NEW DELHI: The home ministry, in a breather to NGOs struggling amid the pandemic to comply with last year’s amendments to Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), has allowed them extended time until June 30, 2021 to receive foreign funding in an existing bank account in case their designated account in SBI New Delhi main branch (NDMB is still not opened.
The ministry on Tuesday also extended validity of FCRA registration certificates of NGOs and associations expiring between September 29, 2020 – when the amendments to FCRA were enacted – and September, 2021, until the latter date.
The home ministry had earlier set April 1, 2021 as the date from which NGOs either registered or granted prior permission under FCRA, would not be eligible to receive foreign contribution in any account other than the exclusive ‘FCRA account’ in SBI main branch here. Now this cutoff date stands extended to July 1, 2021.
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