ED issues notice to Amnesty India, Aakar Patel

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued a show-cause notice to Amnesty India International Private Ltd (AIIPL) and its CEO Aakar Patel for contravention of the provisions of  Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). It also imposed a penalty to the tune of around sixty-two crore rupees yesterday.

ED said that Amnesty International, UK had been remitting huge amounts of foreign



contribution through its Indian entities following foreign direct investment route to expand its NGO activities in India.

The agency said, in order to evade Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), AIIPL was executing such activities, despite denial of prior registration or permissions to AIIFT and other trusts under FCRA by the Home Affairs Ministry.