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After a record 1,111 NGOs got FCRA nod in 2023, 30 get clearance in January

The Fo Guang Shan monastic order originated in Taiwan in the 1960s and the Delhi centre was established in 2008.

The Hindu · Jan 10, 2024

Reporters Without Orders Ep 294: NGOs losing FCRA licences, Mahua Moitra row

This week, host Tanishka Sodhi is joined by Newslaundry’s Sumedha Mittal and Pratyush Deep.

Newslaundry · Oct 28, 2023

Several NGOs fail to show right area of work: Union Home Ministry data

Registration under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), 2010, is mandatory to receive donations from outside of India.

The Hindu · Oct 14, 2023

Layoffs, pay cuts: Inside CPR’s ‘financial crisis’ after FCRA funds, tax exemption axed

The Centre for Policy Research has downsized its staff by 75 percent. Its faculty members — including fellows and senior fellows — have taken “massive pay cuts” ranging from 50 percent to full. The think tank had come under the income tax department’s tax scanner and faces a “serious financial…

Newslaundry · Jul 17, 2023

Former civil servants express concern over FCRA renewal problems of nonprofits

A group of former civil servants have expressed concern on the “negative” approach of the Central government over the renewal of FCRA licenses of certain NGOs

The Hindu · Jul 5, 2023

IT department cancels Centre for Policy Research’s tax exemption status: Report

The Income Tax department has revoked the tax exemption status granted to the Centre for Policy Research, the Hindu reported yesterday.

Newslaundry · Jul 5, 2023

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TechRadar · Apr 3, 2023

Government suspends Centre for Policy Research’s FCRA licence

The central government has suspended the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act licence of the Centre for Policy Research, Economic Times reported today. CPR is a non-profit think tank which examines and researches government policies

Newslaundry · Mar 1, 2023

I-T survey team took data by cloning server: Oxfam India

In December 2021, renewal of FCRA licence was denied, says Oxfam India

The Hindu · Sep 9, 2022

Morning Digest | SC asks govt whether promises of ‘irrational’ poll freebies can be curbed; Record bids on spectrum auction Day 1, and more

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The Hindu · Jul 27, 2022