The
pandemic of COVID-19 has engulfed the entire world and has posed
serious challenges for the health and economic security of millions of
people worldwide. In India too, the spread of coronavirus has been
alarming and is posing severe health and economic ramifications for
our country. The Prime Minister’s office has been receiving
spontaneous and innumerable requests for making generous donations to
support the government in the wake of this emergency.
Distress
situations, whether natural or otherwise, demand expeditious and
collective action for alleviating the suffering of those affected,
mitigation/control of damage to infrastructure and capacities etc.
Therefore, building capacities for quick emergency response and
effective community resilience has to be done in tandem with
infrastructure and institutional capacity reconstruction/enhancement.
Use of new technology and advance research findings also become an
inseparable element of such concerted action.
Keeping
in mind the need for having a dedicated national fund with the
primary objective of dealing with any kind of emergency or distress
situation, like posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and to provide relief to
the affected, a public charitable trust under the name of ‘Prime
Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund’
(PM CARES Fund)’ has been set up. Prime Minister is the Chairman of
this trust and its Members include Defence Minister, Home Minister and
Finance Minister.
PM
Narendra Modi has always believed and shown in actions that public
participation is the most effective way to mitigate any issue and this
is yet another example. This fund will enable micro-donations as a
result of which a large number of people will be able to contribute with
smallest of denominations.
Citizens and organisations can go to the website pmindia.gov.in and donate to PM CARES Fund using following details:
Name of the Account : PM CARES
Account Number : 2121PM20202
IFSC Code : SBIN0000691
SWIFT Code : SBININBB104
Name of Bank & Branch : State Bank of India, New Delhi Main Branch
UPI ID : pmcares@sbi
Following modes of payments are available on the website pmindia.gov.in –
1.Debit Cards and Credit Cards
2.Internet Banking
3.UPI (BHIM, PhonePe, Amazon Pay, Google Pay, PayTM, Mobikwik, etc.)
4.RTGS/NEFT
Donations to this fund will be exempted from income tax under section 80(G).
