MHA suspends Greenpeace India's registration, accounts frozen

April 09, 2015 15:12

The Union Home Ministry today suspended the registration of Greenpeace India under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) following serious allegations of its involvement in encouraging anti-development campaigns across the country.

The organisation's all seven bank accounts in IDBI Bank, ICICI Bank and Yes Bank have been frozen with immediate effect. The order suspending the NGO's FCRA registration has been issued to the Chief Functionary, Greenpeace India Society, Chennai.

The NGO has also been served a show-cause notice asking why its registration should not be cancelled. Security agencies, in their reports to the MHA, had recommended cancellation of its FCRA registration, terming Greenpeace India a threat to national economic security.

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