IIT Delhi, Jamia Millia Islamia taken off FCRA list

Around 6,000 organisations have been taken off the list of registered organisations under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) with effect from January 1, 2022. 

Around 6,000 organisations, including the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University, Indian Medical Association, Oxfam India and the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, have been taken off the list of registered organisations under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) with effect from January 1, 2022. 

Either these organisations did not apply for the FCRA licence renewal or their applications were rejected by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).  The MHA regulates the activities of the NGOs and associations registered under the FCRA. The registration is a must for any association and NGO to receive foreign funding.  

An MHA official said the FCRA licences of 18,778 organisations were to expire between September 29, 2020, and December 31, 2021. Of these, 12,989 organisations had applied for renewal. Since 5,789 organisations did not apply for renewal of the FCRA licence, they were deemed to have ceased to be registered organisations on January 1, 2022. 

According to the FCRA website, among the organisations whose registration ceased or licence validity expired were the India Habitat Centre, Lady Shri Ram College for Women and Delhi College of Engineering, the Medical Council of India, Emmanuel Hospital Association, which runs over a dozen hospitals across India, the Tuberculosis Association of India and Vishwa Dharmayatan. 

The Maharishi Ayurveda Pratishthan, National Federation of Fishermen’s Cooperatives Ltd, Hamdard Education Society, Delhi School of Social Work Society, Bhartiya Parishad, DAV College Trust and Management Society, India Islamic Cultural Centre, Godrej Memorial Trust, The Delhi Public School Society, the Nuclear Science Centre at JNU and the All India Marwari Yuva Manch also figure on the list. 

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