Foreign funding of Jawaharlal Nehru University and Delhi University has been canceled by Home Ministry

In a prominent move, the Indian government has canceled the foreign funding license of hundred organisations including Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi University (DU), IIT-Delhi and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).

To get foreign funding for any organisation, it is necessary to get registered under Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010 (FCRA) and they also have to submit their annual income and expenditure statements to the government. The Home Ministry of India has canceled their registration for the same. The reason behind the cancellation of their registration is that they have failed in submitting their annual returns for the last five years.

The Supreme Court Bar Association, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Panjab University, Gargi College (Delhi), Lady Irwin College (Delhi), Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, Gandhi Peace Foundation, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan, Armed Forces Flag Day Fund, School Of Planning & Architecture (Delhi) and FICCI Socio Economic Development Foundation, the Doon School Old Boys Association, Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College (Delhi), Dr Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia International Trust, Co-ordinating Voluntary Adoption Resource Agency, Bombay Diocesan Society, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (Karnataka), Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health (Bengaluru), Shri Mahatma Gandhi Charitable Trust (Gujarat) and Sri Satya Sai Trust are among those organisations whose FCRA licences have been canceled.