FCRA amendment bill has similar provisions like UPA-era law: Panel chief Jaiswal
BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal, head of the Joint Parliamentary Committee, stated that the proposed FCRA Amendment Bill 2026 retains key provisions from the 2010 UPA-era law. The committee is currently reviewing the bill after hearing concerns from various religious and social organizations regarding its potential impact on foreign funding.
Why it matters
The bill is a point of contention between the government and opposition, raising significant questions about the regulation of foreign funding for NGOs and potential impacts on minority groups.
BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal, who heads the Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, on Tuesday (October 13, 2026) said major provisions of the proposed legislation have the same clauses that were incorporated in the law enacted by the UPA government in 2010.
He said this after a meeting of the committee which interacted with Hindu, Christian and other groups and listened to their views on the proposed legislation, which is facing stiff opposition from certain sections and opposition parties.
Mr. Jaiswal said the Act of 2010 had given the power to the home secretary and the principal secretary of the state to confiscate properties of an NGO receiving foreign funding under the FCRA if there are irregularities while the new bill proposed to give the same power to a designated authority,
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