Government blocks Greenpeace India's foreign funding, suspends NGO's licence for 6 months.
The government today blocked foreign funding to Greenpeace India with immediate effect by suspending its licence for six months and served a notice to the NGO asking why its registration should not be cancelled.
The Home Ministry also said that licence of Greenpeace India will be cancelled permanently if the NGO fails to make a satisfactory presentation to the government.
With government tightening norms of funding to NGOs, security agencies have alleged that nearly 200 foreign donors were indulging in money laundering under the garb of donating money to some of these organisations.
The decision was taken by Home Ministry after it was found that NGO has "affected public interests in violation" of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act.