FCRA joint panel to hold consultations with stakeholders on November 12
The committee headed by BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal will meet with representatives from Oxfam, BAPS, and various church leaders.
The Joint Committee on the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill will meet on November 12 to hold consultations with various stakeholders, according to a meeting notice reported by ThePrint.
This sixth meeting of the panel, which is headed by BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal, will involve back-to-back sessions with civil society, legal, and policy voices.
The committee will hear from several individuals, including Oxfam International’s Amitabh Behar, Shardul Shroff of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, and Pratham’s Farida Lambay. Other speakers include Supreme Court senior advocate Sanjay Hegde, PRS Legislative Research President M R Madhavan, advocate Vrinda Grover, and environmental activist Debi Goenka.
The sessions will also include church leaders such as Rev Sam Mishak of Apostles Methodist Church and Rev Asir Ebenezer of the National Council of Churches in India. Other participants include Paul Dhinakaran of the Indian Christian Federation, Rev S Duraiswamy of the Evangelical Church of India, Anburajan of Jesus Redeems, and Zakir Thomas of NLSIU Bengaluru.
Additional views will be shared by the chief functionary of BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, Anant Kishnan of NFPRC Foundation, Anil Maheshwari of Rashtriya Sewa Bharati, Ashish Dhawan of The Convergence Foundation and Centre Square Foundation, and Anil Gupta of Bhartiya Vitta Salhakar Samiti.
Parliament referred the Bill to a 31-member Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on August 12. The Bill proposes a designated authority to supervise, manage, and dispose of foreign-funded assets of organisations whose FCRA registration has ceased.