Revisiting the panic around FCRA

In the light of recent events—of cancellations of FCRA-NGOs and tightening FCRA laws—we have revisited Sri Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s 2011 article:  http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/that-seventies-feeling/804154/0 More...

Debunking The USCIRF 2015 Annual Report

The USCIRF report on India is very ill- informed and worst of all, biased. Some of the allegations levelled against India to support its claim of deterioration in freedom of religion is- 1) Crackdown on Christian More...

Cancellation of registrations of 1000+ NGOs in AP is a welcome move

The Foreign Contribution (Regulatory) Act (FCRA) provides a mechanism for Organizations to receive foreign funds for various activities which are broadly classified into Educational, Religious, Economic, Social More...

Ford Foundation-funded Indian organizations via FCRA: 2006-2012

Ford Foundation (FF) is a philanthropic organization headquartered in New York, which provides grants to organizations around the world who can assist it in its objectives. In India, their goal is “to address More...

Ideas to combat destructive NGOs

The Narendra Modi government’s campaign against non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is welcome, especially because the previous regime indulged them to the extent of blind appeasement. However, it would be better More...