Foreign-funded NGOs have repetitively asked the central government to relax the FCRA regulations related to foreign funding. In this regard, the NGOs who attended the meeting organized by NITI Aayog CEO, Amitabh Kant, urged him to write a letter to Home Minister Amit Shah to relax the FCRA norms.
According to the Legal Rights Observatory, this includes some NGOs with prominent, suspicious backgrounds. These NGOs have been accused of taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to engage in proselytizing activities. The Legal Rights Observatory has said it will not allow this to happen.
#Sensitive In a meeting of NGOs held by @NITIAayog CEO Amitabh Kant, many NGOs with dubious background urged him to write letter to @AmitShah ji to ease up stringent #FCRAViolation norms to help #COVID19India. We won't let it happen as these vultures would use it for conversions+ pic.twitter.com/owILyM6ySP
— Legal Rights Observatory- LRO (@LegalLro) April 26, 2021
The LRO has also said that it will submit a counter representation against the NGOs’ request. Pointing out that missionary organizations have converted more than 1 lakh people using the coronavirus pandemic, the LRO has warned that giving freedom to NGOs would be detrimental to India’s national security.
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