Foreign Contribution Regulation Act

Over the years, the government has taken action against several organisations after investigations or inspections exposed financial irregularities, misuse of foreign contributions, violation of FCRA rules or activities beyond their declared objectives.

The disinformation surrounding FCRA Amendment Bill is that it empowers the Indian government to arbitrarily takeover churches and religious institutions. A direct reading of the statutory text demonstrates that this narrative is factually inaccurate.

Riley Moore, however, has surpassed even the Indian left liberals in fear-mongering and victimhood propaganda. His claim that the FCRA Amendment Bill will empower the Indian government to arbitrarily take over churches is false. The authorities cannot take over or alter the religious character of places of worship. 

According to the data made public by the Income Tax Department, from 2015 to 2021, NGO Care India obtained 92% of its funding from abroad, Environics Trust received 95%, LIFE 86% and Oxfam 78%.

Vrinda Grover had earlier conceded that foreign contributions from Pakistan and Syria, as alleged by the SPP, were received by Alt News and not Zubair.

Advocate for Mohammed Zubair threw his company AltNews under the bus in a bid to protect her client from allegations of foreign funding.

Mamata Banerjee has taken to Twitter on Monday, December 27 to claim that the central govt has frozen all bank accounts of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity

NCPCR told the Supreme Court that certain NGOs are allegedly diverting funds or receiving funds from suspicious sources. 

The proposed amendment has restricted the administrative expenditure of the NGOs to 20% of the total foreign contribution.