: Everything you need to know about FCRA, the law that regulates foreign donations to NGOs #IndiaNEWS The Union Ministry of Home Affairs recently decided to restrict certain data from public viewing

Everything you need to know about FCRA, the law that regulates foreign donations to NGOs #IndiaNEWS
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs recently decided to restrict certain data from public viewing on the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, or FCRA, website. This data includes the annual FCRA returns filed by non-governmental organisations. A few months ago too, reportedly, the home ministry had removed a list of non-profit organisations whose FCRA licences were suspended by the Centre.Earlier, the website displayed in-depth information on licences granted to non-governmental organisations to accept foreign contributions, quarterly accounts of foreign contributions they received, cancelled and expired licences, and the annual returns of non-profits. Now, only the overall data on the number of FCRA registered associations, number of annual returns filed, and number of cancellations and expirations of licences till date is available on the website’s dashboard.What the law saysThe legislation was first enacted in 1976, with the objective to regulate the acceptance and usage of foreign funds by individuals and associations. The primary reason was to prevent foreign entities from having undue influence on the working of governmental or non-governmental organisations in the country through contributions.The 1976 Foreign Contribution Regulation Act was repealed in 2010 with a renewed FCRA, enacted by the United Progressive Alliance government. Its primary purpose was to consolidate the law on foreign funds and “prohibit acceptance...Read more

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