| FCRA
Foreign Contribution
(Regulation) Act, 1976 (FCRA) was enacted in the year 1976 with
the prime objective of regulating the acceptance and utilization
of foreign contribution and foreign hospitality by persons and associations
working in the important areas of national life. The focus of this
Act is to ensure that the foreign contribution and foreign hospitality
is not utilized to affect or influence electoral politics, public
servants, judges and other people working the important areas of
national life like journalists, printers and publishers of newspapers,
etc. The Act also seeks to regulate flow of foreign funds to voluntary
organizations with objective of preventing any possible diversion
of such funds towards activities detrimental to the national interest
and to ensure that such individuals and organizations may function
in a manner consistent with the values of sovereign democratic republic.
The organizations seeking foreign contributions for definite cultural,
social, economic, educational or religious programmes may either
obtain registration or prior permission to receive foreign contribution
from Ministry of Home Affairs by making application in the prescribed
format and furnishing details of the activities and audited accounts.
The registration is granted only to such association which has proven
track record of functioning in the chosen field of work during last
three years and after registration, such organization is free to
receive foreign contribution from any foreign source for stated
objectives. Registration is granted only after thorough security
vetting of the activities and antecedents of the organization and
office bearers thereof. However, such organizations which are newly
established and do not have proven track record of functioning may
also receive foreign contribution for specific activities, for a
specific purpose and from a specific source after seeking project
based prior permission (PP) from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
In order to bring in transparency in the administration of the
Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976 and the Rules framed
there under, improve the functioning, disseminate the information
and enhance user friendliness of the various procedures the web-site
is uploaded with all the FCRA forms, Citizens’ Charter, list of
registered associations, State-wise status of application for registration/prior
permission, etc. In our efforts to bring in further improvements
in the system, the following additional charters/materials are uploaded
for information and guidance of all concerned:
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