The document discusses India's Foreign Contribution Regulation Act of 1976 and provides statistics on foreign contributions received by Indian organizations. It summarizes that foreign contributions to India have steadily increased each year. The top donor countries are the USA, Germany, UK, and Italy. Common purposes of foreign funding include rural development, education, and healthcare. The act regulates foreign funding to ensure it is not used for unlawful political or detrimental purposes.

1. A PRESENTATION ON BY Shri D.S. Mishra, Joint Secretary (F), MHA FCRA IN PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIVAS, HYDERABAD 09 th JANUARY 2006

3. FEW FACTS AND FIGURES

4. Receipt of Foreign Contribution 1.17 5105.5 2003-04 3.58 5046.5 2002-03 7.42 4871.9 2001-02 % Increase over previous Year Amount Rs/crores Year

5. Amount wise break-up of Foreign Contribution received by reporting Associations 57 83 818 16187 2003-04 66 76 798 15650 2002-03 59 77 721 14761 2001-02 Above Rs.10 cr. Between Rs.5-10 cr. Between Rs.1-5 cr. Below Rs.1 cr. Year

6. Top Donor Countries 304.04 261.88 237.37 Netherlands 350.01 315.82 304.55 Italy 676.14 685.38 679.29 UK 757.13 715.04 702.33 Germany 1584.26 1679.84 1658.29 USA 2003-04 2002-03 2001-02 Countries Foreign Contribution (Rs. in crores)

7. Top Donors 47.78 40.03 40.57 Missio, Germany 57.56 53.73 72.37 Foster Parents Plan International, USA 73.59 75.15 44.27 Christian Children Fund, USA 94.36 90.24 78.33 World Vision International, USA 135.15 79.16 63.06 Foundation Vicent E Ferrer, Spain 2003-04 2002-03 2001-02 Donors Foreign Contribution (Rs. in crores)

8. Top Recipient States/Union Terrotories 480.61 505.13 464.35 Maharashtra 528.56 489.12 504.98 Karnataka 684.20 629.76 559.56 Andhra Pradesh 800.22 774.99 695.49 Tamil Nadu 857.12 880.77 794.42 Delhi 2003-04 2002-03 2001-02 States/UTs Foreign Contribution (Rs. in crores)

9. Top Recipient Districts 209.16 168.95 115.42 Ananthapur 179.86 181.44 168.38 Kolkata 299.63 283.59 298.28 Mumbai 384.53 363.45 311.55 Chennai 357.66 357.66 362.19 Bangalore 2003-04 2002-03 2001-02 Districts Foreign Contribution (Rs. in crores)

10. Top Purposes 181.58 49.08 25.86 Awareness about AIDS / Treatment of AIDS patients 221.38 176.13 187.30 Welfare of Children 221.63 275.74 242.24 Construction of School/College 494.64 486.50 464.61 Rural Development 639.31 673.77 859.00 Establishment Expenses 2003-04 2002-03 2001-02 Purposes Foreign Contribution (Rs. in crores)

11. Trends 5,105.46 17,145 28,351 2003-2004 5,046.51 16,590 26,404 2002-2003 4,870.52 15,598 24,563 2001-2002 4,535.23 14,598 22,924 2000-2001 3,924.63 13,986 21,244 1999-2000 3,402.90 13,775 19,834 1998-1999 2,864.51 12,198 18,489 1997-1998 2,571.69 12,136 17,723 1996-1997 2,168.85 10,950 16,740 1995-1996 1,892.43 11,422 15,723 1994-1995 Amount of Foreign Contribution (Rs. in crores) No. of Reporting Associations No. of Registered Associations (as on 31 st March of Financial Year) Year

16. Types of permission An association having a definite cultural, economic, educational, religious or social programme can receive foreign contribution after it obtains the prior permission of the Central Government, or gets registered with the Central Government.

20. Transparency in FCRA Administration

21. Common reasons for rejection of registration are listed on MHA’s website

22. Citizen’s Charter is available on MHA’s website

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