Relief for The National Relief Fund

September 10, 2015

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Contribution to the National Relief Fund is an eligible wp activity under Schedule VII of the Companies Act, and now the PM, Mr. Narendra Modi, has reviewed the functioning of the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund and suggested several qualitative changes in the way the fund is to be managed.

Referring to the Gujarat model, the PM has issued the following directives:

The selection of beneficiaries should be done in a more comprehensive, scientific and humanitarian basis, giving priority to children, poor, and cases from Government Hospitals.
Life-threatening diseases should be accorded priority, and cases should be decided on need and merit.
A letter from the Prime Minister should be sent to all beneficiaries.

Prime Minister Modi has directed that pendency in appeals for help should be minimised. He said the draw to select the cases should be conducted in a manner that does not leave out any genuine case. It was decided that Beneficiaries whose appeals have been approved for grant of relief, will be informed through an SMS alert.

PM Narendra Modi also reviewed the functioning of the other Prime Minister’s funds, viz. the PM’s discretionary fund, the PM’s National Defence Fund, the PM’s fund for student’s aid, and the PM’s fund for folk art.

Mr. Nripendra Misra, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister, and Dr. P.K. Mishra, Additional Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, and other senior officials attended the meeting.