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India rejects US criticism of FCRA changes as foreign-funding fight widens
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The proposed FCRA changes will stay politically live in Parliament, and US lawmakers are likely to keep using them as a pressure point in the India-US relationship.

This is a clean policy-and-diplomacy story with real bilateral stakes. It could shape how far India goes on tightening foreign funding rules and how loudly Washington keeps objecting.

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This is a clean policy-and-diplomacy story with real bilateral stakes. It could shape how far India goes on tightening foreign funding rules and how loudly Washington keeps objecting.

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India pushed back against criticism from US senators and congressmen over proposed FCRA changes, saying the matter belongs to Parliament. The US side warned the changes could restrict foreign money, allow asset seizures and hurt Christian groups and civil society. The exchange adds another point of friction to the India-US relationship, with both sides invoking their own foreign-funding rules.

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India rejects US criticism of FCRA changes as foreign-funding fight widens

New Delhi says proposed changes to the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act are an internal parliamentary matter, after US lawmakers warned they could hit churches and civil society groups.

Hindustan Times·2d ago
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