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Monday, August 11, 2025
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Topic: FCRA

‘Did no wrong, complied with laws’ — Oxfam, think tank CPR, media foundation IPSMF on IT surveys

The organisations, in separate statements, also said that they fully cooperated with tax officials. The surveys were allegedly conducted in connection with 'FCRA violations'.

Alt-News co-founder Zubair denied bail, police add criminal conspiracy & FCRA sections to FIR

Police claim Pravda Media Foundation — under which Alt-News functions — received funds from various countries, including Pakistan, Syria, Bahrain, UAE, and Qatar.

Fake invoices, impersonation, hawala bribes: How ‘nexus’ of officials & NGOs ran FCRA scam

CBI probing how licences were granted & renewed for bribes, based on complaint filed by MHA. 36 persons, including 7 officials, are named in FIR, and 14 have been arrested.

MHA officials, NGOs under scanner as CBI conducts nationwide operations over FCRA violations

The crackdown by the central agency is going on at 40 locations including in Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Mysore and some places in Rajasthan.

Foreign donations not absolute right, NGOs should look for Indian donors, SC rules on FCRA

SC upholds constitutional validity of Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2020, says it serves to safeguard India’s ‘sovereignty and integrity’.

Renewed FCRA licenses of 11,594 NGOs which applied within cut-off date, Modi govt tells SC

The court was hearing a plea filed by the US-based NGO seeking quashing of the Centre’s alleged decision by which 5,789 entities lost their FCRA registration.

Oxfam among 6,000 organisations to lose FCRA licence, MHA says 5,789 didn’t apply for renewal

The organisations are among a cumulative 12,580 whose FCRA licence — which allows them to get foreign funding — has ceased to exist over the past few years.

Modi govt extends FCRA registration of NGOs till 31 March, Missionaries of Charity not eligible

The NGOs with FCRA registration certificates expiring between 29 Sept 2020 and 31 March 2022 and have applied for renewal are eligible, a home ministry notice stated.

BJP-RSS hounding Missionaries of Charity, drying up ocean of love filled by Mother Teresa

The Modi govt's Christmas present to MoC by refusing to renew registration is in contrast with brazen amendment of FCRA in 2016 to save the BJP from penal action.

Govt rejects FCRA renewal for Mother Teresa’s charity, organisation denies its accounts frozen

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee tweeted Monday that Union govt had frozen all bank accounts of Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity in India, but organisation refutes claim.

On Camera

MBBS guidelines for students with disabilities reduce a life to a limb

The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.