00:00 "The Union Home Ministry has granted approval to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra
00:07 to receive contributions from foreign sources for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya,"
00:12 its General Secretary Champad Rai said on Wednesday.
00:15 "Such contributions can be sent to a designated bank account of the Trust in the SBI's main
00:20 branch located in Delhi," he said.
00:23 The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra has been approved by the FCRA (Foreign Contribution
00:29 Regulation Act, Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India) to receive
00:33 voluntary contributions under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010, he said
00:38 in a post on X.
00:40 In a media statement issued separately, he said, "The FCRA section of the Ministry of
00:44 Home Affairs, the Government of India has registered the Trust, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi
00:48 Teerth Kshetra to accept the voluntary contribution from the foreign sources.
00:52 Kindly note that such contributions can be sent to only designated bank accounts of the
00:56 State Bank of India main branch situated at 11 Sunset Mark, New Delhi," he said.
01:02 According to the FCRA rules, non-government organisations or trusts are required to open
01:06 their bank account in the State Bank of India Sunset Mark branch, Delhi to receive foreign
01:10 funds.
01:11 Constituted in 2020, the Trust overseeing the construction of the Grand Ram Temple in
01:16 Ayodhya had applied for FCRA licence in June this year.
01:20 The construction of the ground floor of the three-storey Ram Temple in Ayodhya will be
01:23 completed by December end and the consecration ceremony is expected to take place on January
01:28 22, Temple Construction Committee Chairperson Nripendra Mishra recently told PTI in an interview.
01:34 Mishra also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to take part in an event
01:38 related to the Pran Prathishtha on any date between January 20 and 24.
01:42 The final date is yet to be communicated by the Prime Minister's office, he added.
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