FCRA License Suspension: Delhi High Court Allows Centre For Policy Research To Use 25% Of ‘Unutilized Funds’
1 year, 2 months ago

FCRA License Suspension: Delhi High Court Allows Centre For Policy Research To Use 25% Of ‘Unutilized Funds’

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday allowed a plea moved by India’s leading think-tank Centre for Policy Research seeking permission to utilise 25% of “unutilized funds” in the fixed deposits towards the payment of salaries of its employees. Justice Subramonium Prasad allowed the application moved by CPR in the petition against the suspension of its licence under Foreign Contribution Regulation Act by the Union Government on February 27. As per Rule 14 of FCRA Rules, when FCRA certificate is suspended, up to 25% of the unutilised amount may be spent with prior approval of the Central Government for “declared aims and objects” for which the foreign contribution was received. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs had suspended CPR’s FCRA license in February, months after surveys were conducted in the organisation’s official premises by Income Tax Department.

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Centre cancels FCRA registration of NGO Centre for Financial Accountability that works on environment, human rights
5 months, 1 week 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 …

Delhi HC seeks Centre's stand on plea by think-tank against FCRA licence cancellation
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi HC seeks Centre's stand on plea by think-tank against FCRA licence cancellation

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi, Mar 26 The Delhi High Court has sought the Union government's stand on a plea by public think-tank Centre for Policy Research against the cancellation of its FCRA licence. Justice Chandra Dhari Singh, in an order passed last week, issued notice on the appeal by the organisation against the Union government's decision and granted time to its counsel …

Centre for Policy Research | Wrath of the state
11 months ago

Centre for Policy Research | Wrath of the state

The Hindu  

In March 2023, about 100 academics based outside India released an open letter criticising the Indian government’s move to suspend the FCRA licence of the Centre for Policy Research, a leading think tank focussed on public policy research and advocacy. Their warning about the “dangerous precedent” seemed to have made no impression on the Union Home Ministry, which has now …

MHA Cancels CPR’s FCRA Registration for ‘misusing’ Foreign Funds
11 months 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 FCRA licence of Centre for Policy Research
11 months, 1 week ago

MHA cancels FCRA licence of Centre for Policy Research

Hindustan Times  

The ministry of home affairs has cancelled the foreign contribution regulation act licence of leading think-tank Centre for Policy Research, about a year after it was suspended, for allegedly violating provisions of the foreign funding law, people familiar with the development said. CPR is a leading policy think-tank since 1973, which conducts advanced and in-depth research on a wide range …

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 HC to pronounce order on CPR plea for using 25% of its funds on Monday
1 year, 2 months ago

Delhi HC to pronounce order on CPR plea for using 25% of its funds on Monday

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court will pronounce on Monday its order on the plea of the leading think tank Centre for Policy Research for utilising 25% of its funds in its fixed deposits for salaries months after its license under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act was suspended in February. The suspension came five months after the Income Tax department surveyed the …

Centre seeks cancellation of CPR’s licence under FCRA
1 year, 2 months ago

Centre seeks cancellation of CPR’s licence under FCRA

Hindustan Times  

The foreign funding of the Centre for Policy Research needed to be stopped immediately as the think tank was receiving and utilising its foreign contribution for “undesirable purposes” that could affect India’s economic interest, the home ministry has told the Delhi high court. The home ministry also told the court that during the examination of a report of raids shared …

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Moved By Centre For Policy Research Against Suspension Of FCRA License By Union Govt
1 year, 3 months ago

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Moved By Centre For Policy Research Against Suspension Of FCRA License By Union Govt

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a plea moved by India’s leading think-tank Centre for Policy Research against the suspension of its licence under Foreign Contribution Regulation Act by the Union Government on February 27. Justice Subramonium Prasad also asked the Union Government to decide the application seeking release of 25% of funds, which was moved by. …

Centre for Policy Research loses tax exemption status
1 year, 5 months ago

Centre for Policy Research loses tax exemption status

The Hindu  

The Income Tax Department has cancelled the tax exemption status of the Centre for Policy Research, a leading public policy research institution. The I-T Department issued a show cause notice to CPR in December 2022 asking why its tax exemption registration under Section 12A of the Income Tax Act should not be cancelled in view of several irregularities. The I-T …

Home Ministry recommends CBI probe against Oxfam India for FCRA violations, official says funds transferred to Centre for Policy Research
1 year, 8 months ago

Home Ministry recommends CBI probe against Oxfam India for FCRA violations, official says funds transferred to Centre for Policy Research

The Hindu  

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday recommended an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the alleged violation of FCRA provisions by Oxfam India, one of the largest NGOs working on food, shelter and education of vulnerable groups. The CBI investigation comes after Income Tax authorities on September 7, 2022 searched the offices of Oxfam India and …

Power against knowledge: The Hindu Editorial on Centre for Policy Research FCRA licence suspension
1 year, 9 months ago

Power against knowledge: The Hindu Editorial on Centre for Policy Research FCRA licence suspension

The Hindu  

The decision of the Government of India to suspend the Foreign Contribution Act licence of the country’s premier think tank, the Centre for Policy Research is bad in optics and substance. The FCRA is a regulatory mechanism to ensure that foreign vested interests are not unduly influencing the domestic politics of India, but sweeping application of the law in a …

Suspension of FCRA license | What does the Centre for Policy Research do?
1 year, 9 months ago

Suspension of FCRA license | What does the Centre for Policy Research do?

The Hindu  

March 04, 2023 10:31 am | Updated 10:31 am IST The story so far: The Ministry of Home Affairs on February 27 suspended the Foreign Contribution Act registration of the Delhi-based think tank Centre for Policy Research for 180 days, citing “prima facie violation of FCRA provisions”. Panandiker founded the multidisciplinary public policy think tank in 1973 “out of a …

Six organisations whose foreign funding licence was suspended by govt
1 year, 9 months ago

Six organisations whose foreign funding licence was suspended by govt

Hindustan Times  

The Centre on Monday suspended the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act licence of the non-governmental organisation, Centre for Policy Research, for 180 days over an alleged violation of laws. The FCRA registration is mandatory for any NGO or association to receive foreign funds As per reports, The CPR has been asked to give clarification and documents regarding FCRA funds received by …

Govt suspends FCRA licence of think-tank Centre for Policy Research
1 year, 9 months ago

Govt suspends FCRA licence of think-tank Centre for Policy Research

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs has suspended the FCRA licence of prominent public think-tank Centre for Policy Research for six months over alleged violation of laws, officials said on Thursday. In September 2022, the Income Tax Department conducted a survey at CPR's premises, and as part of the survey follow-up process, CPR received several notices from the department, …

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: SC to hear plea against Centre\'s decision on Tuesday
2 years, 10 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 …

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