Government cancels licences of around 9,000 NGOs for not filing annual returns

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, April 28, 2015: The government has cancelled the licences of around 9,000 NGOs for violation of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA).

Tightening noose around such entities, the Home Ministry issued notices to 10,343 NGOs for not filing annual returns for the year 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12, reported PTI.

The notices were served on October 16, 2014 saying that the NGOs should file their annual returns within a month specifying amount of foreign funds received, sources of such funds, for which purpose it was received and in manner in which such foreign contribution was utilised, according to a Home Ministry notification.

Out of the 10,344 NGOs, only 229 replied. There was no reply from the remaining NGOs leading to cancellation of their registration issued under FCRA, the notification issued on Monday said. Among the registration cancelled, 8,975 NGOs include 510 NGOs against whom notices were sent but returned undelivered.


The government, earlier, had suspended the FCRA licence issued to Greenpeace India and frozen their seven bank accounts for various alleged violation of laws.

Last week, it ordered that funds coming from the US-based Ford Foundation should not be released by any bank to any Indian NGOs without mandatory permission from the Home Ministry.


Courtesy: Indiatoday