GOVT CANCELS FCRA LICENCE OF RAJIV GANDHI FOUNDATION

NEW DELHI: The Centre has cancelled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licence of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF), a non-government organisation associated with the Gandhi family, for alleged violations of the foreign funding law, people familiar with the development said on Saturday.

The decision, a person aware of the matter said, has been taken based on investigations carried out by an interministerial committee formed by the ministry of home affairs in July 2020. A notice informing about the cancellation of the FCRA licence has been sent to the office-bearers of RGF, the officer said. RGF did not comment on the development.

Sonia Gandhi is the chairperson of RGF while other trustees include former prime minister Manmohan Singh, former finance minister P Chidambaram, and members of Parliament Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

Set up in 1991, RGF worked on a number issues including health, science and technology, women and children, disability support, etc., from 1991 till 2009.