A news item is doing roads on the internet that 10 international donors have been further put on Watchlist of FCRA Dept. The names includes
- Children’s Investment Fund
- European Climate Foundation
- The Freedom Fund
- Humanity United
- Lauders (Laudes ?) Foundation
- Legatum Fund
- Minderoo
- Omidyar Network India (a US based entity)
- Stardust
- Walk Free Foundation
Apparently these names are based on certain notification / circular (? Not clear) issued by RBI. It may be noted that in 2018 CIC had allowed a RTI activist to receive an official list of such organizations. However RBI appealed against this decision of CIC in Mumbai High Court on the ground that information that it receives from Ministry of Home is confidential and sensitive and cannot be shared on a public domain.
Thus the names in such a list, if any, at present are subject to speculation, particularly since even the donors are not intimated about such prior permission requirement, so NGOs will only come to know of such restriction, when SBI refuses to credit such funds in their FCRA bank account.
Credit: AccountAid.net
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