Government of India cancels licences of nearly 9,000 NGOs
April 27, 2015
New Delhi
In a crackdown on dubious NGOs receiving foreign funds, government has cancelled licences of nearly 9,000 such entities for violation of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA).
In an order, the Home Ministry said that notices were issued to 10,343 NGOs for not filing annual returns for the year 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12.
The notices were served on October 16, 2014 saying that the NGOs should file their annual returns within a month specifying amount of foreign funds received, sources of such funds, for which purpose it was received and in manner in which such foreign contribution was utilised, according to a Home Ministry notification.
Out of the 10,344 NGOs, only 229 replied.
There was no reply from the remaining NGOs leading to cancellation of their registration issued under FCRA, the notification issued yesterday said.
Among the registration cancelled 8,975 NGOs include 510 NGOs against whom notices were sent but returned undelivered.
Government earlier had suspended the FCRA licence issued to Greenpeace India and frozen their seven bank accounts for various alleged violation of laws.
The government last week ordered that funds coming from the US-based Ford Foundation should not be released by any bank to any Indian NGOs without mandatory permission from the Home Ministry.
– Inputs from PTI
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