FCRA licence of 2 NGOs headed by Sonia cancelled
2 years, 2 months ago

FCRA licence of 2 NGOs headed by Sonia cancelled

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Centre cancelled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act licences of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust, headed by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, for alleged violation of laws. This followed a probe team, set up in 2020 with officers from the ministries of home and finance, CBI, and ED, finding alleged manipulation of documents while filing income-tax returns, misuse of funds and money laundering while receiving funds from foreign countries, including China, an official said. The trustees of the RGF are former prime minister Manmohan Singh, P. Chidambaram, Rahul Ga-ndhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, former planning commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, former journalist Suman Dubey and Dr Ashok Ganguly, industry expert and former MP. The trustees of the RGCT are Rahul Gandhi, Dr Ganguly, Bansi Mehta, former head of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

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Centre cancels FCRA registration of NGO Centre for Financial Accountability that works on environment, human rights
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Centre cancels FCRA registration of NGO Centre for Financial Accountability that works on environment, human rights

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday cancelled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act registration of the parent entity of the non-profit Centre for Financial Accountability, which monitors and critically analyses the role of financial institutions and their impact on development, human rights, and the environment. In a recent report, the CFA had highlighted how additional projects sanctioned in a Special …

Democratic backsliding: The Hindu Editorial on the state wielding the FCRA as a weapon
11 months ago

Democratic backsliding: The Hindu Editorial on the state wielding the FCRA as a weapon

The Hindu  

Less than a year after suspending the Foreign Contribution Act licence of the Centre for Policy Research, the Government of India has cancelled its FCRA licence. The move also fits into a broader, and sadly, by now all-too-familiar, pattern of the state wielding the FCRA as a weapon to silence entities whose work is not to its liking — typically …

MHA Cancels CPR’s FCRA Registration for ‘misusing’ Foreign Funds
11 months, 1 week ago

MHA Cancels CPR’s FCRA Registration for ‘misusing’ Foreign Funds

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry has cancelled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act registration of the Centre for Policy Research for alleged misutilisation of overseas contribution and used it to affect India’s economic interests while the public think-tank termed the government move as “incomprehensible and disproportionate” and vowed to seek legal recourse against the action. The CPR is led by …

MHA cancels Centre for Policy Research's FCRA licence
11 months, 1 week ago

MHA cancels Centre for Policy Research's FCRA licence

New Indian Express  

The ministry of home affairs has cancelled the foreign contribution regulation act licence of leading think-tank Centre for Policy Research. The move comes about a year after its FCRA licence was suspended, as it allegedly did not follow norms while receiving funds from foreign sources. The donors of CPR include the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the University of Pennsylvania, …

Home Ministry cancels FCRA registration of Centre for Policy Research
11 months, 1 week ago

Home Ministry cancels FCRA registration of Centre for Policy Research

The Hindu  

The Union Home Ministry has cancelled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act registration of Centre for Policy Research, a leading public policy research institution in New Delhi. Editorial | Power against knowledge: On Centre for Policy Research FCRA licence suspension Yamini Aiyar, President, CPR told The Hindu that the institution will weigh its options to seek justice. The Home Ministry website …

Delhi High Court To Decide Maintainability Of Pleas Filed By Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Charitable Trust Against Cancellation Of FCRA License
1 year, 7 months ago

Delhi High Court To Decide Maintainability Of Pleas Filed By Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Charitable Trust Against Cancellation Of FCRA License

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Thursday said that it will decide on July 28 the maintainability of the petitions moved by Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust, associated with the Gandhi family, challenging the cancellation of their Foreign Contribution Regulation Act license.Justice Jyoti Singh was hearing the pleas moved by the two organizations against the decision. The Delhi …

NGO that organised protests against Vedanta Sterlite plant in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi under scrutiny: Home Ministry tells Rajya Sabha
1 year, 8 months ago

NGO that organised protests against Vedanta Sterlite plant in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi under scrutiny: Home Ministry tells Rajya Sabha

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Home Affairs informed the Rajya Sabha on April 5, that it was examining complaints against an NGO— The Other Media— for misusing foreign funds to organise protests and demonstrations around Vedanta’s Sterlite copper plant in Thoothukudi, in Tamil Nadu. Responding to a question by Congress party’s Naranbhai J. Rathwa, Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said …

MHA recommends CBI probe against Harsh Mander's NGO for FCRA 'violation'
1 year, 9 months ago

MHA recommends CBI probe against Harsh Mander's NGO for FCRA 'violation'

Hindustan Times  

The Ministry of Home Affairs has recommended a CBI inquiry against Aman Biradari, an NGO established by writer and human rights activist Harsh Mander, for alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution Act, officials said on Monday. Harsh Mander Mander, who was a member of the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council during the erstwhile UPA government, founded Aman Biradari -- "a …

Union Home Ministry suspends FCRA licence of Centre for Policy Research for 180 days
1 year, 9 months ago

Union Home Ministry suspends FCRA licence of Centre for Policy Research for 180 days

