A complete of twenty-two,762 NGOs are registered underneath the FCRA and the renewal functions of about 6,500 have thus far been processed.
The Union Home Ministry on Friday extended the validity of the FCRA registration of NGOs by three months until March 31.
Nevertheless, organisations such because the Missionaries of Charity won’t be eligible for the extension advantages as their functions for a renewal of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act registration have already been rejected, in keeping with a discover issued by the Ministry of Residence Affairs (MHA).
The Centre, in public curiosity, has determined to increase the validity of the FCRA registration certificates of NGOs as much as March 31, 2022 or until the date of disposal of their renewal functions, whichever is earlier, in respect of solely these entities that fulfil sure standards, the discover stated.
The NGOs with FCRA registration certificates expiring between September 29, 2020 and March 31, 2022 and which have utilized for renewal on the FCRA portal earlier than the expiry of the certificates, in accordance with rule 12 of the International Contribution (Regulation) Guidelines, 2011, are eligible for the advantages.
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“All FCRA registered associations are subsequently suggested to pay attention to the truth that in case of refusal of the appliance for renewal of certificates of registration, the validity of the certificates shall be deemed to have expired on the date of refusal of the appliance of renewal and the affiliation shall not be eligible both to obtain international contribution or utilise the international contribution obtained,” the discover stated.
The NGOs which have legitimate registration certificates underneath the FCRA are eligible to obtain funding from overseas.
A complete of twenty-two,762 NGOs are registered underneath the FCRA and the renewal functions of about 6,500 have thus far been processed.
The MHA, on December 25, rejected the renewal application of the Missionaries of Charity, based by Mom Teresa in Kolkata, for not assembly the eligibility circumstances underneath the FCRA as some antagonistic inputs have been obtained.
In a press release, the MHA additionally stated it didn’t freeze any checking account of the Missionaries of Charity, however the State Financial institution of India had knowledgeable that the organisation itself had despatched a request to the financial institution to freeze its accounts.
A number of political leaders, together with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, slammed the Centre for the rejection of the Missionaries of Charity’s FCRA registration renewal utility.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik directed all district collectors on Thursday to make sure that no unit of the Missionaries of Charity working within the state faces any monetary disaster and, if crucial, to make use of the Chief Minister’s Aid Fund to assist them.
