PM CARES Fund To Bear Over 80% Cost Of First Phase Of Covid-19 Vaccination Drive
The PM CARES fund has provided over Rs 2,200 crore, that is more than 80% cost of the first phase of the vaccination drive Outlook Photo Outlook Web Bureau 2021-02-02T19:50:53+05:30 PM CARES Fund To Bear Over 80% Cost Of First Phase Of Covid-19 Vaccination Drive outlookindia.com 2021-02-02T23:06:28+05:30
The PM-CARES fund has contributed over Rs 2,200 crore for the first phase of the Covid-19 vaccination drive, which is looking to vaccinate frontline healthcare workers, shared the Expenditure Secretary.
Established in March 2020 to provide relief during the Covid-19 pandemic, the exact collections made by the PM-CARES fund is still unknown but it has managed to provide relief to the pandemic-hit sectors from time to time.
PM-CARES Fund to foot over 80% cost of first phase of COVID-19 vaccination drive For the months of January to March, the vaccination drive is expected to cost about Rs 2,700 crore, Expenditure Secretary TV Somanathan said A medical worker inoculates a doctor with a Covid-19 vaccine in Ahmedabad. AFP
New Delhi: The PM-CARES fund, which has been set up to provide relief during the coronavirus pandemic, has contributed over Rs 2,200 crore for the first phase of vaccination drive, which is looking to inoculate frontline healthcare workers, the Expenditure Secretary said on Tuesday.
Set up in March 2020, the exact collections made by the fund through voluntary contribution by individuals and corporates, are not known but the corpus managed by the PMO has been providing relief to pandemic-hit sectors.
Published: Tuesday, February 2, 2021, 23:52 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 02: The PM-CARES fund, which has been set up to provide relief during the coronavirus pandemic, has contributed over Rs 2,200 crore for the first phase of vaccination drive, which is looking to inoculate frontline healthcare workers, the Expenditure Secretary said on Tuesday.
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Set up in March 2020, the exact collections made by the fund through voluntary contribution by individuals and corporates, are not known but the corpus managed by the PMO has been providing relief to pandemic-hit sectors.
With the Budget for the current fiscal, which was presented before the onset of the pandemic, making no separate allocation for vaccination, more than 82 per cent of the cost of the same during January to March is being borne by the PM CARES Fund.
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The mystery of Prime Minister s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund) and the attempts by everyone in the Union government to keep all information about it secret makes mockery of transparency in public life. Take, for example, the fact that PM CARES Fund is listed as a public charitable trust, although the prime minister (PM) in his official capacity is the
ex-officio chief of the board of trustees, which includes Union ministers of defence, home affairs and finance, who are
ex-officio trustees of the fund. The defence ministry website seeks donations for this Fund and, yet, says it does not have any information about the Fund.
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