PM-CARES fund to help fight coronavirus: How to donate? Check details
New Delhi, Mar 31: The Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund) was created on 28 March 2020 following the COVID-19 pandemic in India.
The fund will be used for combating coronavirus and similar things in the future. The Prime Minister is the chairman of the trust.
Members will include the defence, home and finance ministers. The fund will also enable micro-donations.
Different
from
Prime
Minister's
National
Relief
Fund:
The
PM
CARES
fund
is
different
from
the
Prime
Minister's
National
Relief
Fund
(PMNRF),
which
was
created
in
1948
and
has
been
used
by
the
Union
government
ever
since,
even
during
the
recent
2013
North
India
floods,
the
2015
South
India
floods
and
the
2019
Kerala
floods.
Beware
of
fake
PM
CARES
Fund
UPI
ID!
Immediately
after
the
fund
was
created
a
number
of
fake
accounts
popped
up.
While
the
original
UPI
account
was
PMCARES@SBI,
Delhi
Police
booked
unknown
individuals
for
creating
an
account
removing
the
'S',
PMCARE@SBI,
intended
to
scam
people.
Here's
how
you
can
donate
to
PM-CARES
fund
?
Money
can
be
donated
to
the
PM-CARES
Fund
through
debit
and
credit
cards,
Internet
banking,
UPI
payments,
as
well
as
RTGS/
NEFT.
PM
CARES
Account
Details:
Account
Name:
PM
CARES
Account
Number:
2121PM20202
IFSC
Code:
SBIN0000691
SWIFT
Code:
SBININBB104
Bank
Name
&
Branch:
State
Bank
of
India,
New
Delhi
Main
Branch
UPI
ID:
pmcares@sbi
PM CARES fund link: pmindia.gov.in
Important note: The donations you make to the PM-CARES fund will be exempted from income tax under section 80(G).