FCRA Amendment Bill Sent to JPC Seeks Tougher NGO Compliance

India has a special law called FCRA that watches how charities in India get money from other countries.

The government wants to change this law to watch charities even more closely.

A group of lawmakers, called a Joint Parliamentary Committee, will study the proposed changes.

The committee has 31 members and must finish its work during the next Winter Session of Parliament.

Many charities have already lost their permission to receive foreign money.

Only about 14,400 charities are still active, while thousands more have been cancelled or expired.

New rules say each charity must state exactly what it will do and in which state it will work.

Charities will also have to share more information about their donors and leaders.

The government says this will stop people from misusing donated money.

Some people worry the new rules will make it harder and more expensive for honest charities to work.