Govt restores FCRA licence as MoC rectifies violations

The Union home ministry has restored the registration of Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, after the charity rectified the accountsrelated violations that had been flagged while rejecting its application for renewal of the licence to receive funds from abroad. The Kolkata-based NGO also informed the ministry that it had terminated the services of a staffer accused of child trafficking in Jharkhand.

- Bharti Jain & Subhro Niyogi

The MHA's move reopens the option of foreign funding for MoC, besides enabling it to utilise the money already lying in its FCRA account.

“The power of love and service has won. We thank God for touching the hearts of the authorities and showing them the truth. We thank the authorities for seeing the truth. Our beloved saint, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, continues to guide and lead her congregation in serving the poorest of the poor,” Catholic Association of Bengal president Angelina Mantosh Jasnani said.