Lok Sabha Question No. 5215 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-27
Subject: Renewal of FCRA Licence
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: REKHA ARUN VERMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5215

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 27 TH  MARCH, 2018/ CHAITRA 6, 1940 (SAKA) RENEWAL OF FCRA LICENCE

5215. SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has recently directed the foreign funded Non Governmental  Organisations  (NGOs)  to  apply  for  the  renewal  of  their Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licenses and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the total number of NGOs which applied for the renewal of their licenses during each of the last three years, State-wise;
- (c)  the  number  of  licenses  of  NGOs  which  have  not  been  renewed  under FCRA along with the reasons behind cancellation of their licenses during the said period, State-wise;
- (d)  whether  the  number  of  NGOs  seeking  foreign  funding  are  decreasing during the said period and if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (e) whether  the Supreme  Court  has  given any statement regarding cancellation of licenses of NGOs, if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a): Section  16(1) of the  Foreign  Contribution  Regulation  Act,  2010 mandates  that  every  person  who  has  been  granted  a  certificate  under Section 12 of FCRA, 2010 shall  have such certificate renewed within six months before the expiry of the period of the certificate.

- (b): As  per  available  information  on  22.03.2018,  state  wise  number  of renewal applications of last three years is reflected in annexure 'A'.

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(c): Renewal  applications  have  been  refused  mainly  on  account  of  non filing of the Annual Returns as mandated in the FCRA, 2010 and Rules made there under. The statewise number of NGOs as on date 22.03.2018 which have not been renewed for violations of the provisions of FCRA, 2010 and rules made there under,   is reflected in annexure 'B'.

(d): The  number  of  FCRA  registered  NGOs  statewise  in  the  last  three years is reflected in annexure 'C'

(e): No such information is available with the Government.

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## TOTAL NO. OF NGOs WHICH APPLIED FOR RENEWAL OF THEIR FCRA LICENCES DURING LAST THREE YEARS

| Sr. No.   | State                       |   Year 2015 |   Year 2016 |   Year 2017 |
|-----------|-----------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |           0 |           9 |           0 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh              |          14 |        1545 |         114 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh           |           0 |          26 |           0 |
| 4         | Assam                       |           1 |         239 |          15 |
| 5         | Bihar                       |           5 |         739 |          59 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                  |           1 |          37 |           5 |
| 7         | Chattisgarh                 |           6 |         200 |          11 |
| 8         | Dadar and Nagar Haveli      |           0 |          12 |           1 |
| 9         | Delhi                       |          30 |        1205 |          93 |
| 10        | Goa                         |           2 |          94 |           2 |
| 11        | Gujarat                     |          14 |        1023 |          67 |
| 12        | Haryana                     |           2 |          94 |          14 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh            |           2 |          94 |           3 |
| 14        | Jammu and Kashmir           |           1 |          94 |          10 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                   |           3 |         443 |          25 |
| 16        | Karnataka                   |          27 |        1478 |          76 |
| 17        | Kerala                      |          10 |        1499 |          37 |
| 18        | Madhya Pradesh              |           9 |         420 |          35 |
| 19        | Maharashtra                 |          46 |        1886 |         160 |
| 20        | Manipur                     |           3 |         231 |           8 |
| 21        | Meghalaya                   |           1 |         104 |           3 |
| 22        | Mizoram                     |           0 |          28 |           4 |
| 23        | Nagaland                    |           3 |          79 |           5 |
| 24        | Orissa                      |          21 |        1060 |          50 |
| 25        | Puducherry                  |           1 |          77 |           3 |
| 26        | Punjab                      |           1 |         112 |           9 |
| 27        | Rajasthan                   |           9 |         361 |          33 |
| 28        | Sikkim                      |           0 |          13 |           0 |
| 29        | Tamil Nadu                  |          22 |        3068 |         164 |
| 30        | Telangana                   |          11 |         772 |          84 |
| 31        | Tripura                     |           0 |          24 |           1 |
| 32        | Uttar Pradesh               |          14 |        1074 |          56 |
| 33        | Uttarakhand                 |           2 |         288 |          19 |
| 34        | West Bengal                 |          21 |        1552 |          81 |
|           | Total                       |         282 |       19980 |        1247 |

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## TOTAL NO. OF FCRA REGISTRATIONS OF NGOs WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN RENEWED UNDER THE FCRA, 2010

