Over the past 10 days, the home ministry has cancelled the registration of several non-government organisations (NGOs) for failing to use foreign donations. With this, the government has invoked a rarely used provision of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (FCRA)-the statute regulating such foreign currency inflows. This was triggered, sources feel, after the ministry checked the unused balances lying in the bank accounts of these organisations as on March 31, 2026. The decision to cancel FCRA ...