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Here’s how much Indian Armed forces contributed in PM-Care Fund, read to know

People are curious to know about the amount donated in PM-CARES Fund, many RTI activists tried to gather the information through RTI but they also failed, they got the reply with an applicant being told earlier this year that the Fund was “not a Public Authority under the ambit of Section 2(h) of the RTI Act, 2005”.

The exact amount is not known to anyone but it is speculated that it had crossed the $1.4 billion mark in less than two months after its launch at the end of March.

During peak time of pandemic many armed forces employees came forward and donated a day or two of their salary to help people affected by the pandemic. This list had also included the Indian Armed Forces.

While exact figures till today are not known, an Indian Express report provides further details. The publication had sought the details in an RTI and discovered that between April and October, the Indian Navy had contributed a total of Rs 12.41 crores “in respect of officers and sailors” and Rs 4.36 crore “in respect of civilian personnel” of the Navy.

The Air Force added that a total of Rs 29.18 crore was contributed from April to October “by IAF personnel to PM Cares Fund”.

In mid-May, the Additional Directorate General of Public Information of the Indian Army had taken to Twitter revealing that Indian Army personnel had voluntarily contributed Rs 157.71 crores as one day salary for April 2020 towards the fund aid efforts to fight COVID-19. It is unclear whether this was followed by further contributions.

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