Renewal of FCRA Registration

3 Responses to Renewal of FCRA Registration

1. Ashok Shamala says:

   June 17, 2013 at 7:16 am

   Thank Very Much for clarification

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   Ashok.Shamala
   CRIDA
   Center for Research Innovative Development & Advocacy

   Executive Director
2. Arvind k Singh says:

   June 14, 2013 at 9:22 am

   Renewal Of Registration Certificate

   Every certificate of registration issued to a organisation shall be liable to be renewed after the expiry of five years from the date of its issue on proper application.

   Every organisation shall apply to the Central Government in Form FC-5, six months before the date of expiry of the certificate of registration, for its renewal.

   A organisation implementing an ongoing multi-year project shall apply for renewal twelve months before the date of expiry of the certificate of registration.

   An application made for renewal of the certificate of registration shall be accompanied by a fee of Rs.500/- (Five Hundred only).

   The fee for renewal of the certificate of registration shall be remitted by demand draft or banker’s cheque in favour of the “Pay and Accounts Officer, Ministry of Home Affairs”, payable at New Delhi.

   In case no application for renewal of registration is received or such application is not accompanied by the requisite fee, the validity of the certificate of registration of such organisation shall be deemed to have ceased from the date of completion of the period of five years from the date of the grant of registration.

   If the validity of the certificate of registration of a organisation has ceased in accordance with the provisions of these rules, a fresh request for the grant of a certificate of registration may be made by the organisation to the Central Government as per the provisions of rule 9.

   In case a organisation provides sufficient grounds, in writing, explaining the reasons for not submitting the certificate of registration for renewal within the stipulated time, his application may be accepted for consideration along with the requisite fee, but not later than four months after the expiry of the original certificate of registration.(Declaration of Undertaking format Annexure-1)

   Time Limit For Making Application For Renewal Of Registration

   Every organisation shall apply to the Central Government in Form FC-5, six months before the date of expiry of the certificate of registration, for its renewal.

   An organisation implementing an ongoing multi-year project shall apply for renewal twelve months before the date of expiry of the certificate of registration.

   Time Limit For Re-Filing Of Application For Registration

   No organisation shall make a second application for registration within a period of six months after submitting an application for the grant of registration for the same project.

   Whether registration under Income Tax Act necessary

   The FCRA does not specify registration under Income Tax Act as a pre-condition for getting registration under the FCRA. There are instances where FCRA registration has been provided without section 12A registration under the Income Tax Act. But, since FCRA registration is normally provided after satisfying the existence of activities and genuineness of the objectives, which may take sometime and for Income Tax purposes, the organisation has to apply within one year of its creation. Therefore, it is expected of an NGO to have completed its Income Tax registrations prior to applying for registration under FCRA.
3. B V Soma Sastry says:

   June 14, 2013 at 9:06 am

   Dear Mr. Ashok,

   Greetings from Hyderabad!

   The already FCRA registered organizations were exempted from the renewal for the first five years i.e. the FCRA registered organizations were not required to go for renewal till April 2016 (Five years from the enactment of the FCRA 2010 FCRR 2011).

   The organizations already registered under FCRA have to go in for renewal 6 months prior to the actual date of renewal in case of a single project. Where the NGOs have multiple projects, the renewal process will begin 12 months in advance from the due date.

   Regarding the documents, you have to send the application in form FC-5 with a DD of Rs. 500/- in favour of “Pay and Accounts Officer, Ministry of Home Affairs”.

   The form FC-5 can be downloaded from the FCRA website and all the details are available in the same.

   I hope this answers your query.

   Thanks and regards,

   B V Soma Sastry

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