FCRA Licenses of NGOs Cancelled en masse
·
Licences
to be Renewed Every Year Now
·
FCRA license of the Rajiv Gandhi
Foundation (RGF) was cancelled under section 14 of the Foreign Contribution
(Regulation) Act, 2010 (FCRA, 2010)
·
6677 FCRA Registration Certificates
Cancelled during the last 5 years i.e. from 2017 to
2021
·
The association whose FCRA registration has
been cancelled in terms of provisions under section 14 of the FCRA, 2010 shall
not be eligible for registration or grant of prior permission for a period of
three years from the date of cancellation of registration.
The FCRA license of
the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) was cancelled under section 14 of the Foreign
Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (FCRA, 2010) due to violation of provisions
under section 11 and conditions of registration under section 12(4)(a)(vi) of
the FCRA, 2010. The FCRA license of the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust (RGCT)
was cancelled under section 14 of the FCRA, 2010 due to violation of provisions
under sections 8(1)(a), 11, 17, 18, 19 and conditions of registration under
section 12(4)(a)(vi) of the FCRA, 2010.
In terms of
provisions under section 14(3) of the FCRA, 2010, the association whose FCRA
registration has been cancelled in terms of provisions under section 14 of the
FCRA, 2010 shall not be eligible for registration or grant of prior permission
for a period of three years from the date of cancellation of registration.
Details are tabulated below:-
|
S. No. |
State/UT |
Number of FCRA
registration certificates cancelled during the last 05 years i.e. from 2017 to 2021. |
|
1 |
Andaman and Nicobar
Islands |
4 |
|
2 |
Andhra Pradesh |
622 |
|
3 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
14 |
|
4 |
Assam |
87 |
|
5 |
Bihar |
441 |
|
6 |
Chandigarh |
13 |
|
7 |
Chhattisgarh |
49 |
|
8 |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli |
2 |
|
9 |
Delhi |
233 |
|
10 |
Goa |
14 |
|
11 |
Gujarat |
186 |
|
12 |
Haryana |
50 |
|
13 |
Himachal Pradesh |
29 |
|
14 |
Jammu and Kashmir |
24 |
|
15 |
Jharkhand |
139 |
|
16 |
Karnataka |
375 |
|
17 |
Kerala |
178 |
|
18 |
Madhya Pradesh |
180 |
|
19 |
Maharashtra |
734 |
|
20 |
Manipur |
197 |
|
21 |
Meghalaya |
29 |
|
22 |
Mizoram |
15 |
|
23 |
Nagaland |
47 |
|
24 |
Orissa |
417 |
|
25 |
Pondicherry |
22 |
|
26 |
Punjab |
39 |
|
27 |
Rajasthan |
163 |
|
28 |
Sikkim |
4 |
|
29 |
Tamil Nadu |
755 |
|
30 |
Telangana |
280 |
|
31 |
Tripura |
11 |
|
32 |
Uttar Pradesh |
635 |
|
33 |
Uttarakhand |
78 |
|
34 |
West Bengal |
611 |
|
|
Total |
6677 |
This
was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai
in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on 7 December 2022.