Hey, Find below tutorial video showing process of renewal of FCRA in Form FC3 as per amendments in FCRA rules 2015.
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One of the major changes notified in the Amendments Rules 2015 is that now every NGO has to upload FCRA Financials to their websites within 9 months of year end. So the time limit is 31st December to upload FCRA financials to your NGO Website. In the same clause another amendment is to upload quarterly FCRA receipts within 15 days of the quarter end. Let us discuss this in detail.
A. Upload FCRA Financials (Annually)
Q1 : What should be upload?
A1 : Receipts and Payments Account (FC Funds), Income and Expenditure Accounts (FC Funds), Balance Sheet (FC Funds) and all the annexures.
Q2 : Is it Audited Statements?
A2 : Yes, all statements must be audited by chartered accountant.
Q3 : What is recommended format?
A3 : No format is recommended by FCRA department. It is preferable to have in PDF format.
Q4 : Where it should be upload?
A4 : NGO’s official website.
Q5 : What is the deadline?
A5 : After 9 months of Financial Year ends. i.e. 31st December.
Q6 : From which year it should be upload?
A6 : Upload Financial Statements of 2014-15 immediately.
B. Upload Details of FC receipts (Quarterly)
Q1 : What should be upload?
A1 : Details of Donors, Amount Received and Date of Receipt.
Q2 : Is it Audited ?
A2 : No, only details to be uploaded.
Q3 : What is recommended format?
A3 : No format is recommended by FCRA department. It is preferable to have in PDF format.
Q4 : Where it should be upload?
A4 : As per the rule 13(b) of amendments 2015, It should be upload to NGO’s official website or website specified by the Central Government. (However no such website is specified by the Government yet, so preferable is to upload to NGO’s website right now)
Q5 : What is the deadline?
A5 : 15 Days after the end of the quarter.
- Quarter
- April to June
- July to September
- October to December
- January to March
- Deadline
- 15th July
- 15th October
- 15th January
- 15th April
Q6 : From which Quarter it should be upload?
A6 : As per my opinion, NGO has to upload for three quarters of FY 2015-16 ending on 30 Jun, 30 Sept and 31 Dec immediately.
C.What if NGO do not have website
If the NGOs do not have website, then it should get one. As the cost of creating and maintaining website is bit higher, I recommended to use below free tools / website :
Also watch my video on how to create free website of NGO on wordpress.com.
Kindly put your queries /questions / suggestions in the below comment box.
New Notification by FCRA
On 14th December, FCRA department has issued a notification regarding filling Renewal of FCRA form. You can download this notification here.
Let me summarize this notification –
- All the earlier application sent manually in Form FC-5 is now void.
- Need to apply again for renewal.
- New Form is FC-3 – (Go to https://fcraonline.nic.in/home/index.aspx)
- Only Online Form FC3. Not accepted in manual or offline mode.
- Make Payment online. ( Does every organization have online banking account ????? )
- Only those organization listed here are exempted for online payment (because their DDs and cheques are accepted) (What about other organization’s DD??????) – Download organization’s name – payments are accepted.
Many more doubts and questions come up in coming time. Let us give some time to study whole process. We will get back with easy info video on how to file Renewal of FCRA in FC3 form online. Till then watch this space for more info.
How do we know, what is the status of application of FCRA renewal ? This is the question, every organization is asking now a days. Yes, we all are waiting regarding any communication from MHA, FCRA department regarding FCRA renewal status.
What is current scenario?
As per our knowledge, no organization, throughout India has received any Renewal or Query Letter from MHA, FCRA department.
How to check FCRA Renewal Status?
No such mechanism prescribed or available right now online to check where your application is lying. Keep visiting our blog for any new news.
Time limit for FCRA Renewal?
As per section 16 (3) of FCR Act, 2010, renewal certificate should be issued withing 90 days from the date of the application received.
section 16(3)
“The Central Government shall renew the certificate, ordinarily within ninety days from the date of receipt of application for renewal of certificate . . . .
Provided that in case the Central Government does not renew the certificate within the said period of ninety days, it shall communicate the reason thereof to the applicant”
What to do now?
Organization can email to the FCRA department to ds-fcra@nic.dot.in email address (this email address mention on the fcraonline.nic.in website) with the details on which date you apply for renewal and DD no etc..
If you get any communication from FCRA department regarding renewal or any queries, kindly post in the comment so it will be useful to other readers of this blog. Thanks.
