Centre freezes foreign funding to Greenpeace

NEW DELHI: The Centre barred Greenpeace India from receiving foreign funds and froze its seven bank accounts on Thursday, alleging the environmental group was working against the India’s economic progress and public interest.

While suspending the nonprofit’s registration under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), authorities also said the NGO underreported and repeatedly mentioned inaccurate amounts of its foreign contributions. “The central government hereby suspends the registration under FCRA, 2010 of association Greenpeace India Society (including its branches and units) for a period of 180 days,” said the order issued by home ministry joint secretary GK Dwivedi.

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