{"id":49049,"date":"2024-01-17T15:40:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T15:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/india-cancels-independent-policy-think-tanks-funding-licence\/"},"modified":"2024-01-17T15:40:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T15:40:55","slug":"india-cancels-independent-policy-think-tanks-funding-licence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/india-cancels-independent-policy-think-tanks-funding-licence\/","title":{"rendered":"India cancels independent policy think tank\u2019s funding licence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>India has cancelled the New Delhi-based Centre for Policy Research\u2019s (CPR) licence to obtain international funding, the interior ministry said on Wednesday, just under a year after it suspended the permit on the grounds the think tank had broken the rules on grants.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of civil society groups in India have had their licences to receive overseas donations cancelled since 2014 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s government tightened surveillance on non-profit groups regulated under India\u2019s Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1756129\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>CPR, an influential not-for-profit organisation that conducts research on a range of policy issues in India, said it was in \u201ccomplete compliance\u201d with the law and it would contest the cancellation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe basis of this decision is incomprehensible and disproportionate, and some of the reasons given challenge the very basis of the functioning of a research institution,\u201d CPR President and Chief Executive Yamini Aiyar said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>She said the action\u2019s impact on funding would prevent the think tank from being able to fulfil its purpose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has undermined the institution\u2019s ability to pursue its well-established objective of producing high quality, globally recognised research on policy matters,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Calling it a \u201cmatter of shame\u201d India\u2019s main opposition Congress party said the licence cancellation was \u201ca death blow to India\u2019s rich tradition of scholarship and rigorous thought\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The government suspended its licence last February over suspected violation of the FCRA by using the funds for \u201cundesirable purposes\u201d, according to a Delhi High Court order. It did not explain further.<\/p>\n<p>The interior ministry told the court last week that the licence was cancelled on Jan 10.<\/p>\n<p>New Delhi did not renew Oxfam India\u2019s FCRA registration when it lapsed at the end of 2021 and the country\u2019s federal investigative agency started an investigation into allegations the charity broke funding rules.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India has cancelled the New Delhi-based Centre for Policy Research\u2019s (CPR) licence to obtain international funding, the interior ministry said on Wednesday, just under a year after it suspended the permit on the grounds the think tank had broken the rules on grants. 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