Corporate Law : NGOs receiving foreign contributions must comply with registration, banking, governance, reporting, and utilization requirements u...
Fema / RBI : The new Rules tighten compliance for NGOs through activity-specific registration, stricter disclosures, financial conditions, and ...
Corporate Law : This guide explains how technical and procedural FCRA violations can be settled through compounding before prosecution is initiate...
Corporate Law : The guide explains that rental income derived from a property created using foreign contribution is itself foreign contribution an...
Corporate Law : The guide explains why NGOs, trusts, and Section 8 companies must obtain FCRA approval before accepting foreign contributions. It ...
Corporate Law : CBI registers a case against a Delhi-based private company and its Director for alleged violations of FCRA provisions, involving u...
Company Law : List of agencies of the United Nations, and other international agencies and organizations notified by the Central Government to b...
Corporate Law : During preceding 3 years (2019, 2020, 2021) registration certificates of 1811 number of Associations have been cancelled under the...
Corporate Law : A case was registered against 36 accused including 7 public servants of FCRA Division of MHA & NIC and middlemen, representatives ...
Corporate Law : MHA did not freeze bank accounts of Missionaries of Charity (MoC) State Bank of India informed that Missionaries of Charity itse...
Income Tax : The court held that valid registration under income-tax law is a relevant factor under FCRA and cannot be ignored. Failure to cons...
Income Tax : Delhi High Court has set aside a tax department notice to cancel a foundation's tax registration, ruling it was premature while an...
Income Tax : ITAT reinstates 80G approval for Tiger Research and Conservation Trust, highlighting its compliance with fund utilization and its ...
Corporate Law : Noel Harper & Ors Vs Union of India (Supreme Court of India) Sub-Whether amendment made to Section 7, 12(1A),12A and 17(1) of ...
Fema / RBI : Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative Vs Union of India (Delhi High Court) Delhi High Court upheld the decision of Centre to suspen...
Corporate Law : The notification updates compounding amounts for key FCRA violations, including excess administrative expenses, speculative invest...
Corporate Law : MHA advises FCRA registered associations to submit renewal applications at least four months before expiry, warning that late subm...
Corporate Law : Ministry of Home Affairs extends FCRA registration validity for certain entities with pending renewal applications or expiring bet...
Corporate Law : India's Ministry of Home Affairs updates FCRA Rules 2011, introducing revised documentation for foreign contribution registration,...
Corporate Law : MHA permits NGOs with expired FCRA registration to pay compounding penalties and fees from their FCRA account via online portal; o...
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 the registration under FCRA, 2010 of these ten associations mentioned in the annexed list is hereby revoked with immediate effect.
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 the statutory FORM FC-6E about such office bearers/key functionaries within one month from the date of issue of this Public Notice, failing which penal action shall he initiated under the appropriate provisions of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 and the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules, 2011.
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 issues related to restructuring of these entities […]
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. Government has further decided that for uploading missing ARs on the FCRA Portal, no penalty shall be imposed.
The FCRA was enacted with the primary purpose of regulating the inflow of foreign contributions and ensuring that the received foreign contributions are not utilized for illegal purposes. All charitable organizations in India receiving foreign contributions come under the purview of this Act. Over the last few years, the Home Ministry has been scrutinizing the […]
Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 – Central Government hereby specifies that the following international organisations shall not be treated as ‘foreign source’ (i) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) (ii) New Development Bank (NDB) (iii) European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
37 associations mentioned in the annexed list have 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.
It has been decided that the requirement of registration with the DARPAN Portal will be OPTIONAL for all NGO seeking FCRA Services. However, Associations/NGOs, which have already registered with the DARPAN Portal or those which are required to register under the DARPAN portal since they receive subsidies/grants/contribution from public funds, may still continue to quote their DARPAN.
Extension of last date of filing mandatory online Annual Returns for The FY 2017-18 under The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 from 31.12.2018 to 31.03.2019
Order placing Associations under Suspension for not opening FCRA account(s) in PFMS integrated bank No.II/21 022/58(951 )/PFMS/20 17/FCRA(MU) Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs Foreigners Division Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, Outer India Gate, New Delhi-110001 Dated 6th Dec 2018 ORDER Whereas, the associations mentioned in the list as attached at Appendix “A” are registered […]
