Centre extends deadline for NGOs to open account with SBI till June 30 for foreign aid
New Delhi, May 19 (UNI) The Centre on Monday extended the deadline till June 30 for Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to open its bank account in State Bank of India to receive foreign funding.
In a order issued by the FCRA wing in Foreigners Division, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) decided to extend the deadline for NGOs to open their accounts with the State Bank of India’s (SBI) main branch here from March 31, 2021 to June 30, 2021 for receiving foreign donations for their activities.
Opening of an account in the SBI’s branch is a mandatory requirement for the NGOs under the amended provisions of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) enacted in September 2020 to receive foreign donations.
Home ministry asks North eastern states to prevent influx from Myanmar
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The deputy commissioner of Falam district, Myanmar has written to the Deputy Commissioner of Champai district in Mizoram to detain Myanmar police personnel and hand them over to Myanmar. People in villages adjoining the border area said that around 100 people have come to Mizoram since February this year.
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The letter stated, “In view of above, you are requested to take appropriate action as per law to check illegal influx from Myanmar into India.”
Union ministry of Home Affairs has asked north eastern states of Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur to prevent influx of refugees from neighbouring Myanmar, saying state governments have no power to grant refugee status to any foreigners.
GUWAHATI: Ministry of home affairs (NE Division) has written to chief secretaries of three states Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur, which share borders with Myanmar saying that “illegal influx from Myanmar has started” and asked the states not to grant refugee status to any foreigner.
The letter also instructed the three states and Assam Rifles, the India-Myanmar border guarding force, “to stay alert and take appropriate action to prevent a possible influx from the neighbouring country into the Indian territory.”
MHA deputy secretary (NE III) Krishna Mohan Uppu in his letter said that there was “a probability of large scale illegal influx into Indian territory through IMB (India Myanmar Border) due to current internal situation in Myanmar” and “Now, it has been reported that illegal influx from Myanmar has started.”
4 NE states, Assam Rifles asked to prevent influx from Myanmar
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Sat, Mar 13 2021 0:03 IST |
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Aizawl, March 12 : The Union Home Ministry has asked four northeastern states Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur which share borders with Myanmar to take appropriate action to check influx of refugees from the coup-hit country, officials said on Friday.
The official said that Deputy Secretary, Home, Krishna Mohan Uppu, in a letter to the Chief Secretaries of these four states and the Director General of Assam Rifles, asked them to sensitise all law enforcement and intelligence agencies for taking prompt steps in identifying illegal migrants and initiate their deportation process without delay.