{"id":3999,"date":"2020-09-30T06:48:20","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T06:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.srr-foundation.org\/?p=3999"},"modified":"2020-09-30T06:48:20","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T06:48:20","slug":"fcra-amendment-2020-implemented-effective-29-sept-%e2%80%8e%e2%80%8e2020%e2%80%8e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.srr-foundation.org\/?p=3999","title":{"rendered":"FCRA Amendment 2020 \u2013 Implemented EFFECTIVE &#8211;  29 Sept \u200e\u200e2020\u200e"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Govt. has shown un-characteristic rush to get FCRA implemented. It has notified the FCRA Amendment Act 2020 and made it effective from 29<sup>th<\/sup> September 2020. The short Notification SO 3395(E) dt. 29<sup>th<\/sup> September 2020 reads:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Act 2020, the Central Government hereby appoints the 29<sup>th<\/sup> day of September 2020, as the date on which the provisions of the said Act, shall come into force.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thus there is no doubt that the provisions of amendment Act have become effective yesterday, though how these would be implemented, NGOs have been left to fend for themselves, as there are no guidelines or amended rules on transfer of funds to partners (Rule 24 still on Rule book though can no longer be implemented), or how NGOs are supposed to open designated account with SBI New Delhi, or anyone else who has genuine difficulties or questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Socio Research &amp; Reform Foundation (NGO)<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>512 A, Deepshikha, 8 Rajendra Place, New Delhi \u2013 110008<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Govt. has shown un-characteristic rush to get FCRA implemented. It has notified the FCRA Amendment Act 2020 and made it effective from 29th September 2020. The short Notification SO 3395(E) dt. 29th September 2020 reads: In exercise of the powers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.srr-foundation.org\/?p=3999\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fcra-tax-legal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.srr-foundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.srr-foundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.srr-foundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.srr-foundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.srr-foundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.srr-foundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4000,"href":"https:\/\/blog.srr-foundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3999\/revisions\/4000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.srr-foundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.srr-foundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.srr-foundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}