The Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India
("MHA") has issued a notification on
April 7, 2025 ("April 7 Notification")
introducing prescribed timelines for the receipt and utilisation of
foreign contribution pursuant to applications for prior permission
under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010
("FCRA").
The FCRA inter alia regulates foreign contributions in
India, including by way of prohibiting the acceptance and
utilisation by Indian entities of foreign contributions without
either the prior permission of the MHA for the foreign contribution
in question or prior registration of the Indian entity in question
with the MHA.
Prior to the April 7 Notification, there were no specified time
limits governing the receipt or utilisation of foreign
contributions by an Indian entity which had been received under a
prior permission issued by the MHA for such foreign contribution.
By virtue of the April 7 Notification, going forward, any
