Missionaries of Charity FCRA Denial Due to 'Audit Irregularities': Report https://www.thequint.com/news/india/missionaries-of-charity-fcra-denial-audit-irregularities-report FCRA registration of MoC not renewed because of "audit irregularities", a govt official said, as per The Hindu. The Quint 29 Dec 2021
Prior reports had claimed that the MoC's bank accounts were frozen, and taking to Twitter, West Bengal Chief Minister (CM) Mamata Banerjee had expressed shock over the same. Later, several international media houses of repute, such as The Guardian, BBC, Time, also highlighted the issue. This is not the first time a charitable organisation or rights group had lost its license to receive funding for its activities from overseas donors. Last year, the Indian government froze the accounts of Greenpeace and Amnesty International.
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MC sisters have.clarified that their FCRA has not been renewed. Their acs have not been frozen, but their accountant or lawyer has told them that by way of abundant caution, they should not operate their account or even utilise any of their balanced.. with accountants like these who needs the bjp?
The way I see it, the right wing has been raising the bar to absurd levels, so that people get outraged and then they get assuaged when it is shown that is was an exaggeration. In any case most bureaucrats always bend backwards, and so they go overboard. The top brass of the BJP does not want to clarify, beause it suits their purpose.. ie creating fear, anxiety and a situation which get people to comply.. So the truth is that Christians will have to show their spine..
STATEMENT
Vicar General, Archdiocese of Calcutta, Fr. Dominic Gomes
In freezing the bank accounts of Missionaries of Charity Sisters and Brothers congregations, Government agencies have given a cruel Christmas gift to the poorest of the poor. Besides over 22000 direct dependants and beneficiaries at their centres across the country, MC Sisters and Brothers reach out to uplift thousands and are often the only friends of the lepers and social outcast no one will even venture near. Overlooking the fact MCs of St. Mother Teresa give up all worldly goods, sleep on the floor and, and earn no money – giving whatever they have in service to the poorest in every corner of the earth, especially our poorest of Indians - this latest attack on the Christian Community and their social outreach is even more a dastardly attack on the poorest of India’s poor, who the MC congregation serves.
We condemn the Government action against the MC and are appalled by the timing and lack of empathy to consider the humanitarian disaster this decision will cause.
_Note: The bogey of “Conversion” always been raised as justification, is more than patently false, boggles the mind with its incredulity – had any Christian organisation seriously tried to “convert” with the efficiency they run their educational, medical and social intuitions; there would indeed be many more Christians converted in the 2000 years Christianity has been on Indian soil that the 2.3% minority today. Christianity, across the globe – is not defined by conversion, but by their unappalled love for their neighbour in action through their social outreach and social justice in society.
Anti-Christian Hysteria Has Grown: Foreign Media on Missionaries of Charity Row "Christian pastors
have been attacked & church services disrupted in recent months," The Guardian report read. https://www.thequint.com/news/india/international-media-reaction-india-denying-fcra-renewal-missionaries-of-charity
The Quint 28 Dec 2021,
he Washington Post quoted Bishop M Jagjivan, moderator of the National Christian Council, highlighting that what were once routine foreign-funding approvals are now increasingly being rejected forcing institutions, including church-run orphanages to be shut down. Jagjivan was quoted as saying, “They are thinking that opposing Christianity is patriotism."
CRA nod for Missionaries of Charity restored https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/fcra-nod-for-missionaries-of-charity-restored/article38179117.ece Vijaita Singh JANUARY 08, 2022
The move comes just days after the Ministry issued a statement that the FCRA registration of the MoC was not renewed as “some adverse inputs were noticed”.
The registration was renewed, making MoC eligible to receive and utilise foreign funds in its bank accounts even as the U.K Parliament debated the issue, seeking to know if the British government had raised the issue of blocking of overseas funds of the MoC and other NGOs with India.