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Vrindavan's Banke Bihari temple gets FCRA licence to receive foreign funding

The Home ministry had approved the grant of FCRA license after following due application process and processed its application after the court's approval.

A priest (L) throws coloured powder over Hindu devotees during 'Basant Panchami' festival celebrations, which mark the preparations for the arrival of spring, inside the Sri Bankey Bihari temple in Vrindavan. (File image)(AFP)
Published on Jan 25, 2025 01:06 PM IST

MHA warns unlicensed NGOs against receiving foreign funds

All NGOs receiving foreign funds have to be mandatorily registered under the FCRA and they have to utilise such funds only for the purposes these have been received

The ministry came across some instances of credit or debit in the accounts of NGOs without a licence, which caused it to issue a public notice on Tuesday. (HT Photo)
Updated on Jan 22, 2025 06:24 AM IST

Shah Rukh Khan’s NGO Meer Foundation granted license for foreign funding

Meer Foundation, which was founded in 2013 and is registered as a not-for-profit under the Companies Act , primarily works for women acid attack victims

Actor Shah Rukh Khan. (X)
Published on Jun 06, 2024 10:07 AM IST

AAP violated FCRA in receiving foreign funds: ED to home ministry

A senior official confirmed to HT that “a reference to MHA was sent in August 2023 informing about FCRA violations by AAP in receiving foreign funds”.

It remains unclear on the action MHA took when the reference regarding the violations was made in August 2023. (ANI)
Updated on May 20, 2024 05:52 PM IST
ByNeeraj Chauhan

CBI searches activist Harsh Mander’s home, office in FCRA violation probe

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has raided the residence and office of activist Harsh Mander as part of a probe into alleged violation of foreign contribution regulations by his NGO, Centre for Equity Studies. The ministry of home affairs had asked the CBI to investigate the funding of Mander's NGO, which allegedly acted as a conduit for transferring foreign contributions to non-FCRA associations. Mander's FCRA license was suspended last year. A case has been registered against Mander and CES.

Former bureaucrat and activist Harsh Mander. (Amal KS/HT Photo)
Updated on Feb 02, 2024 05:11 PM IST
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