Category Archives: FCRA, TAX, LEGAL

Foreign Contribution Regulation Act

LATEST ON FORM CHANGES TO UPDATE CHANGES IN TRUSTEES

Posted on June 13, 2019 by SRRF

MHA has now brought separate Forms FC6 for different aspects. These are FC-6A (Change of Name & Address), FC-6C (Changes in Designated bank account), FC-6D (Addition / Changes in Utilisation bank account) & FC-6E (Changes in Trustees / key functionaries). … Continue reading →

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MANDATORY SUBMISSION OF FORM FC-6E FOR CHANGES IN TRUSTEES / KEY ‎FUNCTIONARIES

Posted on June 10, 2019 by SRRF

Home Ministry has now come with a notice requiring all registered NGOs to update all changes in office bearers. Till now Rule 17A required that any change shall be intimated electronically online, within fifteen days, The Rule covered several aspects … Continue reading →

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Creation of Minority Trust

Posted on June 7, 2019 by SRRF

I had attended one workshop on NGO conducted by your organisation. I have a Charitable trust registered under Bombay Public Trust Act. It is from Pune. We are 3 trustees all Hindu. Kindly let me know how I can convert … Continue reading →

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RESOURCE MOBILISATION – DONATIONS

Posted on May 25, 2019 by SRRF

DONATIONS In the 2nd part on this series of Resource Mobilisation, lets focus on Donations, second most (if not the first) popular form of income of NGOs. One can say donations are birth right of a non-profit and hence should … Continue reading →

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RESOURCE MOBILISATION – GRANTS

Posted on May 23, 2019 by SRRF

Taking a cue from Mr Mathew Cherian’s Vijay Sardana Memorial Lecture, we start a series of short discussion points on Resource Mobilisation for Non-Profits. We start with one of the most popular resource, GRANTS. I don’t need to discuss much … Continue reading →

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Vijay Sardana Memorial Lecture May 6, 2019

Posted on May 12, 2019 by SRRF

Summary of the lecture by Mathew Cherian Is financial viability of the Voluntary Sector a mirage? The way forward PART-III ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY We need to open our financials to scrutiny to the smallest donor, reporting bodies and to be … Continue reading →

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Vijay Sardana Memorial Lecture May 6, 2019

Posted on May 11, 2019 by SRRF

Summary of the lecture by Mathew Cherian Is financial viability of the Voluntary Sector a mirage? The way forward PART-II The common thread is LOCAL vs INTERNATIONAL FUNDING. Out of the 3.1 million organisations, merely 50,000 organisations are the struggling … Continue reading →

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Vijay Sardana Memorial Lecture May 6, 2019

Posted on May 10, 2019 by SRRF

Summary of the lecture by Mathew Cherian Is financial viability of the Voluntary Sector a mirage? The way forward PART-I To begin with I would like to thank SRRF for the honour of inviting me to deliver the first Vijay … Continue reading →

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Can an organization receive FCRA Grant before prior permission.

Posted on March 28, 2019 by SRRF

Dear All, I would like to know about the FCRA Grant receiving before permission, A organization applied for FCRA permission on July 2018 and received approved on March 2019, Can organization allowed to received FCRA Grant for the period of … Continue reading →

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Registration to Darpan portal is now Optional

Posted on January 21, 2019 by SRRF

Vide a public notice of 04th October 2017, FCRA department had made Darpan ID mandatory for all NGOs seeking any FCRA related services. Till now anyone to undertake any activity  on online portal of FCRA, including filing of Annual Return … Continue reading →

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