Ram temple trust gets FCRA licence to receive foreign donations

Foreign donations will only be accepted at one State Bank of India branch located at 11 Sansad Marg, New Delhi

The Ayodhya Ram temple trust, known as the Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra, on October 18 said that it has received a license to accept foreign donations under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA).

The trust has already collected ₹3,500 crore in donations given by people across India.

“The FCRA section of The Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, has allotted the FCRA licence to Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra trust to accept the voluntary contribution from the foreign sources,” the trust’s general secretary Champat Rai said.

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He added that foreign donations will only be accepted at one State Bank of India (SBI) branch located at 11 Sansad Marg, New Delhi. The trust had applied for the FCRA licence earlier this year.

The Ram temple is being built after the Supreme Court’s 2019 judgement, which maintained that the Muslim community was wrongfully deprived of the 450-year-old Babri masjid demolished in 1992, but rejected its claim for exclusive title and possession of the land in Ayodhya. The temple will thus be situated in the 67.3 acres of land accorded to the trust in the SC judgement. The temple construction commitee has also acquired an additional 71 acres of land to build public utilities near the temple.