Existing FCRA associations have one year to specify their purposes under the new schedule, while a pending bill proposes government control over assets held by organisations whose registrations are cancelled, surrendered or allowed to lapse.
NGOs must now specify their exact purpose and operating states, while religious education, satsangs and tribal faith preservation remain eligible only when conversion activities are excluded from programmes supported by foreign contributions under amended rules
Joseph D’Souza built an international image as an authentic voice of India’s oppressed communities, while historical and genealogical claims challenge the narrative surrounding his background and identity.
Sambit Patra said that Gandhi undertook 54 foreign trips to countries such as Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore, Bahrain, the Maldives, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
TTI’s own material says donations fund leadership training, travel, stipends, field verification and village mapping. ED says foreign debit cards were used to withdraw cash across states while bypassing FCRA.
However, Vijay Gajera, the founder of fact-checking portal, Only Fact, alleged that while Mohammed Zubair claims that the allegations of Alt News or people linked to it, receiving foreign funding are false, Dr Sumaiya Shaikh and Sharfaroz Satani received foreign grants to the tune of Rs 50 lakh from the US-based Thakur Family Foundation.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has revoked the FCRA licence of Sonam Wangchuk’s non-profit, the Himalayan Institute of Alternative Learning (HIAL), citing repeated violations of India’s foreign funding laws for NGOs.