The Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, will meet on November 12 to consult representatives of civil society organisations, religious institutions, legal bodies and policy groups.
New Delhi: The Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, will meet on November 12 to consult representatives of civil society organisations, religious institutions, legal bodies and policy groups.
The meeting will be the sixth of the 31-member committee headed by BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal, according to a meeting notice.
Among those invited are Oxfam International's Amitabh Behar, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas executive chairman Shardul Shroff, Pratham's Farida Lambay, senior advocate Sanjay Hegde, PRS Legislative Research president M.R. Madhavan, advocate Vrinda Grover and environmental activist Debi Goenka.
Representatives of Christian organisations, including the National Council of Churches in India, Apostles Methodist Church, Evangelical Church of India, Jesus Redeems and the Indian Christian Federation, will also present their views.
The panel will additionally hear representatives of BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, Rashtriya Sewa Bharati, The Convergence Foundation, Centre Square Foundation and several lawyers' associations.
Parliament referred the Bill to the joint committee on August 12.
The proposed legislation provides for a designated authority to take control of, supervise, manage and dispose of foreign-funded assets belonging to organisations whose FCRA registration has ceased.
