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Rahul Gandhi criticises PM Cares Fund, says Chaliye, transparency ko vanakkam ! ANI | Updated: Dec 17, 2020 11:53 IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has once again targeted Centre over PM Cares Fund, sharing a screenshot of a news headline Gandhi wrote, PM Cares-Chaliye, transparency ko vanakkam! (PM Cares- Welcome transparency).
The news headline read Doubts over PM Cares Fund: Government not clear if it is government fund or private entity.
His attack comes a day after, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala posed various questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over PM Cares Fund, including the receipt of donations to the fund through Indian Embassies.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the Modi government over lack of transparency in PM CARES fund. Rahul Gandhi 
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Congress demands account of foreign donations received by PM CARES Fund
New Delhi: A day after the Congress attacked the Narendra Modi government over PM CARES Fund receiving foreign donations through Indian embassies, Rahul Gandhi slammed the Centre over lack of transparency.
Taking to his Twitter, Gandhi said, “Chaliye, transparency ko vanakkam.”
The former Congress president also shared a news report which claimed that there is no clarity whether PM CARES is a government or private fund.
Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on Wednesday posed various questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over PM CARES Fund, including the receipt of donations to the fund through Indian Embassies. The intriguing case of foreign donations , including from China, Pakistan and Qatar to PM Cares Fund! Questions to PM: 1. Why did Indian Embassies publicise and receive donation to PM Cares Fund? 2. Why was the Fund advertised on banned Chinese apps? Surjewala tweeted. 3. How much money was received from Pakistan and who donated? 4. Which are the two companies in Qatar donating to the Fund and how many Crores were received? he added.
Trust deed made public now does not define PM-CARES as a government trust. (File)
New Delhi:
Is the PM-CARES fund set up for Covid a private or government trust? While it has been defined as a government trust for the purpose of corporate donations, a clause in the trust documents calls it a private entity, which leaves it exempt from RTI scrutiny.
The PM-CARES trust has been registered with the revenue department of Delhi, with the Prime Minister as chairperson and senior ministers as trustees. But the trust deed made public recently on the fund s website does not define it as a government trust.