Section 13 of FCRA

Subject – Governance

Context – Centre ‘refuses’ to renew Mother Teresa charity’s FCRA status, cites ‘adverse inputs’

Concept –

According to provisions of Section 13 in the Act, the suspension lasts 180 days each time.
Section 14(d) of the FCRA Act states that the FCRA certificate could be cancelled for violating “any” rule or provision of the Act.

When is a registration suspended or cancelled?

The MHA on inspection of accounts and on receiving any adverse input against the functioning of an association can suspend the FCRA registration initially for 180 days.
Until a decision is taken, the association cannot receive any fresh donation and cannot utilise more than 25% of the amount available in the designated bank account without permission of the MHA.
The MHA can cancel the registration of an organisation which will not be eligible for registration or grant of ‘prior permission’ for three years from the date of cancellation.

To know about FCRA, please refer May 2021 DPN.

To know about The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020, please refer October 2021 DPN.