Prime Ministers National Relief Fund

Assam floods: Narendra Modi to visit state to assess situation after calamity

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Assam on 1 August to review the flood situation in the state. The floods in Assam this year have claimed 79 lives so far

Narendra Modi announces ex-gratia payment of Rs 2 lakh for families of Uttarakhand victims

The families of Uttarakhand victims will get ex-gratia payment of Rs two lakh, said Prime Minister Modi.

Acid-attack laws in India are threadbare in theory, woefully inadequate in practice

Activists and lawyers are all of the opinion that the root cause of the problem is the unregulated availability of acid that is still sold over-the-counter

J&K floods: Steel, mining PSUs donate Rs 15 crore towards relief work

Public sector undertakings under the Ministry of Steel and Mines have donated Rs 15 crore to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) for rescue and relief operations in flood-ravaged Jammu & Kashmir.

J&K floods: Wait before you donate, here's how you can catch frauds

This is also the time when both the donor and the receiver have to be careful as there will emerge an unscrupulous lot who will try to siphon off the money by fraudulent means.