PM Cares Fund audit made public, shows Rs 3,076 crore of donations in just 5 days
This act of Centre Government comes after constant demands from the opposition demanding more transparency regarding the PM Cares Fund.
News Delhi, India:
An audit report has been published on the PM Fund Cares Website along with a declaration regarding the total amount of donations received from all over India and abroad till March 31st. The PM Cares fund was set up by Modi Government to fight the Coronavirus pandemic on 27th March and is headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman are amongst the other members of the trust.
And the audit report reveals Rs. 3,076 crore donations made till March 31 i.e. within five days of the set up of the fund which is commendable. The report which was made public on the official account displayed the total amount Rs. 30,76,62,58,096. Although it didn’t released any details about the donations made after March 31. From the total amount Rs 3,075.85 crore is informed to be a part of domestic contribution while the remaining 39.67 lakhs amount from the foreign contribution. As of now no information about the donors have been made public by the PM Cares Official Website or the Government.
However reacting to this Congress Leader P. Chidambaram tweeted questioning the government for not publicising the names of the donors. In a series of tweets Chidambaram wrote “But the names of these generous donors will not be revealed. Why? “But the names of these generous donors will not be revealed. Why?
“Every other NGO or Trust is obliged to reveal the names of donors contributing more than a threshold amount. Why is the PM CARES FUND exempt from this obligation?
“The donee is known. The trustees of the donee are known. Why are the trustees afraid to reveal the names of the donors?” Chidambaram kept on persistently demanding the government to reveal the identities of these donors.
The Honourable Supreme Court recently dismissed a petition seeking transfer for all the funds from PM Cares to NDRF saying the funds from the PM-CARES Fund need not be transferred to the National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF) and individuals can voluntarily contribute to the NDRF.