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Govt grants approval to NGOs to open SBI account for receiving foreign contributions, to get letter of commitment from donor about purpose of donation
The Union government emphasised that the time period for verification and application for bank accounts must be cleared within 1 week from the date of removal of all objections (if any)
Haryana: Hemkunt Foundation uses rented Covid centre to supply ration to farmer protestors, cries foul when asked to vacate
Hemkunt Foundation has claimed that a group of men ambushed the centre and destroyed it for exceeding the two-month rental period, for which they had got the land.
Licypriya Kangujam’s Ketto campaign: A possible violation of FCRA and questionable association with Noble Citizen Foundation
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From allegations of faking achievements to a possible violation of FCRA norms while collecting foreign funding in name of COVID relief, the long and short of 'child activist' Licypriya Kangujam and her conman father.
Meet Archbishop KP Yohannan: Asia’s richest evangelist infamous for diverting ‘charity funds’ for purchasing real estate
In June 2015, the Kerala government had issued orders to recover land illegally owned by the Believers Eastern Church.
Rana Ayyub ends Covid-19 fundraiser after potential illegality was exposed, returns money to foreign donors
'Journalist' Rana Ayyub has ended her Covid-19 fundraiser for relief work after a potential illegality of it was exposed.
Author attempts to defend Hemkunt foundation on receiving foreign donation without FCRA registration: Here is how she is wrong
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Out of last 100 donations to Hemkunt Foundation on Ketto, 63 were foreign contributions amounting over Rs 1 crore
Activist who raised questions about Hemkunt Foundation’s funding and donations faces abuses, death threats
Yuvraj Pokharna, one of the activists who raised questions against Hemkunt Foundation's fundraiser is getting abuses and threats on social media and phone.
Hemkunt Foundation, Rana Ayyub and Jignesh Mevani: How Covid-19 fundraisers could possibly be violating FCRA laws
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A deep dive into fundraisers for Covid relief with questionable management which may be violating FCRA laws.
How the Govt can further improve transparency in foreign contributions related to NGOs after the recent FCRA amendments
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The article describe some suggestions for improving the transparency in operations of FCRA NGOs.
Telangana CID freezes 26 bank accounts associated with Christian evangelist organisation and a Pastor
The funds thus received were deposited in banks as Fixed Deposit (FDs), which were then diverted and misappropriated by the accused, thus cheating the donors and other patrons of the organisation.
