FCRA Notice to 3292 NGOs for non filing of return in Form FC-4

Subject : Non-submission of mandatory Annual Returns from 2011-12 to 2016-17-reg.

As per Section 18(1) of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (FCRA, 2010) read with Rule 17(1) of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules, 2011 (FCRR, 2011), Associations registered under the FCRA 2010 are required to submit electronically online Annual Report in Form FC-4 with scanned copies of income and expenditure statement, receipts and payment account, balance sheet etc. for every financial year within nine months of the closure of the financial year. Such Associations which do not receive foreign contribution during a particular year are also required to furnish a NIL return for that financial year within the aforesaid period. Non-submission of the mandatory Annual Returns/accounts is a violation of the FCRA, 2010 and the FCRR, 2011.

2. After scrutiny of records for the years 2011-12 to 2016-17, it has been observed that the mandatory annual returns /accounts for some of the financial years in above period have not been found uploaded on the FCRA portal online by the association despite the fact that one final opportunity of one month was provided to all such Associations to submit the missing ARs without paying any penalty vide this Ministry’s Public Notice No. 11/21022/36(207)/2015-FCRA-II dated 12.05.2017 w.e.f, 15,05.2017 to 14.06.2017,

3. In case any of the aforesaid returns has not been filed yet, the association is advised to submit the same electronically online immediately. Any difficulty in uploading may he brought to the notice to this Ministry at support-fcra@gov.in

4. The status of submission of mandatory annual return will be reviewed after 15 days of issue of this notice (electronically/physically) in respect of your Association, being dispatched to your known addresses. If you failed to submit any of the missing Return(s) within this time period, appropriate action under the Section 14 of the FCRA, 2010 would be initiated against your Association for the said violation.

To.
The Chief Functionary

As per the list available at https://feraonline.nic.in

Note:- Please ignore this mail if you have already uploaded the Annual Return(s)

Download List of Associations not filed Annual Returns in Form FC-4 from last 6 years

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