Ministry of Home Affairs
Cancellation of FCRA Licenses of NGOs
Posted On:
07 DEC 2022 5:09PM by PIB Delhi
The FCRA license of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) was cancelled under section 14 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (FCRA, 2010) due to violation of provisions under section 11 and conditions of registration under section 12(4)(a)(vi) of the FCRA, 2010. The FCRA license of the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust (RGCT) was cancelled under section 14 of the FCRA, 2010 due to violation of provisions under sections 8(1)(a), 11, 17, 18, 19 and conditions of registration under section 12(4)(a)(vi) of the FCRA, 2010.
In terms of provisions under section 14(3) of the FCRA, 2010, the association whose FCRA registration has been cancelled in terms of provisions under section 14 of the FCRA, 2010 shall not be eligible for registration or grant of prior permission for a period of three years from the date of cancellation of registration.
Details are tabulated below:-
|
S. No.
|
State/UT
|
Number of FCRA registration certificates cancelled during the last 05 years i.e. from 2017 to 2021.
|
|
1
|
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
|
4
|
|
2
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
622
|
|
3
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
14
|
|
4
|
Assam
|
87
|
|
5
|
Bihar
|
441
|
|
6
|
Chandigarh
|
13
|
|
7
|
Chhattisgarh
|
49
|
|
8
|
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
|
2
|
|
9
|
Delhi
|
233
|
|
10
|
Goa
|
14
|
|
11
|
Gujarat
|
186
|
|
12
|
Haryana
|
50
|
|
13
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
29
|
|
14
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
24
|
|
15
|
Jharkhand
|
139
|
|
16
|
Karnataka
|
375
|
|
17
|
Kerala
|
178
|
|
18
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
180
|
|
19
|
Maharashtra
|
734
|
|
20
|
Manipur
|
197
|
|
21
|
Meghalaya
|
29
|
|
22
|
Mizoram
|
15
|
|
23
|
Nagaland
|
47
|
|
24
|
Orissa
|
417
|
|
25
|
Pondicherry
|
22
|
|
26
|
Punjab
|
39
|
|
27
|
Rajasthan
|
163
|
|
28
|
Sikkim
|
4
|
|
29
|
Tamil Nadu
|
755
|
|
30
|
Telangana
|
280
|
|
31
|
Tripura
|
11
|
|
32
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
635
|
|
33
|
Uttarakhand
|
78
|
|
34
|
West Bengal
|
611
|
|
Total
|
6677
|
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.
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