They said it is necessary that, for reasons of probity and adherence to standards of public accountability, the financial details of receipts and expenditures be made available in order to avoid doubts of wrongdoing

The Union government told the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court that audit statement of receipt and payment accounts of the PM CARES Fund for 2019-20 was available on the trust's website

The letter stated that parliamentarians also have only taken 30 per cent cut on gross emoluments and vehemently refused to take a higher cut

As per the RTI responses, the IAF contributed a total of Rs 29.18 crore from April to October from a day's salary of their personnel. The Navy donated Rs 12.41 crore between April and October to PM-CARES

Wipro's Azim Premji, who pipped HCL Tech's Shiv Nadar, donated Rs 7,904 crore at a rate of Rs 22 crore per day in FY20

Congress slams PMO for not revealing names of donors; Chidambaram asks why government is shying away from revealing names of these generous donors

While disposing of the petition, SC says there's no need for fresh national disaster relief plan as funds collected by PM CARES Fund are entirely different and come under ambit of charitable trusts

\"Many people are opposing lockdown. They say that lockdown is affecting the economy. To such people, I would say that I am ready to lift the lockdown, but if people die due to it, would you take the responsibility?...Even we are concerned about the economy,\" he said.

Probe committee, headed by Special Director of Enforcement Directorate, will primarily focus on money laundering, manipulation in declaration and filing of Income Tax and foreign money angles

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On June 2, the CPIO of PMO refused the information on the ground that PM CARES is not a public authority under the ambit of RTI Act, the plea said while challenging this decision

PM CARES fund, a public charitable trust, has been especially constituted to collect donations with the primary objective of dealing with any kind of emergency or distress situation posed by the COVID-19 pandemic

Coronavirus (COVID-19) tracker India highlights: Maharashtra remains worst-affected by in the country with 50,231 confirmed coronavirus cases in the state. Of this, Mumbai alone accounts for 30,542 cases and 988 deaths

Research on a COVID-19 vaccine in India is at a very early stage of development and candidates are likely to reach animal trials only by the end of the year, says leading virologist Shahid Jameel

The enhanced commitment of SBI employees towards fighting the COVID-19 resulted a total contribution of Rs. 107.95 crore to PM CARES Fund

Chidambaram says those reaching their villages will have no jobs and no work. \"How will he (a migrant) survive and support his family?\" says the Congress leader 

Coronavirus in India live updates: President Ram Nath Kovind after contributing one month's salary to the PM-CARES Fund in March, has decided to forego 30% of his salary for a year. India's total number of confirmed coroanvirus cases stand at 78,003, as per the Union Health Ministry. Maharashtra is worst-hit with 25,922 cases, followed by Gujarat with 9,267 cases

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The industry is highly enthused by the shape of the first phase stimulus package announced by the Finance Minister for mitigating the economic costs of the COVID-19 crisis, says Vikram Kirloskar, President, CII

Out of Rs 3,100 crore, a sum of around Rs 2,000 crore will be earmarked for the purchase of ventilators, Rs 1,000 crore will be used for care of migrant labourers and Rs100 crore will be given to support vaccine development, says PMO