In March 2020 Narendra Modi announced the PM CARES fund which he claimed was being started for dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, but it was extremely surprising since the PM National Relief Fund already existed for dealing with such exigencies.
The fund managers have repeatedly refused to provide any information under the RTI Act claiming it is not a 'public authority' but a private fund. There is no explanation on how a purportedly private fund running in the PM's name is using India's national emblem and a gov.in website for soliciting donations.
It also turns out that since the past two years the fund has stopped publishing records / balance sheets of how much money it has received and how much of it was spent and for what.
After the electoral bonds scam and considering the extreme opacity of PM Cares, this is a fit case for the Supreme Court to take suo motu action, after all the nation wants to know who is being ‘cared’ for?
