, 2017 6:56 IST

  JNU, 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 | April 20, 2017 8:50 IST

  The 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 | January 04, 2017 8:38 IST

  CBI 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

  December 27, 2016 19:14 IST

  In 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 | December 07, 2016 17:38 IST

  The 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

  Politics | November 29, 2016 17:07 IST

  BJP 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

  Politics | November 29, 2016 17:07 IST

  BJP 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 | June 16, 2016 19:46 IST

  The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has today cancelled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licence of Teesta Setalvad's NGO Sabrang Trust.

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  Anand Joshi placed under suspension for issuing FCRA notices arbitrarily to NGOs

  Politics | May 18, 2016 17:51 IST

  New Delhi: A Home Ministry official , who was arrested by CBI for allegedly issuing Foreign Contribution Regulation Act ( FCRA ) notices arbitrarily to several NGOs for financial gains, was today placed under suspension.

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  Greenpeace flouted rules, says Rijiju in Lok Sabha

  Politics | March 01, 2016 19:34 IST

  New Delhi: The FCRA registration of Greenpeace India was cancelled for alleged violation of laws, including false declaration about foreign contribution, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.Minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju said