Question : Directives to NGOs

(a) whether it is true that over 10,000 Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have come under the scanner of the Government and may end up losing the license required to receive any foreign grant;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether many NGOs were given one time opportunity to furnish the details of their income and expenditure within a stipulated period;

(d) if so, the total number of NGOs which complied with the direction of the Government; and

(e) the action taken by the Government against the NGOs which had failed to comply with the directions of the Government?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)
(a): Yes, Madam.
(b): Close to 5,000 FCRA registrations have been cancelled since 1st April 2017. Their details are available on the website www. fcraonline.nic.in
(c) & (d): Yes, Madam. One time opportunity to upload pending Annual Returns from 2010-11 onwards without depositing any penalty was provided to all the defaulting NGOs from 14/05/2017 to 15/06/2017. Details of compliance are provided in the Annexure ‘A’.
(e) : Registration certificates of non- compliant NGOs were cancelled.




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