The Ministry of Finance is certain that whenever the company goes to an Indian court with a request for enforcement of the award, it will object. TopicsCenter | Vodafone | foreign funds The Indian government will challenge Vodafone’s arbitration award, but will also approach international pension and insurance funds interested …
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The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill 2020, which was approved by Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, must be understood in a political context. The message is loud and clear: a single narrative is being crafted in India, and any challenge to power is viewed with suspicion and crushed with brute force. …
Read More »Proposed FCRA amendment will deal another blow to India’s nonprofit sector
The Foreign Contributions Amendment (Regulation) Bill (FCRA) of 2020 was introduced in the current session of parliament. The amendment seeks to make specific changes to the FCRA law, first introduced in 2010 by the UPA government and whose rules were amended in 2012, 2015 and 2019. The law provides the …
Read More »The government is ready to amend the FCRA, to make Aadhaar mandatory for foreign contribution
Written by Deeptiman Tiwary | New Delhi | Updated: September 20, 2020 3:26:56 pm The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill 2020 will be introduced in Lok Sabha by Interior Minister Amit Shah. The government sought on Sunday to tighten the provisions of the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act (FCRA) of 2011 …
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