Cancellation of FCRA registration won’t impact us: PU

Chandigarh, September 14

Panjab University (PU) on Thursday clarified that reported cancellation under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), 2010, would not impact them.

The PU is yet to receive any communication from the Ministry of Home Affairs so far. Finance and Development Officer Vikram Nayyar said, “After 2011, those institutions whose accounts are audited by CAG need not have the FCRA registration. The issue of submitting annual returns of previous years only related to period before 2011.”

Along with the PU, registration of many other institutions like Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi University (DU) and IIT, Delhi, have also been cancelled. The Ministry of Home Affairs has given the reason that these institutes did not submit the returns of previous years. But the FDO said the registration might have been cancelled as it was needed at all. Two years ago too, the PU’s registration was revoked and it submitted the annual returns of previous years to the Ministry of Home Affairs. The varsity had received foreign contribution of Rs 4.30 lakh in 2009-10 and Rs 2 lakh in 2010-11 while no foreign contribution was received during the financial year 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14. —TNS

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Along with PU, registration of many other institutions like the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi University (DU) and IIT, Delhi, have also been cancelled.