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Thursday, September 4, 2025
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Topic: NGOs

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.

India doesn’t need police cracking down on doctors as it braces for Omicron

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‘Genuine NGOs need not shy away from regulatory compliance’: Modi govt defends FCRA amendments

In an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, the govt said there exists no right to seek foreign contributions by NGOs and voluntary organizations without regulation.

NGOs received Rs 50,975 crore foreign funding in last 4 years, maximum from US, says govt

In the Rajya Sabha Wednesday, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said Rs 19,941 crore was received from the United States between 2016-17 and 2019-20.

‘Misleading, incorrect’ — govt issues point-by-point rebuttal to ‘partly free’ tag for India

A report by US think tank Freedom House has given India a ‘global freedom score’ of 67/100, downgrading its status from ‘free’ to ‘partly free’.

Modi govt cracks down on NGOs violating norms, blacklists 200 centres run by them

All these NGOs running drug rehabilitation and de-addiction centres, homes for senior citizens and residential schools for SC\ST children receive funds from the government.

‘Raising funds for charity, using them for terror’ — why NIA raided Kashmir NGOs & trusts

Those raided include Khurram Parvez, who runs the NGO JKCCS, his associates, and news agency AFP’s journalist Parvaiz Ahmad Bukhari.

NGOs expected to adhere to our laws, says MEA on action against Amnesty International

Amnesty International Tuesday said it is halting all its activities in India due to freezing of its accounts and claimed that it is being subjected to an 'incessant witch-hunt'.

NGO group VANI calls FCRA amendments ‘death blow’, wants them referred to Parliament panel

VANI says India needs international collaborations for Covid battle, but FCRA Bill, now passed by Lok Sabha, will stifle the NGO sector.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.