Home Ministry advocates CBI probe against Oxfam India
Home Ministry advocates CBI probe against Oxfam India
In a new development by the Centre, the Union Home Ministery has advocated a CBI probe into the affairs of Oxfam India for alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010
It is learnt that the Union Home Ministery found that Oxfam India prolonged to transfer foreign contributions to various entities notwithstanding registering under the FCRA, which prohibits such transfers.
Sources reveal that amid a survey initiated by the Income Tax department, multiple emails were found which revealed that Oxfam India was allegedly planning to
outmaneuver provisions of the FCRA by routing funds to other FCRA-registered associations or through the for-profit consultancy route.
The survey also ”exposed” Oxfam India as a probable instrument of foreign policy of foreign organisations or entities, which have funded the organisation liberally over the years, they said.
Oxfam India is registered to undertake social activities, allegedly transferred funds to the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) through its associates and employees in the form of commission, sources said.
Following these findings, the home ministry advocated a CBI probe into the affairs of Oxfam India.
News input KV Raman
