PM CARES Fund

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The Delhi High Court on Thursday adjourned hearing in a plea seeking a declaration of PM CARES Fund as "State" under Article 12 of the Constitution of India, to April 20.

The PM CARES Fund is not a government fund as donations to it do not go to the Consolidated Fund of India and no third party information can be parted with irrespective of its status under the Constitution and the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Delhi High Court was informed on Tuesday. An affidavit filed by an under secretary at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), who is discharging his functions in the PM Cares Trust on honorary basis, has said the trust functions with transparency and its funds are audited by an auditor -- a chartered accountant drawn from the panel prepared by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. It contended that irrespective of the status of Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund) under the Constitution and the RTI Act, it is not permissible to disclose third party information. The affidavit was filed in response to a petition seeking a direction to declare the PM CARES Fund a 'State' under the ..

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lauded the people for contributing wholeheartedly to the PM CARES Fund as he chaired a meeting where it was discussed that the initiative has a larger vision on effectively responding to emergency and distress situations, his office said on Wednesday. Modi chaired a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the PM CARES Fund on Tuesday during which a presentation was made on the various initiatives undertaken with the help of PM CARES Fund, including the PM CARES for Children scheme which is supporting 4,345 children, a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said. The trustees appreciated the role played by the fund at a crucial time for the country. Prime Minister Modi appreciated the people of the country for contributing wholeheartedly to the PM CARES Fund, the statement said. It was discussed that PM CARES has a larger vision on effectively responding to emergency and distress situations, not only through relief assistance, but also ...

Nearly 64 per cent of total donations went to religious organisations and the highest number of donations were made by lower-income and middle-class households, says a latest survey

The Delhi High Court on Friday listed for hearing on January 31 pleas concerning the legal status of the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund) under the Constitution and the Right to Information Act. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad also granted four weeks' time to the Centre to file its reply in the matter in terms of an earlier order passed by the court. In July, the court had asked the Centre to file a detailed and exhaustive reply on the petition by Samyak Gangwal seeking to declare the PM CARES Fund a 'State' under Article 12 of the Constitution to ensure transparency in its functioning. The court had then noted that only a one-page reply was filed to such an important issue and said it wanted an extensive response by the government. Another petition filed by the same petitioner seeks to declare the fund a 'public authority' under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. It is also ..

Observing that the issue concerning the PM CARES Fund is "not so simple" the high court asked the Centre to file a detailed and exhaustive response in the matter.

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A passbook of PM CARES for Children, and health card under Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana will be handed over to the children during the programme, the Prime Minister's Office said

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually release benefits under the PM CARES for Children Scheme on Monday (May 30)

Singh said it is a broad-based activity that the Board undertakes and we give general guidelines and the Board implements it

The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to disclose accounts, activity and expenditure details of the PM-Cares Fund and make it open for audit

As many as 4,302 children who were orphaned during the pandemic have been approved as eligible for benefits, the government said on Wednesday.

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