Wary of being dubbed “anti-civil
society”, the Narendra Modi government has decided to drop a contentious clause
in the Foreign Contribution Regulation Rules (FCRR), 2015, which would have
made it mandatory for NGOs receiving foreign contributions to declare their
social media accounts like their Twitter handle and Facebook pages with the
government. It will be made optional instead. The government has also dropped
the clause which required NGOs to post their returns and activities on a weekly
basis. It will now be done quarterly.
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