A petition filed by an NGO was rejected by Supreme Court today which demanded transfer of contributions in PM CARES Fund to National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF). The three-judge bench held that individual and organisations are free to contribute to NDRF and there is no prohibition on the same.
The Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund) trust was established amid the COVID-19 pandemic crisis to help affected people in any kind of emergency. This is a public charitable trust. Prime Minister is the ex-officio Chairman of the PM CARES Fund and Minister of Defence, Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Finance, Government of India are ex-officio Trustees of the Fund.
The PM CARES Fund Trust has allocated Rs 2,000 crore for the supply of 50,000 'Made in India' ventilators to the government run COVID-19 hospitals in all states and Union Territories (UTs).
Of the total ventilators, 30,000 are being manufactured by the Bharat Electronics Limited. The remaining 20,000 ventilators are being manufactured by the AgVa Healthcare (10,000), AMTZ Basic (5,650), AMTZ High End (4,000) and Allied Medical (350), the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in a statement.
On the other hand, the Annual Report of 2005-06 makes a disclosure that the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation received a donation from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund. The same disclosure is also made in the 2006-2007 report. Again in 2007-2008, the Foundation for a ‘donation’ from the PMNRF.
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