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The Union home ministry has cancelled the Foreign Contribution Registration Act (FCRA) licence of five prominent non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for their alleged involvement in religious conversion, violations of foreign grants, among others, ET has learnt...
Among the prominent NGOs were CNI Synodical Board of Social Service (CNI-SBSS), Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI), Indo-Global Social Service Society (IGSSS), Church Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA) and Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFOI), said officials familiar with the details..
The licences were cancelled on March 30 this year and they will neither receive nor utilise the foreign contribution until the certificate is renewed, officials added...
Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI) came into existence in 1970 and has been working in close association with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Indian Council of Medical Research and has been receiving foreign grants from the USA, France, among others..
In the past one year, more than 100 NGOs, including Centre for Policy Research, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust that is headed by former Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and Oxfam India, have lost their FCRA licences on charges of alleged misuse of foreign grants..
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