The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet against Oxfam India and its office bearers for allegedly violating the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, FCRA. The chargesheet filed before a special court in the national capital region on 23 January 2024, accuses the NGO of collecting foreign funds and violating the norms.
The federal agency has named the transnational non-profit organisation and its former CEO, Amitabh Behar in the charge sheet. The organisation’s work is focused on the rights of tribal people, Dalits, Muslims, women and girls across the country. In April 2023, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) ordered CBI to probe against Oxfam India. The central agency accused the NGO of trying to continue its operations with foreign funds, despite their application for an FCRA license was cancelled on December 31, 2021.
Oxfam’s International Influence
The NGO was planning to pressurise the Indian government to renew its license using its connections with strategic international institutions such as the European Union, the US State Department, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank and various other European governments.
IT searches conducted inside the offices of Oxfam as part of the CBI probe reveal that the organisation was planning to pressurise the government. In its complaint, the Home Ministry alleged that “Oxford India has the reach and influence to request multilateral foreign organisations to intervene on its behalf of the government of India.”
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