Amit Shah assures church leaders that FCRA Bill will not be applied retrospectively
Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured Catholic church leaders that the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill will not be applied retrospectively and is not discriminatory. The meeting also addressed the ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur, with the Minister urging the church to help broker peace.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has assured the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) that the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 is not discriminatory against Christian NGOs, which receive a little under 15% of the total foreign donations, Jonathan Lalremruata, advisor to the apex body of the Catholic churches in India, told The Hindu .
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