The Foreign Contribution Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2020, introduced in the Lok Sabha by the Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai, also proposes to allow the Center to allow an NGO or association to deliver its FCRA certificate.
Introducing the bill, Rai said: “There would be no discrimination. The permission previously granted to religious institutions for foreign contributions under the Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act 2010 will continue. But these institutions should not deviate. of its objective and not be a threat to the security of the country. ”
The bill proposes that no more than 20 percent of the total foreign funds received can be spent on administrative expenses. Currently, the limit is 50 percent.
Manish Tewari from Congress opposed the bill and made a request to the government to relax the provisions of the FCRA.
Saugata Roy of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) also opposed the bill, saying it is an attempt to stop foreign contributions.
“The idea should be to deregulate and not over-regulate foreign contributions,” he said.
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