FCRA 2.0 Portal and e-OCI Card: Streamlining Services and Monitoring

Exam-focused facts from the 2 July 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah launched the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) 2.0 Portal and the e-OCI card in New Delhi.
The FCRA 2.0 Portal is designed to reduce paperwork, enable faster processing of applications, and provide real-time monitoring of foreign contributions.
The upgraded FCRA portal makes the application process fully digital by removing the requirement for the physical submission of documents.
The e-OCI card is a citizen-centric initiative expected to benefit over 50 lakh Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders by digitising services and improving accessibility.
These digital initiatives were launched under the government's principle of Minimum Government, Maximum Governance.