FCRA Tightening 2026

On 22 June 2026 the Ministry of Home Affairs notified the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2026 - the sharpest recast of India's foreign-funding rulebook since 2020. Any association that accepts foreign money must now seek registration for named activities and named states rather than in the abstract, run its leadership through a far broader net of 'key functionaries', and file much heavier paperwork, down to disclosing its social-media handles. Existing licence-holders get one year to re-declare what they do and where. The government casts it as transparency; much of the voluntary sector reads it as a fresh compliance squeeze on an already narrowing space for foreign-funded work.