| Sr. No.   | State                       |   Year 2015 |   Year 2016 |   Year 2017 |
|-----------|-----------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh              |           0 |          70 |           8 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh           |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 4         | Assam                       |           0 |          10 |           1 |
| 5         | Bihar                       |           0 |          55 |           5 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                  |           0 |           5 |           0 |
| 7         | Chattisgarh                 |           0 |           5 |           2 |
| 8         | Dadar and Nagar Haveli      |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 9         | Delhi                       |           1 |          37 |           4 |
| 10        | Goa                         |           0 |           2 |           0 |
| 11        | Gujarat                     |           0 |          27 |           6 |
| 12        | Haryana                     |           0 |           6 |           2 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh            |           0 |           2 |           0 |
| 14        | Jammu and Kashmir           |           0 |           2 |           1 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                   |           0 |          20 |           2 |
| 16        | Karnataka                   |           1 |          55 |           8 |
| 17        | Kerala                      |           0 |          44 |           2 |
| 18        | Madhya Pradesh              |           0 |          18 |           2 |
| 19        | Maharashtra                 |           4 |         101 |          14 |
| 20        | Manipur                     |           0 |          17 |           2 |
| 21        | Meghalaya                   |           0 |           2 |           0 |
| 22        | Mizoram                     |           0 |           2 |           0 |
| 23        | Nagaland                    |           0 |           9 |           2 |
| 24        | Orissa                      |           0 |          49 |           2 |
| 25        | Puducherry                  |           0 |           1 |           1 |
| 26        | Punjab                      |           0 |           3 |           0 |
| 27        | Rajasthan                   |           0 |          21 |           2 |
| 28        | Sikkim                      |           0 |           1 |           0 |
| 29        | Tamil Nadu                  |           1 |         105 |          11 |
| 30        | Telangana                   |           1 |          32 |           4 |
| 31        | Tripura                     |           0 |           2 |           0 |
| 32        | Uttar Pradesh               |           2 |         107 |           9 |
| 33        | Uttarakhand                 |           0 |          14 |           0 |
| 34        | West Bengal                 |           1 |          94 |           7 |
|           | Total                       |          11 |         918 |          97 |

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|      | TOTAL NUMBER OF ASSOCIATIONS DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS   | TOTAL NUMBER OF ASSOCIATIONS DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS   | TOTAL NUMBER OF ASSOCIATIONS DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS   |           |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
| S.No | State                                                      | YEAR 2015                                                  | YEAR 2016                                                  | YEAR 2017 |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh                                             | 2582                                                       | 2626                                                       | 1879      |
| 2    | Assam                                                      | 397                                                        | 404                                                        | 310       |
| 3    | Bihar                                                      | 1411                                                       | 1437                                                       | 891       |
| 4    | Gujarat                                                    | 1547                                                       | 1572                                                       | 1272      |
| 5    | Kerala                                                     | 1958                                                       | 1979                                                       | 1600      |
| 6    | Madhya Pradesh                                             | 760                                                        | 778                                                        | 555       |
| 7    | Tamil Nadu                                                 | 4383                                                       | 4425                                                       | 3440      |
| 8    | Maharashtra                                                | 3354                                                       | 3448                                                       | 2608      |
| 9    | Karnataka                                                  | 2257                                                       | 2316                                                       | 1853      |
| 10   | Orissa                                                     | 1848                                                       | 1869                                                       | 1239      |
| 11   | Punjab                                                     | 199                                                        | 212                                                        | 168       |
| 12   | Rajasthan                                                  | 669                                                        | 681                                                        | 497       |
| 13   | Uttar Pradesh                                              | 2095                                                       | 2124                                                       | 1235      |
| 14   | West Bengal                                                | 2801                                                       | 2865                                                       | 1858      |
| 15   | Jammu &Kashmir                                             | 153                                                        | 165                                                        | 143       |
| 16   | Nagaland                                                   | 150                                                        | 158                                                        | 106       |
| 17   | Haryana                                                    | 211                                                        | 223                                                        | 154       |
| 18   | Himachal Pradesh                                           | 158                                                        | 160                                                        | 128       |
| 19   | Manipur                                                    | 513                                                        | 518                                                        | 290       |
| 20   | Tripura                                                    | 53                                                         | 56                                                         | 37        |
| 21   | Meghalaya                                                  | 153                                                        | 153                                                        | 112       |
| 22   | Sikkim                                                     | 30                                                         | 30                                                         | 28        |
| 23   | Delhi                                                      | 1929                                                       | 1979                                                       | 1631      |
| 24   | Andaman& Nicobar Islands                                   | 16                                                         | 16                                                         | 11        |
| 25   | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                        | 15                                                         | 15                                                         | 13        |
| 26   | Goa                                                        | 135                                                        | 135                                                        | 105       |
| 27   | Puducherry                                                 | 109                                                        | 112                                                        | 89        |
| 28   | Chandigarh                                                 | 70                                                         | 70                                                         | 52        |
| 29   | Mizoram                                                    | 57                                                         | 57                                                         | 37        |
| 30   | Arunachal Pradesh                                          | 54                                                         | 54                                                         | 39        |
| 31   | Chhattisgarh                                               | 299                                                        | 303                                                        | 234       |
| 32   | Jharkhand                                                  | 653                                                        | 663                                                        | 511       |
| 33   | Uttarakhand                                                | 442                                                        | 451                                                        | 380       |
| 34   | Daman and Diu                                              | 1                                                          | 1                                                          | 0         |
| 35   | Telangana                                                  | 1389                                                       | 1425                                                       | 1081      |
|      | TOTAL                                                      | 32851                                                      | 33480                                                      | 24586     |