‘Audit irregularities’ at Missionaries of Charity: official
The Hindu
MHA has rejected renewal of the group’s FCRA
The , a Catholic religious congregation set up by was not renewed due to “audit irregularities,” a senior government official said on Tuesday.
The had said it refused to renew the Foreigners Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration of Missionaries of Charity (MoC) as “some adverse inputs were noticed.”
FCRA registration is mandatory for any NGO or association to receive foreign funds or donations. MHA is the controlling authority of FCRA and it conducts inspections and audits of NGOs to establish if their books are in order.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.