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Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA)
Why is it in news?
- Home Ministry has cancelled the licenses of six NGOs under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA).
About FCRA
- FCRA is a law enacted by Parliament to regulate foreign contribution (especially monetary donation) provided by certain individuals or associations to NGOs and others within India.
- The act, in its consolidating form, was originally passed in 1976 and majorly modified in 2010.
- The government has used the act over the years to freeze bank accounts of certain NGOs who it found were affecting India's national interest for wrong purposes.