FCRA amendments and licence extensions: new regulations impacting Indian NGOs

(Photo: Unsplash/Tina Floersch) The non-profit sector in India is faced with yet another amendment and change to the controversial Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA). According to a notification issued on September 25, by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) of India, NGOs are now obligated to provide comprehensive details about movable and immovable assets funded … Read more

Continued arrests and church assaults impacting Christian community in UP

(Photo: Unsplash/Daniel Joshua) Christian in Uttar Pradesh have voiced grave alarm after nearly 25 believers, including pastors, were arrested in the previous week over supposed “conversion” efforts by authorities. Pastor Jitendra Singh, the general secretary of the Pastors’ Association of Uttar Pradesh, told UCA News that 20 Christians were arrested on September 10 in Kanpur, … Read more