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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Devesh K Pandey

ED slaps penalities on Amnesty India International, Aakar Patel

The Adjudicating Authority of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has imposed a penalty of ₹51.72 crore on Amnesty India International Private Limited (AIIPL) and ₹10 crore on its former Chief Executive Officer Aakar Patel in connection with alleged violation of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) in 2019.

The ED’s inquiry was initiated on the basis of information that Amnesty International, United Kingdom, had been remitting “huge amounts of foreign contribution” through its Indian entities, not registered under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), through the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) route.

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