The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) registration of 5,789 organizations, including several top educational institutions, social and cultural centers in Delhi, and the country’s top medical associations ended on Saturday. Officials said these institutions had not applied for renewal of their FCRA licences. Apart from this, the Union Home Ministry also rejected his renewal application.
According to the official website linked to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), the organizations and institutions whose registration under FCRA has expired or has expired are Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-Delhi), Jamia Millia Islamia, Indian Medical Association (IMA), Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, India Habitat Centre, Lady Shri Ram College for Women and Delhi Engineering College.
Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts, Indian Institute of Public Administration, Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial Foundation, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi College of Engineering and Oxfam India are also included in the long list of Union Home Ministry.
Officials of the Union Home Ministry, which regulates the activities of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and its affiliates, said that the registration under the Act is deemed to have ended on Saturday (January 1).
FCRA registration is mandatory for any organization and NGO to receive foreign donations. As of Friday, there were 22,762 FCRA-registered NGOs. On Saturday, it came down to 16,829 as 5,933 NGOs ceased operations.
Officials said that the FCRA licenses of 18,778 organizations were expiring between 29 September 2020 and 31 December 2021. Of them, around 12,989 organizations had applied for FCRA license renewal between 30 September 2020 and 31 December 2021.
An official said that since 5,789 organizations did not apply for FCRA licence, their registration would be deemed over. Apart from them, the renewal applications of 179 organizations were rejected by the Ministry of Home Affairs for various reasons.
Organizations that have lost their FCRA registration include Medical Council of India (MCI), Emmanuel Hospital Association, which runs more than a dozen hospitals across India, Tuberculosis Association of India, Vishwa Dharmayatan, Maharishi Ayurveda Pratishthan, National Federation of Fishermen Cooperatives Ltd.
Hamdard Education Society, Delhi School of Social Work Society, Bharatiya Sanskriti Parishad, DAV College Trust and Management Society, India Islamic Cultural Centre, Godrej Memorial Trust, Delhi Public School Society, Nuclear Science Center at JNU, India Habitat Center, Lady Shri Ram College For Women, Delhi College of Engineering and All India Marwari Yuva Manch are also included in these institutions or organizations.
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