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Faith-based groups get only 6 pc of foreign contributions received in India: FCRA JPC chief

Faith-based groups get only 6 pc of foreign contributions received in India: FCRA JPC chief

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  • left · 1 outlet

    JPC seeks stakeholder feedback in Shillong amid concerns that proposed FCRA changes could affect minority-run institutions

    — The National Herald

  • center · 5 outlets

    Shillong: Churches and other faith-based organisations account for only around 6 per cent of the Rs 22,000 crore in foreign contributions received in the country, said Sanjay Jaiswal, chairperson of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill. The…

    — Orissa Post

  • right · 2 outlets

    SHILLONG: Over 20 NGO and civil society bodies that receive funds through foreign contributions, mostly Christian- and Islamic-faith-based voluntary organisations from the Northeast, met a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) reviewing the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, in…

    — Organiser

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The Joint Parliamentary Committee is currently reviewing the implications of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act Amendment Bill. Notably, churches only receive a mere six percent of total foreign donations, while NGOs dominate the majority. Opposition groups express concerns over the bill's…

Coverage arrived over 15 hours — first from The Assam Tribune, latest from Highland Post.

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The Economic Times Center-Right Bennett, Coleman & Co. Current article

Faith-based groups get only 6 pc of foreign contributions received in India: FCRA JPC chief

The Joint Parliamentary Committee is currently reviewing the implications of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act Amendment Bill. Notably, churches only receive a mere six percent of total foreign donations, while NGOs dominate the majority. Opposition groups express concerns over the bill's…

Organiser Right Bharatiya Prakashan (RSS)

FCRA Amendment Bill: Joint Parliamentary Committee visits Northeast; 22 organisations appear before panel

SHILLONG: Over 20 NGO and civil society bodies that receive funds through foreign contributions, mostly Christian- and Islamic-faith-based voluntary organisations from the Northeast, met a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) reviewing the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, in…

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