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Government of India
Ministry of Home Affairs
07 DEC 2022 5:09PM by PIB Delhi
Cancellation of FCRA Licenses of NGOs

The FCRA license of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) was cancelled under section 14 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (FCRA, 2010) due to violation of provisions under section 11 and conditions of registration under section 12(4)(a)(vi) of  the FCRA, 2010. The FCRA license of the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust (RGCT) was cancelled under  section  14  of  the  FCRA,  2010 due to violation of provisions under sections 8(1)(a), 11, 17, 18, 19 and conditions of registration under section 12(4)(a)(vi) of the FCRA, 2010. 

In terms of provisions under section 14(3) of the FCRA, 2010, the association whose FCRA registration has been cancelled in terms of provisions under section 14 of the FCRA, 2010 shall not be eligible for registration or grant of prior permission for a period of three years from the date of cancellation of registration.

Details are tabulated below:-

 

S. No.

State/UT

Number of FCRA registration certificates cancelled during the last 05 years i.e. from 2017 to 2021.

1

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

4

2

Andhra Pradesh

622

3

Arunachal Pradesh

14

4

Assam

87

5

Bihar

441

6

Chandigarh

13

7

Chhattisgarh

49

8

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

2

9

Delhi

233

10

Goa

14

11

Gujarat

186

12

Haryana

50

13

Himachal Pradesh

29

14

Jammu and Kashmir

24

15

Jharkhand

139

16

Karnataka

375

17

Kerala

178

18

Madhya Pradesh

180

19

Maharashtra

734

20

Manipur

197

21

Meghalaya

29

22

Mizoram

15

23

Nagaland

47

24

Orissa

417

25

Pondicherry

22

26

Punjab

39

27

Rajasthan

163

28

Sikkim

4

29

Tamil Nadu

755

30

Telangana

280

31

Tripura

11

32

Uttar Pradesh

635

33

Uttarakhand

78

34

West Bengal

611

Total

6677

This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

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