Union Home ministry bans over 11,000 NGOs for failing to abide by FCRA renewal deadline
The Union Home Ministry said that these NGOs failed to renew by the stipulated deadline of June 30, 2016.
The validity of the licence of these NGOs were first extended to Sep 30 and then to Oct 31 as per a Ministry order dated Mar 29, 2016.
However, the NGOs were mandated to submit their applications for renewal by Jun 30, 2016.
On Thursday, the Ministry published a list of all the NGOs who had failed to meet the Jun 30 deadline, media reported.
These NGOs are not entitled to receive foreign funds from Nov 1.
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