The Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust, an organisation run by Olympic bronze medalist and Rajya Sabha MP Mary Kom and NASSCOM are among the 42 bodies were investigated for alleged foreign funding violations, the Ministry of Home Affairs informed Parliament on Tuesday.

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said in the Lok Sabha that 21 NGOs were served with standard questionnaire which include Mary Kom Regional Boxing Foundation, Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust, Delhi, Asianet New Charitable Trust, Kerala, Amnesty International (India) Foundation.

Rijiju said, replying to a written question in Lok Sabha, that audit and inspection were completed in cases of 21 other NGOs like Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, Delhi, NASSCOM, Delhi and Public Health Foundation of India.

An inquiry was initiated under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) to look into the foreign funding of these organisations.

The Centre for Internet and Society, a Bengaluru-based NGO which had reportedly flagged breach of Aadhaar data, was among the 21 NGOs which were served with questionnaires.

The Mary Kom Regional Boxing Foundation was registered and established as a charitable trust in 2006 started by 2012 London Olympics Bronze medalist, Padma Bhushan awardee and nominated Rajya Sabha MP MC Mary Kom and her husband K Onler with the aim to promote the boxing amongst underprivileged youth in Manipur and other parts the Northeastern India.

The Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust (RGCT) was established in 2002 to address the development needs of the underprivileged of the country, especially the rural poor. It is the largest social mobilisation programme for women's empowerment in Uttar Pradesh with its work impacting 42 districts.

NASSCOM, a not-for-profit industry association, is the apex body for the 154 billion dollar Indian IT BPM industry.

The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) is a public private initiative that has collaboratively evolved through consultations with multiple constituencies including Indian and international academia, state and central governments, multi and bilateral agencies and civil society groups.