India, Aug. 6 -- The contentious FCRA amendment bill will be taken up for discussion and passage in Parliament on August 12.However it will not come into effect retrospectively, said the Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma after meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Lalduhma and a delegation of church leaders from Mizoram conveyed their concerns to Shah over the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, which seeks to significantly tighten the oversight of foreign-funded organisations, proposing creation of a powerful new authority to seize and manage the assets of non-profits that lose their licence.

"We have conveyed our apprehensions on the new FCRA bill to the home minister. He assured us that the bill will not come into...