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Seven NGOs in total, including the one run by the noted activist, Shabnam Hashmi, has been canceled by the NAMO government. With this step, they are prohibited from receiving any foreign funds for their NGOs.
The official sources have said that “Registration under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) of Act Now for Harmony and Democracy (ANHAD), run by Hashmi, Marwar Muslim Education and Welfare Society, Gujarat-based Navsarjan Trust, Rural Development Research Centre, Ahmedabad, and three others were cancelled by the Home Ministry.”
The decision has been subsequent to the Home Ministry holding an inquiry into the functioning of the NGOs whose FCRA licenses were renewed recently. A number of allegations have been put against these NGOs by the secret intelligence services, included but not limited to “allegedly working against public interest by using foreign funds, painting the government as “anti- Dalit” abroad” and much more.
Sources have further added that “FCRA licenses of these seven NGOs were claimed to have been renewed “inadvertently” despite alleged unfavourable intelligence reports. When it was detected during the emergency audit, their registration were cancelled with immediate effect.”
The Home Ministry has further ordered a review of recent renewal of FCRA registration of 13,000 NGOs to look into the alleged violation of existing rules.
Recently, while license of Greenpeace India and Sabrang Trust were cancelled by the government in the past, Citizens for Justice and Peace was put in prior permission category, thus preventing it from accepting foreign funds without government permission.
Similar fate was done 2 months ago when there was a lapse in “automatic renewal” of the license of Zakir Naik’s NGO, Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), leading to suspension of four officials including a Joint Secretary. IRF has now been declared as a terrorist outfit.
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