Suspension of FCRA Licences
Central Government had issued directions under Section 46 of The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 to all the NGOs/Associations registered under the FCRA, 2010 to open their designated Foreign Contribution accounts as well as utilization accounts in banks compliant with the provisions of the Public Financial Management System (PFMS). Presently, there are 59 such PFMS compliant banks.
The FCRA registration certificate of 156 NGOs/Associations who did not comply with the above directions given in the public notice dated 21-12-2017 and the show cause notice dated 29-06-2018 have been suspended vide this Ministry’s order dated 06-12-2018.
A list of 59 PFMS compliant banks, Public Notice dated 21-12-2017, show cause notice dated 29-06-2018 and the suspension orders dated 06-12-2018 displaying the list of 156 suspended NGOs are available on the MHA website: www.fcraonline.nic.in.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.
