<p>The controversial PM-CARES fund attracted a donation of Rs 12,691.82 crore in three years of which Rs 535.43 crore were foreign donations, according to an official document.</p>.<p>The Receipt and Payment Accounts showed that it has Rs 5,415.65 crore as balance as on March 2022 after spending Rs 3,716.29 crore for various Covid-19 related schemes in 2021-22 fiscal.</p>.<p>With the pandemic ebbing, the contributions to the fund saw a decline in 2021-22 compared to the previous fiscal. </p>.<p>The PM-CARES or the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Funds was set up on 27 March, 2020 with the Prime Minister as the ex-officio chairman. It attracted criticism from the Opposition as it was not open to RTI or audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General.</p>.<p>According to the Receipts and Payments Account documents, voluntary contributions from India was Rs 3,075.85 crore in 2019-20 while it rose to Rs 7,183.77 crore the next fiscal, the highest. In 2021-22, it came down to Rs 1,896.76 crore.</p>.<p>When it comes to foreign contributions, it was Rs 39.67 lakh in 2019-20 and it rose to a high of Rs 494.91 crore in the next fiscal and then slid to Rs 40.12 crore in 2021-22. For the three fiscals, the fund received an interest of Rs 263.98 crore.</p>.<p>The Fund spent Rs 3,976.17 crore in 2020-21 for various projects, including for providing ventilators, welfare of migrants and oxygen plants, procuring vaccines and setting up two laboratories. </p>.<p><br />The spending in 2021-22 was Rs 3,716.29 crore for reactivating ICU bedded Sardar Vallabhai Patel Covid-19 centre in Delhi, procuring oxygen concentrators and setting up two Covid-19 hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir among others. </p>
<p>The controversial PM-CARES fund attracted a donation of Rs 12,691.82 crore in three years of which Rs 535.43 crore were foreign donations, according to an official document.</p>.<p>The Receipt and Payment Accounts showed that it has Rs 5,415.65 crore as balance as on March 2022 after spending Rs 3,716.29 crore for various Covid-19 related schemes in 2021-22 fiscal.</p>.<p>With the pandemic ebbing, the contributions to the fund saw a decline in 2021-22 compared to the previous fiscal. </p>.<p>The PM-CARES or the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Funds was set up on 27 March, 2020 with the Prime Minister as the ex-officio chairman. It attracted criticism from the Opposition as it was not open to RTI or audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General.</p>.<p>According to the Receipts and Payments Account documents, voluntary contributions from India was Rs 3,075.85 crore in 2019-20 while it rose to Rs 7,183.77 crore the next fiscal, the highest. In 2021-22, it came down to Rs 1,896.76 crore.</p>.<p>When it comes to foreign contributions, it was Rs 39.67 lakh in 2019-20 and it rose to a high of Rs 494.91 crore in the next fiscal and then slid to Rs 40.12 crore in 2021-22. For the three fiscals, the fund received an interest of Rs 263.98 crore.</p>.<p>The Fund spent Rs 3,976.17 crore in 2020-21 for various projects, including for providing ventilators, welfare of migrants and oxygen plants, procuring vaccines and setting up two laboratories. </p>.<p><br />The spending in 2021-22 was Rs 3,716.29 crore for reactivating ICU bedded Sardar Vallabhai Patel Covid-19 centre in Delhi, procuring oxygen concentrators and setting up two Covid-19 hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir among others. </p>