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Home Affairs has suspended the Foreign Contribution Act registration of the Centre for Policy Research, a Delhi-based think tank, for 180 days. A senior government official said the FCRA registration of the public policy research institution was suspended on February 27. Founded in 1973, the CPR, according to its website, is a “non-profit, non-partisan, independent institution dedicated …

FCRA registration of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation cancelled after it received funds from Chinese embassy: Amit Shah
2 years ago

FCRA registration of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation cancelled after it received funds from Chinese embassy: Amit Shah

The Hindu  

Addressing reporters outside Parliament House, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the Foreign Contribution Act registration of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation was cancelled as it allegedly got ₹1.35 crore from the Chinese Embassy. Mr. Shah also claimed that the Foundation headed by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi received ₹50 lakh from Zakir Naik, founder of the Islamic Research Foundation, which was …

Home Minister Amit Shah says FCRA licence of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation was cancelled as it received funds from Chinese Embassy and Zakir Naik
2 years ago

Home Minister Amit Shah says FCRA licence of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation was cancelled as it received funds from Chinese Embassy and Zakir Naik

Op India  

On December 13, the opposition forced the adjournment of the question hour during the Lok Sabha winter session. The answer was clear, and I would have said it in the house, that Rajiv Gandhi Foundation received Rs 1.35 crore from the Chinese Embassy in the 2005-06 and 2006-07 financial years. A notice was issued, and the Home Ministry cancelled the …

India's permanent seat in UNSC was sacrificed because of Nehru's love for China: Amit Shah reminds Congress
2 years ago

India's permanent seat in UNSC was sacrificed because of Nehru's love for China: Amit Shah reminds Congress

India TV News  

India-China face off: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday lashed out at the Congress party reminding it of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's blunder of offering United Nations Security Council Seat seat to China after the opposition cornered the government over India-China's latest clash at the LAC. Amit Shah said, "India's permanent seat in the UN Security Council was …

Licences of Gandhi family-run NGOs cancelled over violations of law: Centre
2 years ago

Licences of Gandhi family-run NGOs cancelled over violations of law: Centre

Hindustan Times  

The Centre on Wednesday told Parliament that it cancelled the licences under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act of two Gandhi family-run non-government organisations for alleged violations of the law. Responding to Congress members Digvijaya Singh and Amee Yajnik’s question in the Rajya Sabha, Union minister of state for home Nityanand Rai said RGF’s license was cancelled under FCRA’s Section 14 …

No one above law, says BJP as government cancels FCRA licences of NGOs linked to Gandhi family
2 years, 2 months ago

No one above law, says BJP as government cancels FCRA licences of NGOs linked to Gandhi family

The Hindu  

Following reports that the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act licenses of two NGOs associated with the Gandhi family were cancelled by the Union government, the BJP on October 23 said that the Gandhi family and organisations linked to it cannot be above law. Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi, party spokesperson Sambit Patra said that the …

Home Ministry cancels FCRA licences of NGOs headed by Sonia Gandhi
2 years, 2 months ago

Home Ministry cancels FCRA licences of NGOs headed by Sonia Gandhi

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Home Affairs has cancelled the FCRA registration of two NGOs headed by former Congress president Sonia Gandhi owing to irregularities, a senior government official said on October 23, 2022. Ms. Sonia Gandhi is the chairperson of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust, the two non-government organisations whose FCRA registration has been cancelled. After the June …

Foreign funding licences of 2 NGOs headed by Sonia Gandhi cancelled
2 years, 2 months ago

Foreign funding licences of 2 NGOs headed by Sonia Gandhi cancelled

India TV News  

Highlights The licences have been cancelled for alleged violation of laws, officials said Action came following investigations carried out by an inter-ministerial committee formed by MHA Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi is the chairperson of the RGF as well as the RGCT The Union Home ministry on Sunday cancelled Foreign Contribution Regulation Act licences of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and Rajiv …

Home Ministry cancels FCRA licence of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
2 years, 2 months ago

Home Ministry cancels FCRA licence of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation

India TV News  

Rajib Gandhi foundation news: The Centre has cancelled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act licence of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, a non-government organisation associated with the Gandhi family, for alleged violations of the law, officials said. “Yes, the FCRA licence of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation has been cancelled after an investigation against it,” an official said. Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi …

FCRA registration: SC to hear plea against Centre\'s decision on Tuesday
2 years, 11 months ago

FCRA registration: SC to hear plea against Centre\'s decision on Tuesday

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said that it would hear on Tuesday a petition which has sought quashing of the Centre's alleged decision by which 5,789 entities lost their Foreign Contribution Regulation Act registration. The officials had said the FCRA licences of 18,778 organisations were expiring between September 29, 2020 and December 31, 2021. Out of them, as …

Centre has justified FCRA non-renewal for NGOs in Supreme Court
2 years, 11 months ago

Centre has justified FCRA non-renewal for NGOs in Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The non-renewal of the Foreign Contribution Act registration of the Missionaries of Charity citing “audit irregularities” comes shortly after a line of argument made by the government in the Supreme Court recently that NGOs have no fundamental right to receive “unbridled foreign contributions”. Foreign contributions, considering their nature and vast expanse of abuse, area tightly and controlled means.” the MHA …

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