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Topic: FCRA

Kerala minister Jaleel faces Customs probe for receiving food & Quran copies from UAE

Jaleel allegedly violated the FCRA, though he distributed the gifts. His link to gold smuggling scam accused Swapna Suresh is also under scanner.

Ban foreign donations to Indian NGOs: Ex-CBI acting chief writes in RSS mouthpiece

In an article in RSS mouthpiece Organiser, M. Nageswara Rao says only overseas Indians not acting as agents for others should be allowed to donate to NGOs.

Govt banned 14,500 NGOs from receiving foreign funds in past 5 years

Union minister of state for home Nityanand Rai told Rajya Sabha that so far this year, registrations of 1,808 NGOs under Foreign Contribution Regulation Act were cancelled.

Govt cancelled FCRA registration of 1,807 NGOs in 2019 for violating laws

The FCRA registrations were cancelled for failing to submit their annual income and expenditure statement on foreign funding for up to six years.

Modi govt removes Infosys Foundation from under foreign funding guidelines

The home ministry cancelled the registration of Bengaluru-based Infosys Foundation for allegedly not declaring details of their foreign grants for the last 6 years.

Indira Jaising & NGO under scanner for misusing foreign funds, SC issues notice to Centre

The petition, heard by a bench led by CJI Ranjan Gogoi, claimed that Indira Jaising & Anand Grover’s Lawyers Collective misused foreign funding under FCRA.

In the dock for ‘fund fraud’, Greenpeace scales down India campaigns

With the govt cancelling its FCRA licence & ED freezing its bank account, Greenpeace has had to shut offices, cut staff & change the issues it raises.

On Camera

Shah Rukh Khan’s India is about love, not hate. Chak De! India to My Name Is Khan

This year, Jawan and The Kerala Story both won National Awards. The irony was impossible to miss. One critiqued the system, the other endorsed its narratives. The dichotomy says more about India’s cultural schizophrenia than any film review ever could.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.