Oxfam India To Be Probed By CBI Over Alleged Foreign Funding Violations

The Central Bureau of Investigation has been requested to research the Indian arm of the worldwide non-earnings Oxfam, following allegations that it changed into violating the Foreign Funds Act. Sources in Ministry of Home Affairs stated Oxfam India transferred overseas cash to numerous entities even after the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Act got here into force. The Act prohibits such transfers. Sources stated emails observed in the course of an Income Tax branch survey ultimate yr, imply that Oxfam India changed into making plans to avoid FCRA through routing finances to different institutions or for-earnings consultancy route.

One of those is the assume tank Centre for Policy Research, whose FCRA licence changed into suspended through the Union Home Ministry in March ultimate yr. A suspension of the FCRA licence approach an agency can not acquire overseas funding.

The government`s circulate changed into slammed through the competition Congress and changed into raised through the United Kingdom at a bilateral meeting.

The finances have been allegedly routed to the Centre for Policy Research via its friends and personnel withinside the shape of commission, reassets stated. This changed into additionally pondered from the TDS statistics of the non-earnings, which logged charge of ₹ 12,71,188/- to the Centre for Policy Research withinside the 2019-20 economic yr beneathneath Section 194J.

Sources stated the IT survey additionally “exposed” Oxfam India as a likely device of overseas coverage of overseas establishments or entities, that have funded the agency liberally over the years.

Oxfam India obtained overseas finances to the music of ₹ 1.50 crore at once into its FC utilisation account, in preference to receiving overseas contribution in precise FCRA account.

Oxfam’s FCRA licence changed into suspended in January ultimate yr, and then the non-earnings had filed a revision petition with the house ministry.