Ministry of Home Affairs

Foreign funding received by NGOs

Posted On: 20 DEC 2017 4:01PM by PIB Delhi

 The quantum of foreign funding received by Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) in India in the last three years (as per Annual Returns submitted by the Associations/NGOs) is given below:-

 

Year

Quantum of foreign fund received (in Rs. crores)

2014-15

15,299

2015-16

17,773

2016-17

6,499

 

 Registration of 18868 NGOs have been cancelled during the period 2011 to 2017 for violation of various provisions of Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 and Foreign Contribution (Regulation) rules, 2011. Details are available on FCRA Public Portal at https://fcraonline.nic.in.

 This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju in written reply to a question by Prof. M.V. Rajeev Gowda in the Rajya Sabha today.

 

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