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Senior BJP leader and Central Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad took a jibe at the opposition today and said that the Supreme Court judgment pertaining to the PMCARES fund has cleared the air regarding the issue. He said all the donations to PMCARES fund is done in a transparent manner.
Mr. Prasad informed that so far out of the total 3 thousand 100 crore rupees voluntary donation received in the PMCARES fund, 2 thousand crore rupees have been spent to purchase 50 thousand ventilators in the country. These ventilators are used to take care of the emergency needs of the COVID patients. He said, one thousand crore rupees from the fund have been given to States and Union Territories to take care of the migrant labourers. The Minister also informed that 100 crore rupees from the PMCARES fund have also been given for the development COVID vaccine.
He said, PMCARES is a registered public trust and transparency is writ large in its legal requirements and management of funds. Mr. Prasad said that at a time when everyone in the country is working towards containment of the global pandemic, the opposition appears not to spare any opportunity to weaken the national resolve against COVID-19.
