MHA extends FCRA registration of NGOs till June 30

By: TP News Date: 3/29/2024 1:41:21 PM

New Delhi:

The Ministry of Home Affairs Thursday extended till June 30 the validity of all FCRA registered NGOs whose licences are expiring on March 31, in a relief to those whose renewal applications are still under consideration.

The ministry has also given time till June 30 to all NGOs whose five-year validity is expiring between April 1, 2024, and June 30, 2024.

According to the law, all NGOs receiving foreign contributions have to be registered under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act.

In a notification, the Home Ministry said the Central government, in the public interest, has decided to extend the validity of FCRA registration certificates of the FCRA registered entities whose validity was extended till March 31, 2024, in terms of the public notice dated September 25, 2023, and whose renewal application is pending. The validity is now extended till June 30, 2024, or till the date of disposal of the renewal application, whichever is earlier, it said. There are 16,301 NGOs in the country with valid FCRA licences as of July 17, 2023.