Why PM-CARES Is a 'Government Fund' and Well Within RTI Purview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv_iRL1IkvQ
Oct 8, 2021
While there is enough information already in the public domain to assert that PM-CARES Fund (Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situation Fund) is controlled by the Government of India, the Union government still wants to maintain that it is not. By insisting that it is a “public charitable trust” not related to government, the Narendra Modi government has made it clear that it fears public scrutiny.
Why PM-CARES Is a 'Government Fund' and Well Within RTI Purview: https://thewire.in/government/reasons-why-pm-cares-is-a-government-fund-and-well-within-rti-purview
PM Cares ‘owned, controlled and established’ by govt, says Centre https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-cares-owned-controlled-and-established-by-govt-says-centre/story-IsM4n2ZFtZL0saPwmzmcmN.html
In an earlier reply, the government had said the fund was not owned, controlled or “substantially financed by any government”.
The central government, in a reply to an application under the Right To Information (RTI) act on 24 December, said that PM-CARES fund is “owned by, controlled by and established by the Government of India”.
In its response the office of the Commissioner of Income Tax (Exemption) said that “PM Cares Fund has been registered under the Registration Act, 1908 and being a body owned by, controlled by and established by the Government of India,” but that it does not meet the definition of a so-called “public authority.”
The trust deed of the fund issued on March 17 had stated that the fund isn’t controlled by the government. “The trust is neither intended to be or is in fact owned, controlled or substantially financed by any government or any instrumentality of the government,” the deed said.