Lok Sabha Question No. 457 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-15
Subject: Foreign Funding to NGOs
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kirit Premjibhai Solanki

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 457

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 15 TH  SEPTEMBER, 2020/ BHADRAPADA 24, 1942 (SAKA)

FOREIGN FUNDING TO NGOS

457.       DR. (PROF.) KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  the  foreign  funds  received  and  utilised  by  NGOs registered  under  the  Foreign  Contribution  Regulatrion  Act  during  the last three years;
- (b) the details of the projects which have utilized such foreign funding; and
- (c)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  monitor  the  utilization  of such foreign funding and the deatils thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a): Details of the Foreign Contribution (FC) received and utilized by the associations registered under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) during the last 3 years are as under:-

| Year    |   Total FC received including interest on FC (Rupees in Cr.) | Total FC utilized                                                                                                 |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2016-17 |                                                      18337.7 | The details of Utilized FC by the                                                                                 |
| 2017-18 |                                                      19764.6 | FCRA registered associations                                                                                      |
| 2018-19 |                                                      20011.2 | are available online in Annual Returns of respective Association on the FCRA Portal of MHA www.fcraonline.nic.in. |

It may be noted that FCRA registered Associations are required to file their Annual Returns by 31 st  December on completion of each financial year.  For Financial Year 2019-20 the last date for filing Annual Return is 31 st  December 2020.

(b): The Registration and Prior permission under The Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010 is granted to associations/NGOs for 5 types of programmes i.e religious, social, economic, educational or cultural,  as  mandated  under  section  11  of  the  Act.  The  associations granted  registration  or  prior  permission  have  to  mandatorily  submit online the receipt and utilization of FC received by them.

The details of utilization of FC received and the purpose for which the FC  is  utilized  are  available  online  in  the  Annual  Returns  of  the respective Association on the FCRA Portal www.fcraonline.nic.in.

(c): A monitoring unit of  FCRA  Wing  monitors  the  receipt  and utilization of foreign contribution. Methods of monitoring include, interalia, scrutiny of Annual Returns, inputs from field agencies, on the spot audit and inspection of the accounts of FCRA Associations etc. Further in the new system of FCRA monitoring all annual returns are to be filed electronically. The Bank accounts of the FCRA registered associations have  also  been  linked  to  the  Public  Financial  Management  System (PFMS) for better monitoring of flow of funds.

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