new delhi delhis several top educational institutions social and cultural hubs besides the countrys top medical body are among the 5789 entities whose fcra registration is deemed to have ceased on saturdaythese entities did not apply for renewal of their fcra licence in addition the union home ministry also rejected renewal applications of 179 organisations officials saidaccording to the official website related to the foreign contribution regulation act among the organisations and entities whose registration under the fcra ceased or validity expired were iit delhi jamia milia islamia indian medical association nehru memorial museum and library india habitat centre lady shri ram college for women and delhi college of engineeringindira gandhi national centre for arts indian institute of public administration lal bahadur shastri memorial foundation and oxfam india were in the long list of the home ministry which regulates the activities of the ngos and associates registered under the fcrathe registration under the act is deemed to have ceased on saturday january 1 officials saidthe fcra registration is mandatory for any association and ngo to receive foreign fundingthere were 22762 fcraregistered organisations till friday on saturday the number came down to 16829 these are considered live organisationsthe officials said the fcra licences of 18778 organisations were expiring between september 29 2020 and december 31 2021out of them as many as 12989 organisations have applied for the renewal of the fcra licence between september 30 2020 and december 31 2021since 5789 organisations did not apply for the renewal of the fcra licence they were deemed to have ceased to be registered organisations an official saidin addition to them renewal application of 179 organisations were also rejected by the home ministry due to different reasonsamong those organisations whose fcra registration ceased were medical council of india emmanuel hospital association which runs over a dozen hospitals across india tubercolosis association of india vishwa dharamayatan maharishi ayurveda pratishthan national federation of fishermens cooperatives ltdthe hamdard education society delhi school of social work society bhartiya sanskriti parishad dav college trust and management society india islamic cultural centre godrej memorial trust the delhi public school society nuclear science centre in jnu india habitat centre and all india marwari yuva manch are also among these entities