FCRA - Foreign Contribution Regulation Act

CPR is a non-profit public policy research institution established in 1973. 

scrapped CPR’s FCRA licence over ‘funding for protests’, paper on policy challenges

“CPR is registered for carrying out educational activities, however, it used foreign funding for litigation activities,” the source said, adding that “some of the beneficiaries of CPR are also involved in protests against development projects including coal mines”.

CPR is engaged in publishing of “current affairs programmes”, such as an “overview on the CAQM Act (The Commission for Air Quality Management) 2021” and papers on “policy challenges”, which is prohibited under section 3 of the Act

Once granted, license is valid for five years and has to be subsequently renewed.

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