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Saturday, May 11, 2024
TopicFCRA licence

Topic: FCRA licence

CBI raids social activist Harsh Mander’s residence, office over alleged FCRA violations

Searches have been conducted since Friday after an FIR was filed Wednesday against Mander and Centre for Equity Studies (CES). Mander sits on the CES's governing board.

Govt scrapped CPR’s FCRA licence over ‘funding for protests’, paper on policy challenges

Govt says think tank ‘misutilised foreign funds to affect India’s economic interests’ in violation of FCRA rules. CPR calls decision ‘incomprehensible & disproportionate’.

Ram Mandir trust says ‘Rs 900 cr spent, Rs 3,000 cr left’, seeks licence to accept foreign funds

Trust general secretary says construction work will proceed in 3 phases & be completed by 2025-end, adds that trust has been in talks with UP govt to take over Ayodhya’s Ram Katha museum.

Govt amends FCRA Rules, asks NGOs to declare movable & immovable assets acquired from foreign funds

Ministry of home affairs sources say the amendment, issued Monday, is meant to make the system more ‘transparent’ and NGOs more ‘accountable’.

‘Illegally received & routed money’, ‘violated FCRA norms’–why MHA ordered CBI probe against OXFAM

It was at recent survey by IT dept where it was found that Oxfam India was ‘planning to circumvent provisions of the FCRA by routing funds to other FCRA-registered associations.’

On Camera

RBI didn’t do heavy lifting under Subbarao. And Finance Ministry didn’t undermine the Governor

In my view as the finance secretary during UPA II govt, the least RBI could have done was not to further depress the sentiment with doomsday prophecies.

Day after mass sick leave by employees, Air India Express fires crew members, cancels 85 more flights

About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.

Pensionless Maha Vir Chakra awardee who trained Mukti Bahini continues to fight for rights

Chiman Singh, injured in 1971 India-Pakistan war, was discharged as non-pensioner in 1972. In his petition, he states denial of pension is contrary to settled law.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.