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New FCRA rules mandate NGOs list specific purposes and operational areas for foreign funds. Proselytisation is excluded from some religious activities, and key functionaries cannot be foreign nationals, with exceptions possible.
CBCI said certain provisions in the Bill would allow the Centre to deny licence renewals.
The initiative aimed to use art as a medium to revisit and share personal experiences related to gender-based bias in the healthcare sector and access to public toilets.
Funded by Beiersdorf, the German multinational company that manufactures personal-care products like Nivea and Labello, the project aims to implement an effective mass plastic waste management programme.
Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has sought reports on the New Delhi-based NGO, HRDS India.
HRDS India that was formerly chaired by BJP minister S Krishna Kumar has appointed Swapna Suresh as Director CSR.
The Centre's move comes days after it, on December 25, refused to renew the FCRA license of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity.
Organisations such as the Missionaries of Charity will not be eligible for the extension benefits as their applications for a renewal of the FCRA registration have already been rejected.
The campaign by the NGO highlights the impact of the pandemic on India's elders vis a vis their health, livelihood and the pervading sense of loneliness.
The over five-year-long search to find Geeta's family led to Parbhani in Maharashtra, where she is now being trained in sign language by Pahal, an NGO working for the hearing and speech impaired.
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