FC-6C — Intimation of designated FCRA account or bank change
Reviewed by Ravi Sisodia · Last reviewed 29 August 2026
Form FC-6C is used to intimate a change relating to the organisation's designated FCRA receipt account or its bank.
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Form FC-6C is used to intimate a change relating to the organisation's designated FCRA receipt account or its bank.
Official source and legal ownership
What this covers
Form FC-6C is used to intimate the Ministry of Home Affairs of a change relating to the organisation's designated FCRA account - for example, a branch-level change within the same bank, or other change to the account details on record - keeping the regulator's record of the mandatory designated account current.
How this connects to the designated-account requirement
Because every FCRA-registered organisation's designated account must specifically be at the specified State Bank of India, New Delhi Main Branch since the 2020 amendment, the scope for an actual change of bank is narrow - FC-6C intimation more commonly covers administrative-level changes to the account's own details rather than a genuine change of banking institution, which the designated-account rule otherwise forecloses.
Why it matters
Because the designated account is the sole point through which foreign contribution can lawfully be received, any discrepancy between the account details on the organisation's FCRA record and the account it is actually operating creates a direct risk to the validity of receipts into that account - FC-6C intimation should be treated as a priority filing, not a routine administrative afterthought.
Source and review trail
Use the current official instrument, portal or regulator publication before acting. This panel separates the category authority from page-specific references.
- Official starting point
- fcraonline.nic.in