Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), 2010

Question 1

What is regulated under FCRA?

Answer 1

Foreign funding of voluntary organizations in India.

implemented by Ministry of Home Affairs.

Question 2

What is ensured by the act?

Answer 2

recipients of foreign contributions adhere to the stated purpose for which such contribution has been obtained.

Question 3

What is period of re-registration under act?

Answer 3

every five years

Question 4

What are the new rules under FCRA?

Answer 4

• new clause has been inserted which says that groups mentioned in Clause V and VI will only be considered a political group by the Centre if they participate in “active politics or party politics”.

-new rules also make new FCRA registrations more stringent. Any organisation that wants to register itself under FCRA “shall be in existence for three years” and should have “spent a minimum amount of ₹15 lakh on its core activities for the benefit of society during the last three financial years”
{EXISTING FOR 3 YRS,15 LAKH PER YEAR SPENDING}

Question 5

What is Clause V of Rule 3 (FCRA 2011)?

Answer 5

Clause V of Rule 3 (FCRA 2011) qualified a political group as, “organisations of farmers, workers, students, youths based on caste, community , religion, language or otherwise, which is not directly aligned to any political party, but whose objectives as stated in the memorandum of association, or activities gathered through other material evidence, include steps towards advancement of political interests of such groups”.

{GIVES QUALIFICATION OF POLITICAL GROUP-> include steps towards advancement of political interests of such groups}