New Delhi. About 6000 organisations, including Oxfam, Jamia Milia, Indian Youth Centres Trust, Indian Medical Association, lost their FCRA registration on Saturday (January 1). The MHA said that the organisations’ FCRA registrations were invalidated as either they did not apply for renewal or were denied on the ground of lapses.
Emmanuel Hospital Association, the Delhi Public School Society, Nuclear Science Centre in JNU, Bharat Habitat Centre, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi College of Engineering, All India Marwari Yuva Manch, Hamdard Education Society, Delhi School of Social Work Society, DAV College Trust and Management Society, Bharat Islamic Cultural Centre and Godrej Memorial Trust are also among these organisations.
The Ministry of Home Affairs had 22762 valid FCRA registrations as of Friday (December 31), which came down to 16829 valid FCRA registrations by Saturday (January 1).
On Friday (December 31), the MHA had extended the validity of FCRA registration of those NGOs that were expiring between September 29, 2020, and September 30, 2021, until March 31, 2022.
Under the rules of the MHA, it is mandatory for any organisation which wishes to receive foreign funding to register under FCRA. Initially, the registration is valid for five years and can be renewed if the record of the previous five years is in order. First enacted in 1976, it was amended in 2010. The FCRA provisions were enacted to ensure there is no foreign interference in the country’s political matters.
Legal rights firm, Legal Rights Observatory, has been consistently raising how organisations like Oxfam have been misusing foreign funds to destabilise Bharat.
In a post on Saturday (January 1), LRO said, “#VICTORY Finally killer of Assam Tea, Bharat hater @OxfamBharat looses its #FCRA license for massive #FCRAViolation. LRO had lodged many complaints against #Oxfam for funding #DelhiRiot accused via @CEStudies. Amazing news on very 1st day of 2022. Thanks @AmitShah @HMOBharat for it!”
In September last year, LRO had exposed how Harsh Mander’s Center for Equity Studies and Oxfam Bharat were misusing funds to fuel Delhi Anti-Hindu riots.
