FCRA amendment bill has similar provisions like UPA-era law: Panel chief Jaiswal

Sanjay Jaishwal addresses a press conference. File | Photo Credit: PTI

BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal, who heads the Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, on Tuesday (October 13, 2026) said major provisions of the proposed legislation have the same clauses that were incorporated in the law enacted by the UPA government in 2010.

He said this after a meeting of the committee which interacted with Hindu, Christian and other groups and listened to their views on the proposed legislation, which is facing stiff opposition from certain sections and opposition parties.

Mr. Jaiswal said the Act of 2010 had given the power to the home secretary and the principal secretary of the state to confiscate properties of an NGO receiving foreign funding under the FCRA if there are irregularities while the new bill proposed to give the same power to a designated authority,