On Saturday, PM Modi announced PM-CARES fund to support the people who are directly or indirectly affected by COVID-19. From India’s mammoth Industrial houses to Armed Force Personnel to Bollywood actors, many citizens have contributed to the fund. Complete Coverage: Coronavirus
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We Care Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund) is a public charitable trust set up by the Union Government of India. The collected amount will be used to facilitate the smooth running of the life of needy people stuck far away from their homes and of the daily wagers. It will be used to boost the medical-infrastructure and to fulfill medical demands in this time of health crisis.
Industrialist Ratan Tata has donated ₹500 crores, biggest till now. His group Tata Sons has committed ₹1,500 crores towards fighting COVID-19. The Adani group and JWS Group have donated ₹100 crores each. Reliance Industries have pledged to provide free fuel for the emergency vehicles occupied in the treatment of Coronavirus patients. Besides donating ₹5 crore to Maharasthra CM Relief Fund, Ambani’s RIL has decided to produce 1 lakhs masks every day and to distribute free meals among the affected poor people.
Bollywood star Akshay Kumar has donated ₹25 crores to the PM-CARES fund. Baahubali star Prabhas has donated ₹4 crores to fight against Covid- 19. Many other Bollywood stars have come forward to help people by donating funds. India’s wealthiest sporting body, BCCI vowed to contribute the share of ₹50 crores in the PM-CARES fund. Suresh Raina and Sachin Tendulkar have donated ₹52 lakhs and ₹50 lakhs respectively.
India is also facing a scarcity of ventilators required during the treatment of Coronavirus infected people. To fill the gap, the Mahindra Group has declared that the company has started the process to figure out how their industrial plants will produce the ventilator.
So, so proud of our Kandivali & Igatpuri teams who confined themselves to the factories & without sleep produced this in 48hrs. With humility, we will seek guidance from specialists on the usefulness of the device. Whatever the outcome, they have shown India fights back… pic.twitter.com/LrVXm4Acku — anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) March 26, 2020
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How to Donate to PM-CARES Fund? You can do your share by donating to the PM CARES fund by following these simple steps: 1) Go to the website pmindia.gov.in if you want to make an online payment or want bank details. Here are the bank details if you want to pay via cheque or any other electronic means. Name of the Account: PM CARES Account Number: 2121PM20202 IFSC Code: SBIN0000691 SWIFT Code: SBININBB104 Name of Bank & Branch: State Bank of India, New Delhi Main Branch UPI ID: pmcares@sbi
(Note that there are frauds being carried out using UPI ID “pmcare@sbi”. The correct UPI ID is mentioned above.)
2) Pay on the website through the following modes: i) Debit Cards and Credit Cards ii) Internet Banking iii) UPI (BHIM, PhonePe, Amazon Pay, Google Pay, PayTM, Mobikwik, etc.) iv) RTGS/NEFT
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