The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation’s (RGF) FCRA licence was cancelled under Section 14 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (FCRA, 2010) for violating provisions under Section 11 and registration conditions under Section 12(4)(a)(vi) of the FCRA, 2010. The Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust’s (RGCT) FCRA licence was cancelled under section 14 of the FCRA, 2010 due to violations of provisions under sections 8(1)(a), 11, 17, 18, 19, and registration conditions under section 12(4)(a)(vi) of the FCRA, 2010.
In terms of provisions under section 14(3) of the FCRA, 2010, the association whose FCRA registration has been cancelled in terms of provisions under section 14 of the FCRA, 2010 shall not be eligible for registration or grant of prior permission for a period of three years from the date of cancellation of registration.
Details are tabulated below:-
| S. No. | State/UT | The number of FCRA registration certificates cancelled during the last 05 years i.e. from 2017 to 2021. |
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 4 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 622 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 14 |
| 4 | Assam | 87 |
| 5 | Bihar | 441 |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 13 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 49 |
| 8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 2 |
| 9 | Delhi | 233 |
| 10 | Goa | 14 |
| 11 | Gujarat | 186 |
| 12 | Haryana | 50 |
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | 29 |
| 14 | Jammu and Kashmir | 24 |
| 15 | Jharkhand | 139 |
| 16 | Karnataka | 375 |
| 17 | Kerala | 178 |
| 18 | Madhya Pradesh | 180 |
| 19 | Maharashtra | 734 |
| 20 | Manipur | 197 |
| 21 | Meghalaya | 29 |
| 22 | Mizoram | 15 |
| 23 | Nagaland | 47 |
| 24 | Orissa | 417 |
| 25 | Pondicherry | 22 |
| 26 | Punjab | 39 |
| 27 | Rajasthan | 163 |
| 28 | Sikkim | 4 |
| 29 | Tamil Nadu | 755 |
| 30 | Telangana | 280 |
| 31 | Tripura | 11 |
| 32 | Uttar Pradesh | 635 |
| 33 | Uttarakhand | 78 |
| 34 | West Bengal | 611 |
| Total | 6677 |
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today. PIB
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