RE: [MTC Global] Crackdown on foreign-funded groups hits universities

These are the misleading news. Fact is that none of the NGO or for that matter institution / university / hospital  /school has been blacklisted by Government. It is a routine process  of checking by Ministry of Home Affairs to see that recipient agencies of foreign grants are  fulfilling  compliance and  accounting documents. In case they are not fulfilling, notice is sent to them to complete the same. Even after receiving notice they are not completing the documents, their FCRA registration is cancelled and not the black listing. If agencies wish to continue with FCRA, they can apply afresh. This cancellation process was also done in the time if UPA Government twice. 

Secondly,  foreign funds / grants received for implementing a project in real situation in home country are covered under FCRA. Conducting training programmes in India or aboard, receiving grants for participation in seminars / conferences  in India or aboard or fellowships for academic programmes in India or aboard do not come in the purview of FCRA and do not require FCRA. 

Thirdly, Before 2010 almost 40000 entities had FCRA registration. Interestingly very few of them were getting foreign funds / grants and in large amount. Misuse of foreign funds / grants by these agencies has been another serious issues. After repeating checking process these remain about 20,000.  

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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 11:29:47 +0530
Subject: Re: [MTC Global] Crackdown on foreign-funded groups hits universities
From: karanam.rao@gmail.com
To: join_mtc@googlegroups.com

In the media, the debate on cancellation of licences to NGOs has been continuously one sided. If the foreign funding is only for humanitarian purpose, the government action of repressing NGOs may be incorrect. There is is a feeling that in the guise of humanitarian gestures, there are certain concern like making use of the funds for religious conversions and using the funds for scholastic projects which pervert Indian History. The famous Romilla Thaper of 'Aryan Invasion theory'  is also from JNU. There should be a debate as to how these funds have been used for the past few decades and what is the motive of the givers.

Regards,

Dr Nagaraja Rao.

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Prof. Bholanath Dutta <bnath.dutta@gmail.com> wrote:

Some of India's premier educational institutions and universities find themselves on a government blacklist for non-compliance with regard to funds received by them under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, or FCRA.

In a continuing crackdown on the apparent misuse of foreign funds, the Ministry of Home Affairs, or MHA, while cancelling the licences of over 9,000 non-governmental organisations or NGOs, has also cancelled the FCRA registration of universities like the University of Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University or JNU, Panjab University and some branches of the Indian institutes of technology, among others.

Effect on universities

The FCRA cancellation at the universities and colleges is likely to affect fellowships that are offered for international seminars and programmes to students, as well as the memoranda of understanding, or MoUs, that each has signed with foreign universities or institutions. For example the University of Delhi has as many as 50 MoUs with various universities and these programmes may be affected.

Author: Suchitra Behal​

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