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Golden Temple | FCRA

Decision to grant FCRA registration to Golden Temple pathbreaking move: Amit Shah

| @indiablooms | Sep 11, 2020, at 10:59 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the government’s decision on Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 “pathbreaking”, which will enable Sachkhand Sri Harmandir Sahib-Darbar Sahib, Punjab to accept foreign donations for public service.

"PM Narendra Modi is blessed that Wahe Guru ji has taken Seva from him. The decision on Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 at the Sri Harmandir Sahib is a pathbreaking one which will once again showcase the outstanding spirit of service of our Sikh sisters and brothers," Amit Shah tweeted.

"Sri Darbar Sahib's divinity gives strength to us. For decades, the Sangat worldwide was unable to serve there. Modi Government's decision to allow FCRA to the Sri Harmandir Sahib deepens the connect of Seva between the Sangat globally and the Sri Darbar Sahib. A blessed moment!" he added.

Sachkhand Sri Harmandir Sahib-Darbar Sahib, Punjab, which is popularly known as the Golden Temple, has been granted registration by the Ministry of Home Affairs which will be valid for five years under the under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, reported media.

FCRA, 2010, was enacted by the Parliament to consolidate the law to regulate the acceptance and utilisation of foreign contribution or foreign hospitality by certain individuals or associations or companies and to prohibit acceptance and utilisation of foreign contribution or foreign hospitality for any activities detrimental to national interest and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

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