‘Save The Children’ loses its FCRA permit In 2022, the NGO had come under the government’s radar for a fundraising campaign on malnutrition; the Centre said that the issue was being “vigorously pursued” through its schemes

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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has withdrawn the permit under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) for U.K.-based NGO Save The Children’s Indian offshoot, Bal Raksha Bharat. Save The Children is a leading child rights organisation that focuses on health, education, hunger and vulnerable children in conflicts. It is present in 116 countries. In India since 2008, Bal Raksha Bharat is spread across 16 States. Last year, it had come under the government’s radar for a fundraising campaign on malnutrition, which was objected to by the Ministry of Women and Child Development on the ground that the issue was being “vigorously pursued” by the government through its schemes.


     

     

     

 

     


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