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Foreign-funded NGOs — FCRA + RTI

FCRA-registered NGOs are not public authorities per se; but the MHA holds compliance records disclosable under RTI. FCRA-registered NGOs aren't §2(h); but MHA's.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Foreign-funded NGOs — FCRA + RTI,Central Information Commission RTI,RTI §2,RTI §8,FCRA,NGO,MHA,§2(h),CIC)&metatag-description=(FCRA-registered NGOs are not public authorities per se; but the MHA holds compliance records disclosable under RTI. FCRA-registered NGOs aren't §2(h); but MHA's.)}}
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 +====== Foreign-funded NGOs — FCRA + RTI ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2017-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +
 +
 +**FCRA-registered NGOs are not public authorities per se; but the MHA holds compliance records disclosable under RTI. FCRA-registered NGOs aren't §2(h); but MHA's.**
 +
 +//FCRA-registered NGOs aren't §2(h); but MHA's compliance records on them ARE disclosable under RTI.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2017-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | MHA / NGO |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §2(h) |
 +^ Outcome | Partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +FCRA-registered NGOs are not public authorities per se; but the MHA holds compliance records disclosable under RTI.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +An NGO registered under the FCRA is not a 'public authority' under §2(h) by that registration alone. However, the Ministry of Home Affairs holds their foreign-contribution returns and compliance records — these are records of a public authority and disclosable subject to §8(1)(d) privacy carve-outs.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +FCRA, NGO, MHA, §2(h), CIC
 +
 +===== Similar cases in the corpus =====
 +
 +//These rulings have the closest editorial ratio to this case — computed by tf-idf cosine similarity over ratio, keywords and Act sections. Useful starting points if you are researching the same point of law.//
 +
 +  * [[/cases/cic-foreign-contribution-ngo-returns-2019|FCRA returns of NGOs — CIC]] (CIC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-bombay-rti-ngo-fcra-compliance-2021|NGO FCRA-compliance scrutiny — Bombay HC]] (HC-BOM 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-foreign-contribution-annual-reports-2022|FCRA annual reports aggregate disclosure — CIC]] (CIC 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-rajasthan-rti-ngt-compliance-2021|NGT order compliance records — Rajasthan HC]] (HC-RAJ 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-foreign-confidential-2019|Foreign-government confidential communications — §8(1)(f) — CIC]] (CIC 2019)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=CIC|All Central Information Commission rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=2|All RTI cases turning on §2]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=8|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
 +  * [[:cases:search|Full case-law search]]
 +  * [[:cases|Case-Law Database — overview]]
 +  * [[:pio-rti-reply-guide|PIO RTI Reply Guide]]
 +  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
 +
 +<WRAP center round alert 95%>
 +**Editorial summary, not a certified report.** The ratio here is an editorial compression. Before citing this ruling in a PIO order, FAA speaking order, or any appellate filing, **verify against the full reported decision**. RTI Wiki is not a legal service.
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +
 +
 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
 +
 +{{tag>case-law court-cic section-2 section-8}}