INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Home Ministry issued notice after these entities failed to file returns for up to six years in row.NEW DELHI: Infosys Foundation, Skoda Auto
India, University of Rajasthan and Madras Christian College are among 1,775 entities issued show-cause notice under the Foreign Contribution
(Regulation) Act for their failure to submit annual income and expenditure statements on foreign fundings, officials said on Tuesday
The Union Home Ministry issued the notice on November 16 after these entities failed to file returns for up to six consecutive financial
years from 2011-12 to 2016-17 despite reminders
In its notice, the Ministry said these entities or associations have not submitted online their income and expenditure statements, receipts,
payment account details and balance sheets.The Ministry warned that if they fail to submit the returns for the said period by December 1,
2018, "appropriate action" will be taken under the FCRA.Apart from Infosys, Skoda Auto India, University of Rajasthan, Madras Christian
College, the entities and associations served the notice include the Shree Siddhivinayak Ganapati Temple Trust, Mumbai; Loyola College
Society, Vijayawada; Guru Harkrishan Education Society, Chandigarh; and Allahabad Agricultural Institute.The National Association for the
Blind, Gujarat; Vivekananda Seva Sadan, West Bengal; Bombay Memons' Education Society; Rajiv Gandhi Social Service Centre, Madurai; Jawahar
Sarvodya Vikas Samiti, Nalanda, Bihar; Indira Mahila Bikash Samiti, Odisha; Nehru Yuva Sankalp Sansthan, Rajasthan; and Jain Vishva Bharati
Institute, a deemed university located at Nagaur in Rajasthan are among those served the notice.Young Men's Christian Association, Kutch,
Gujarat; Midas Trust, Mumbai; Mewat Educational and Development Society, Haryana; North East Institute of Fashion Technology, Guwahati; and
Jamia Islamia Ashraf Ul Ullom Arabic Education Public Charitable Trust, Visakhapatnam were also served the shjow-cause notice.The FCRA
provides that associations registered under the Act shall submit electronically online annual report with scanned copies of income and
expenditure statements, receipts and payment accounts, balance sheets etc., for every financial year within nine months of the closure of
the financial year.The associations which do not receive foreign contribution during a particular year are also required to furnish a NIL
return for that financial year within the aforesaid period.Earlier, a similar notice was served on April 24, 2018 to these associations
advising them to submit annual report or accounts of the missing years electronically online immediately."the said associations are hereby
directed to explain within a period of 15 days from the date of issue of this show-cause notice as to why appropriate action under the FCRA
may not be initiated against them," the notice read.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff
and is published from a syndicated feed.)
