Nearly 6,000 entities together with Jamia Millia Islamia and Oxfam India misplaced their FCRA licenses

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IIT Delhi, Jamia Millia Islamia, Indian Medical Association and Nehru Memorial Museum and Library are among the many practically 6,000 establishments whose FCRA registration closed on Saturday.

Officials mentioned these entities both didn’t apply for renewal of their FCRA licenses or their purposes have been rejected by the Union Home Ministry.

According to the official web site associated to Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, organizations and establishments whose registration underneath FCRA has expired or has expired embody Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts, Indian Institute of Public Administration, Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial Foundation , Lady included. Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi College of Engineering and Oxfam India.

Officials of the Union Home Ministry, which regulates the actions of NGOs and associates registered underneath the FCRA, mentioned that the registration underneath the Act is deemed to have ended on Saturday (January 1).

FCRA registration is necessary for any affiliation and NGO to obtain international funding.

As of Friday, there have been 22,762 FCRA-registered NGOs. On Saturday, it got here right down to 16,829 as 5,933 NGOs had stopped functioning.

Organizations whose FCRA registration bought closed embody Medical Council of India, Emmanuel Hospital Association, which runs greater than a dozen hospitals throughout 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 in Institutions It additionally consists of Ram College for Women, Delhi College of Engineering and All India Marwari Yuva Manch.

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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS

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