New Delhi: Delhi’s top educational institutions, social and cultural hubs and the country’s top medical body are among nearly 6,000 entities whose registration under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) is deemed to have ceased on Saturday.
Either these entities did not apply for renewal of the FCRA licence or their applications were rejected by the Union Home Ministry, officials said.
According to the MHA website, the organisations and entities whose registration under the FCRA ceased include IIT-Delhi, Jamia Millia Islamia, Indian Medical Association, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Indira Gandhi National Centre 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. The MHA regulates the activities of the NGOs and associations registered under the FCRA. The registration is mandatory for any association and NGO to receive foreign funding. There were 22,762 FCRA-registered NGOs till Friday. On Saturday, the number came down to 16,829 as 5,933 NGOs were taken off the list.
The officials said the FCRA licences of 18,778 organisations were expiring between September 29, 2020 and December 31, 2021. Of them, 12,989 applied for the renewal.
Since 5,789 organisations did not apply, they were deemed to have ceased to be registered organisations, an official said. Besides, renewal applications of 179 organisations were rejected due to different reasons.
Among those entities whose FCRA registration ceased are Medical Council of India, Emmanuel Hospital Association,Tuberculosis Association of India, Vishwa Dharmayatan, Maharishi Ayurveda Pratishthan, etc.
Around 6K NGOs fail to apply for renewal
22,762 organisations registered under FCRA until Friday
16,829 left as licences of 5,933 NGOs ceased on Saturday
18,778 entities were due to apply for renewal of registration
5,789 failed to apply, their licence deemed to have ceased
179 NGOs’ applications rejected by MHA citing various reasons