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PM CARES Fund must submit to rigours of Constitution or not publicise itself as State, says Delhi HC
•The submission was made before a bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla
Dubious case of Rana Ayyub and Left-liberal cabal that defends the indefensible
Yuvraj Pokharna And Sumeet Mehta •It all began when the Enforcement Directorate attached funds belonging to Rana Ayyub worth Rs 1.77 crore, collected for relief work, lying unutilised in her account. This also includes a fixed deposit of Rs 50 lakh in her father’s name
PM-CARES Fund spent 36.17% of Rs 10,990 crore till March 2021: All you need to know about the fund and its expenditures
Fp Staff •The fund was created on 27 March 2020, in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic to provide relief and to ‘deal with any kind of emergency’
PM CARES fund corpus triples in FY 2020-21, disbursal rises to Rs 3,976-cr
•The disbursal included Rs 1,000 crore for migrant welfare and over Rs 1,392 crore for procurement of COVID vaccine doses
PM-CARES Fund not a fund of Government of India, Centre informs Delhi HC
•The submission was made in response to a petition seeking that PM-CARES Fund be declared as ‘The State’ under Article 12 of the Constitution.
Children orphaned during COVID-19: Centre announces free education, Rs 10 lakh fund under PM-CARES
•The PMO stated fixed deposits will be opened in the names of such children and they will receive a monthly stipend once they turn 18 and a Rs 10 lakh each when they turn 23 from PM CARES fund
COVID-19 second wave: Plea in SC seeks establishment of oxygen plants in all 738 districts with PM-CARES fund
•The petitioner made the Centre, the NDMA, PM-CARES fund and all states as parties in the plea, and also demanded that underprivileged people should get oxygen for free
12 Oppn leaders write to Modi, demand free mass vaccination, suspension of Central Vista project
•In a joint letter to the PM, the opposition leaders, including some chief ministers, also demanded providing foodgrains to the needy, and giving Rs 6,000 per month to the unemployed
IPL 2021: Brett Lee follows compatriot Pat Cummins in donating to PM CARES Fund
•Cummins on Monday won lots of hearts when he announced a USD 50,000 donation towards the PM CARES Fund for oxygen supplies in India's hospitals ravaged by a deadly second wave of the pandemic.
IPL 2021: KKR's Pat Cummins to donate $50,000 to PM Cares Fund to purchase oxygen supplies for hospitals
Firstcricket Staff •Cummins said he was donating the amount to specifically help with the oxygen crisis confronting some states in India, besides the national capital, New Delhi.