The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has granted the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) clearance to at least 67 associations in the first fortnight of 2025. The list, however, excludes the FCRA nod for Tibet House and at least two other associations connected to the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA).

Sources associated with Tibetans in exile in India said that at least 10 Tibetan monasteries have also failed to get their FCRA registration renewed. “We are fully dependent on foreign contribution for our survival in India. The FCRA might sound technical for other NGOs and associations, but for Tibetan organisations, it is a question of survival," a Tibetan official said.

Tibet House on Lodhi Road in New Delhi was founded in 1965 by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to preserve and disseminate the unique cultural heritage of Tibet and to provide a centre for Tibetan and Buddhist studies.

Sources said that technical lapses have been sighted by the MHA while withholding the FCRA nod. Tibet House and CTA officials, according to sources, are in constant touch with the MHA to resolve the discrepancies highlighted.

What has also raised the hope of the Tibetan community in exile is the MHA FCRA nod to His Holiness the Dalai Lama Charitable Trust, located in South Delhi.