TDP Leaders Push Amit Shah for RDT’s FCRA Renewal

Fast Summary

• A delegation of TDP MPs, MLAs, and Union ministers from undivided Anantapur district submitted a depiction to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on August 11 in New Delhi.
• The delegation requested the renewal of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) license for Anantapur-based Rural Development Trust (RDT).
• The group included mps Ambica Lakshminarayana and BK Pardhasaradhi, TDPLP leader Lavu Srikrishna Devarayulu, MLAs Paritala Sunitha, Amilineni Surendra, Daggubati Venkateswara Prasad, and Civil aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu.
• They highlighted RDT’s extensive service activities over 50 years in drought-hit Anantapur region and its work in health and education sectors.
• They emphasized that thousands of lives would be adversely affected if RDT’s services were disrupted due to non-renewal of its FCRA license.
• Post-meeting remarks from the delegation indicated that Amit Shah responded positively to their appeal.

Indian Opinion Analysis
The TDP delegation’s efforts to secure renewal of the FCRA license for Rural development Trust reflect an organized attempt to preserve critical developmental services in one of India’s most vulnerable regions-anantapur. With decades-long contributions in health, education, and poverty alleviation sectors by RDT at stake due to regulatory complications involving foreign contributions compliance mechanisms like FCRA licensing requirements, this issue highlights how disruptions at an administrative level may directly impact marginalized communities reliant on NGO interventions. amit Shah’s positive reception suggests potential central government cooperation but underscores broader systemic issues with ensuring uninterrupted social welfare through external funding models during procedural delays.

Published – August 12, 2025 03:22 pm IST