Crores donated to PM-CARES, where’s the money, asks Didi

Kolkata, September 24

Slamming the Centre over its assertion that PM-CARES was not a government fund, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said complete transparency should be maintained in the transactions made with the money collected by the trust.

“PM-CARES bears our national emblem, but the Centre has insisted that it is not a government fund, leaving us all confused”, the CM observed. “The Chief Minister Relief Fund is regularly audited. PM-CARES was formed for Covid-19, but the Centre told the court yesterday that it is not a government fund. Government employees have donated money, funds through CSR have been donated, lakhs of crores of rupees have been donated. So, where is that money,” she asked. — PTI