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Fema / RBI - Every association registered under Foreign Contribution Regulations Act (FCRA) has to submit an Annual Return (Form FC-4) to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), online before 31st December for its foreign fund receipts for the previous financial year. The MHA has recently done major amendments in the FC-4, the revised FC-4 has been provid...
Read MoreFema / RBI - Foreign Contribution Individuals, Associations and Non-Profit Companies intending to receive the funding in India from foreign source are needed to comply with and are subject to the regulations made by government in this regard. Earlier Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 1976 (FCRA, 1976) was in force to regulate and facilitate the ac...
Read MoreFema / RBI - 1. CONCEPT OF CHARITABLE COMPANY/NGO’S: Charitable Company or Non Governmental Organization (NGO) is a group, organization, Non Profit establishment or non Profit association of individuals, activists, voluntary and social persons. Non Government Organization (NGO) is citizen based non–profit group works for social welfare and sustain...
Read MoreFema / RBI - Introduction to FCRA, 2010 Q.1 What is the purpose of FCRA, 2010? Ans. FCRA, 2010 has been enacted by the Parliament to consolidate the law to regulate the acceptance and utilization of foreign contribution or foreign hospitality by certain individuals or associations or companies and to prohibit acceptance and utilization of foreign cont...
Read MoreFema / RBI - Section 8 (Companies Act, 2013) company will become Holding Entity and other entity will become its subsidiary. Holding entity will do all the marketing, fundraising, financial, future planning for whole group. This process involves member restructuring, change in authorise signatories with banks and government authorities. Now the main i...
Read MoreFema / RBI - Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh here today launched an Online Analytical Tool to facilitate closer monitoring of the flow and utilisation of foreign contributions received by various organisations registered or permitted under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010. ...
Read MoreFema / RBI - It is a fact that political parties cannot receive contribution from any foreign source as defined under Clause (c) of Section 2 of the FCRA, 1976. Section 29 B of the Representation of the Peoples Act, 1951 also prohibits political parties from receiving foreign contributions....
Read MoreFema / RBI - Show Cause Notice issued to 5,922 Associations for cancellation of FCRA registration As a one-time measure, all associations were given an opportunity by way of a Public Notice uploaded on fcraonline.nic.in on May 12, 2017 requiring the associations to file their missing Annual Returns pertaining to FY 2010-11 to 2014-15 within a period o...
Read MoreFema / RBI - This exemption is one time measure and available to those associations who upload their missing Annual Returns from FY 2010-11 to FY 2014-15 within this period. The renewal of registration under FCRA cannot be granted unless the Annual Returns are uploaded by the organization....
Read MoreFema / RBI - The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh today launched the new revamped website in order to substantially improve upon the existing services for Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules (FCRA) under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Shri Rajnath Singh hoped that the new initiative will offer the genuine applicants seamless services of FCRA ...
Read MoreIndian Social Action Forum (INSAF) Vs. Union of India (Supreme Court) - Whether Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010 (FCRA, 2010) (read with rules) allows Central Government to freely decide whether an organisation is political or not? What is Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010? The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010 and rules framed under it (the ...
Read MoreM/s Advantages India & Anr Vs Union of India & Ors (Delhi High Court) - M/s Advantages India & Anr Vs Union of India & Ors (Delhi High Court) This Court is of the opinion that there is a principle and/or policy for guidance of exercise of discretion by the Government in the matter of selection of an investigative agency and there is no arbitrary, vague and uncon...
Read MoreDR R N Gupta Technical Education Society Vs Union of India (Delhi High Court) - The petitioner - a Society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 - has filed the present petition impugning communications dated 01.08.2014 and 07.12.2015 (hereafter referred to as the impugned communications)...
Read MoreS.O. 459(E) - (30/01/2020) - Central Government exempts all the Government organisations from the operation of all the provisions of Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 with effect from 30th January, 2020 if such organisations are under compulsorily audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). MINISTRY...
Read MoreG.S.R. 659(E) - (16/09/2019) - Foreign Contribution (Regulation) (Second Amendment) Rules, 2019 – Increased the value of articles gifted for personal use from Rs 25000 to Rs 1 lakh in a financial year by amending rule 6A. Under Rule 7 – In case of emergency medical aid during a visit abroad, the acceptance of foreig...
Read MoreOrder No. II/21022/58(951)/PFMS/2017/FCRA(MU) - (26/07/2019) - And whereas, the associations mentioned in the annexed list have now opened their bank account(s)as mandated under section 17 of the FCRA, 2010 in PFMS-integrated banks and have complied with the Government directions issued under section 46 of the Act. 8. Now therefore, the suspension of...
Read MoreF.No. II/21022/36(0207)/2015-FCRA-II - (07/06/2019) - ll associations/persons who have been granted a certificate of registration and who have effected any change/modification in the details of their office bearers/key functionaries after their registration are hereby called upon to submit online application for additions/deletion/change of details in ...
Read MoreNo. II/21022/58(79)/2019-FCRA(MU) - (18/03/2020) - In view of repeated representations made by many such associations, it has been decided to give a one-time exemption in public interest to such associations from the restrictive condition of section 14(3) to enable them to apply for registration within three months from the issuance of this notice. ...
Read MoreIndian Social Action Forum (INSAF) Vs. Union of India (Supreme Court) -
S.O. 459(E) - (30/01/2020) -
G.S.R. 659(E) - (16/09/2019) -
M/s Advantages India & Anr Vs Union of India & Ors (Delhi High Court) -
Order No. II/21022/58(951)/PFMS/2017/FCRA(MU) - (26/07/2019) -
F.No. II/21022/36(0207)/2015-FCRA-II - (07/06/2019) -
