New Delhi: Industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata, Justice K.T. Thomas, former Judge of the Supreme Court of India, and Karia Munda, former Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha have joined as trustees of the PM CARES Fund, the Prime Minister’s Office announced today.
PM CARES Fund has been registered as a Public Charitable Trust. The trust deed of PM CARES Fund has been registered under the Registration Act, 1908 in New Delhi on March 27, 2020.
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, who chaired a meeting of the Board of Trustees on September 20, 2022, welcomed the trustees for becoming “an integral part of the PM CARES Fund”.
The Trust further decided to nominate the following persons for the constitution of the Advisory Board to PM CARES Fund:
- Rajiv Mehrishi, Former Comptroller and Auditor General of India
- Sudha Murthy, Former Chairperson, Infosys Foundation
- Anand Shah, Co-founder of Teach for India and Former CEO of Indicorps and Piramal Foundation.
Prime Minister Modi said that the participation of new trustees and advisors will provide broader perspectives on the functioning of the PM CARES Fund. “Their vast experience of public life would impart further vigour in making the fund more responsive to various general needs,” he said.
A presentation was also made on the various initiatives undertaken with the help of PM CARES Fund, including the PM CARES for Children scheme which is supporting 4345 children. The trustees appreciated the role played by the fund at a crucial time for the country. Modi appreciated the people of the country for contributing wholeheartedly to PM CARES Fund.
The trustees and advisors also discussed that PM CARES has a larger vision of effectively responding to emergency and distress situations, not only through relief assistance but also by taking mitigation measures and capacity building.
The meeting was attended by the Union Home Minister and Union Finance Minister, who too are trustees of the Fund, besides the newly nominated trustees of the PM CARES Fund.
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– global bihari bureau
