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FCRA bill would vest foreign-funded NGO assets
ThePrint··13 Aug
Ajay Mallareddy's opinion on the FCRA Amendment Bill 2026 focuses on asset vesting after cancel, surrender or cease of registration. A Designated Authority could provisionally vest foreign-funded and mixed assets wholly, becoming permanent if registration is not restored in the prescribed period, and could transfer assets to government or sell proceeds to the Consolidated Fund.
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What It Means For You
- NGO boards with foreign-funded or mixed assets can study provisional and permanent vesting risks after cancel, surrender or cease.
- Groups nearing FCRA expiry can note cease may cover non-renewal even when a renewal application is pending.
- Compliance teams can track the ten-lakh foreign spend rule over two years for reasonable activity under draft rules.
What's Happening
- An opinion by Ajay Mallareddy examines FCRA Amendment Bill 2026 provisions on asset vesting after cancel, surrender or cease.
- A Designated Authority could vest foreign-funded and mixed assets provisionally, then permanently if registration is not restored, and transfer or sell them.
- Cease includes non-renewal before expiry even with a pending application; nearly twenty-two thousand registrations were cancelled and about fifteen thousand ceased.
Asset Vesting After FCRA Registration Ends
- Vesting rules turn registration status into a property outcome for foreign-funded and mixed asset pools.
- Treating pending non-renewal as cease expands how organisations can lose control of assets without a classic cancellation order.
- Large cancelled and ceased counts mean vesting design affects a wide nonprofit footprint, not a narrow set of cases.
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