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The Indian Parliament adopted the Foreign Contributions Act in 1976, which was repealed and replaced by a stricter 2010 FCRA to regulate the acceptance and use of foreign contributions or foreign receipts by certain persons or associations

Important documents you need to comply with the FCRA include a certified copy of your organization's certificate of registration or trust, details of your organization's activities, and copies of audited accounts for the past three years. In the past three years, your organization should have spent at least one million Indian rupees on programs and activities.

It is an often overlooked step of not submitting all necessary documents during the application process. "Please check the FCRA website carefully before you start using it," advises Vasumathi Sriganesh of the QMed Knowledge Foundation. Jothiramalingam, from the Center for Rural Systems and Development,