GOVERNMENT OF MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *122 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2nd DECEMBER, 2014/AGRAHAYANA 11, 1936 (SAKA)

FILING OF ANNUAL RETURNS BY NGOs

*122. SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether a number of Non- Governmental Organisations (NGOs) receiving foreign funds under the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act, 2010 (FCRA) have not filed annual returns of account and if so, the details thereof during each of the last three years and the current year;

(b) whether instances of filing of returns beyond the stipulated time has also came to notice of the Government and if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the corrective steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a) to (c) : A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF THE STARRED QUESTION NO.122 FOR 2.12.2014

It has been found that a number of NGOs receiving foreign funds have not filed annual returns of accounts. Recently 10343 notices have been issued to defaulting NGOs/Associations for non filing of returns. The State-wise details of the Associations registered under the FCRA, 2010 who have not filed Annual Returns for the years 2009-12 is available at Annexure I and for 2012-13 and 2013-14 (filed online till date) is available at Annexure-ll.

The organizations receiving foreign contribution are required to submit Annual Returns for each financial year within a period of nine months from closure of the year i.e. by 31st December of each year. Such Annual Accounts are to be submitted in the prescribed format duly audited by a Chartered Accountant.

The Ministry of Home Affairs have introduced penalty (fine) for late filing of Annual Returns vide Gazette Notification No. S.O. 1070 (E) (Annexure lll) dated 26.04.2013 in which the Government have specified the amount of penalty for not furnishing the Annual Returns by the prescribed date of 31st December of every year, in three different stages. Thus Associations who default in filing the return or do not file the returns would face penal action.

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ANNEXURE -I

State-wise data available on “FCRA online service” relating to associations registered under FCRA, who have not filed annual returns in FC-6 for any of the financial years 2009-2010, 2010-2011 and 2011- 2012 and to whom notices have been issued/ are being issued

Sl. No. State No. of Associations 1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 7 2 Andhra Pradesh 1441 3 Arunachal Pradesh 28 4 Assam 130 5 655 6 Chandigarh 14 7 Chhattisgarh 37 8 Dadar & Nagar Haveli 0 9 Daman and Diu 1 10 Delhi 401 11 Goa 46 12 Gujarat 379 13 Haryana 76 14 Himachal Pradesh 47 15 Jammu & Kashmir 38 16 117 17 Karnataka 822 18 Kerala 538 19 Lakshwadeep 0 20 Madhya Pradesh 201 21 Maharashtra 990 22 Manipur 291 23 Meghalaya 34 24 Mizoram 15 25 Nagaland 56 26 Orissa 643 27 Pondicherry 15 28 Punjab 69 29 Rajasthan 152 30 Sikkim 10 31 Tamil Nadu 1110 32 Tripura 14 33 Uttar Pradesh 1167 34 Uttarakhand 51 35 West Bengal 748 Total 10,343

ANNEXURE -Il

State-wise data available on “FCRA online service” relating to associations registered under FCRA, who have not filed annual returns in FC-6 for any of the financial years 2012-13 and 2013-14(till date)

Total S No. State name 2012- 2013 2013-2014 1 Andhra Pradesh 3034 4093 2 Assam 265 395 3 Bihar 1325 1669 4 Gujarat 911 1463 5 Kerala 890 1474 6 Madhya Pradesh 466 662 7 Tamil Nadu 2524 3904 8 Maharashtra 2314 3325 9 Karnataka 1465 2291 10 Orissa 1305 1838 11 Punjab 133 215 12 Rajasthan 408 653 13 Uttar Pradesh 2243 2760 14 West Bengal 1670 2551 15 Jammu & Kashmir 88 139 16 Nagaland 127 171 17 Haryana 168 235 18 Himachal Pradesh 103 163 19 Manipur 535 648 20 Tripura 36 46 21 Meghalaya 80 145 22 Sikkim 17 24 23 Delhi 944 1786 Andaman & Nicobar 24 Islands 15 19 25 Lakshwadeep 0 0 26 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 14 15 27 Goa 109 152 28 Pondicherry 48 79 29 Chandigarh 42 59 30 Mizoram 43 57 31 Arunachal Pradesh 52 63 32 Chhattisgarh 125 256 33 Jharkhand 325 535 34 Uttarakhand 212 362 35 Daman and Diu 1 1 Total 22037 32248