: Centre cancels foreign funding licence of two NGOs headed by Sonia Gandhi #IndiaNEWS The Centre has cancelled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act licence of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and the

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Centre cancels foreign funding licence of two NGOs headed by Sonia Gandhi #IndiaNEWS
The Centre has cancelled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act licence of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust, the non-government organisations associated with the Gandhi family, for alleged violations of the law, PTI reported on Sunday. Both the organisations are headed by former Congress president Sonia Gandhi and have top leaders of the party, including Rahul Gandhi, as members. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram are members of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, according to its website, has worked on number of issues including health, education, science and technology, women’s empowerment and disability support. The Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust, established in 2002, claims to have addressed the development needs of the underprivileged population of the country, especially the rural poor. Registration under Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act is mandatory to receive foreign funds. The cancellation of the license makes the two NGOs ineligible to get foreign donations.Legal amendments made in 2020 to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act allow the government to extend tighter control over utilisation of foreign funds by organisations.Sunday’s development came after the Union home ministry had set up an inter-ministerial committee in 2020 to coordinate investigations into alleged violations of the foreign funding law by the two organisations. The...Read more

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