Government has given final opportunity to all NGOs, who did not disclose income and expenditure statements, to file their annual returns by 14th of June.
The Ministry of Home Affairs said, all NGOs which were registered under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (FCRA) but did not file their annual returns from 2010-11 to 2014-15 were given the final chance.
All such NGOs can upload their missing annual returns along with the requisite documents within 30 days. No compounding fee will be imposed on them for late filing of annual returns during this period.
This exemption is a one-time measure, available to those associations which upload their missing annual returns from 2010-11 to 2014-15 within this period.
The spokesperson said, the renewal of registration under FCRA cannot be granted unless the annual returns are uploaded by the organisation.
The government has already cancelled registration of more than 10,000 NGOs in the last three years for non-filing of annual returns as mandated in the FCRA.
