The Curious Case of PM-CARES Fund

"PM-CARES Fund isn't a fund of Government of India." This response by Centre to Delhi HC led to more questions than answers...

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00:00The PM CARES fund diverts those very funds away from local communities into this dark hole

00:05where not even a speck of light can enter.

00:07Registration? PM CARES fund is registered.

00:13PM National Relief Fund not registered. Transparency? Transparency?

00:30The most opaque, dark fund in the world.

00:36It is called the Prime Minister's Couldn't Care Less fund. Oh, I said the name wrong.

01:00I ask you, you say you have put 2,000 crores towards the purchase of 50,000 ventilators.

01:19Please lay on the table of this house. How many ventilators have been physically

01:24delivered? To which hospitals? To which states? Also tell us the manner of procurement.

01:29Audit?

01:37So where is your worry about the transparency bit?

01:40But you should be worried because after the audit,

02:28there will be no transparency at all.

02:50And if every citizen deposits just Rs. 100 in the PM CARES fund,

02:56it becomes Rs. 13,000 crores.

03:12It should be audited.

03:14It should be clear who gave the money, how much and to whom.

03:18Clear it and audit it.

03:21No problem.