Over 12,000 NGOs, Including Oxfam And Jamia, Lose Foreign Funding Licence

New Delhi: 

FCRA licences – required to be able to receive funding from abroad – of over 6,000 NGOs and other organisations expired overnight, the Home Ministry said Saturday morning, days after it refused to renew such a licence for Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity.

Home Ministry sources said most of the 6,000+ NGOs or organisations had not applied for their licenses to be renewed. Ministry officials told NDTV reminders had been sent to make the application before the deadline – Friday – but many had not done so. “How can permission be given…” an official asked.

Overall, more than 12,000 NGOs – including the Oxfam India Trust, Jamia Milia Islamia, the Indian Medical Association and the Leprosy Mission – whose licences had expired over the past few months have lost their FCRA licenses as of today.