The government said that the licences of Missionaries of Charity (MoC) and Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) were renewed under section 32 of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), 2010. The law presents a revision of any order issued by the government against any person registered under the Act.

“Since November 2021, the FCRA certificate of PHFI, New Delhi, and MoC was renewed by way of revision,” Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in the Lok Sabha. He noted that FCRA registrations were not cancelled, but “about 5,800 FCRA registered organisations had not submitted their applications for renewal within the given time in agreement with the provisions of the FCRA 2010.”

“FCRA registration of these organisations has been terminated as per section 12 of FCRA. The Central Government has given relaxations for the validity of registration certificate of NGOs expiring between September 29, 2020, to December 31, 2021, had been extended up to March 31, 2022,” the order said.