New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- India on Friday pushed back against criticism by American lawmakers of proposed changes to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), saying this is an internal matter and pointing out that even the US has regulations to control the flow of foreign funding.

Lawmakers from the Democratic and Republican parties in the US have criticised the proposed changes to the FCRA on the grounds that they could hit Christian organisations and other civil society groups by preventing access to foreign funding and lead to their assets being seized.

External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told a regular media briefing that the proposed changes to the FCRA are an internal legislative issue that can be decided on...