20,000 NGOs banned for FCRA violation

 20,000 NGOs banned for FCRA violation  Government has canceled the licenses of around 20,000 NGOs for violating the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) provisions. This means that these NGOs will be barred from receiving foreign funds. Now there are only 13,000 NGOs in the country are legally valid to receive foreign funds. The cancellation of the FCRA licenses of the NGOs has been

MHA cancels Greenpeace's FCRA licence renewal, orders probe

MHA cancels Greenpeace's FCRA licence renewal, orders probe, NEW DELHI: In a flip-flop, the Home Ministry today cancelled renewal of FCRA licences of Greenpeace India and two NGOs run by activist Teesta Setalvad, three months after "inadvertently" renewing those for five years.It also ordered a probe to ascertain if the computer systems had been hacked due to which the licences were renewed