INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: The Prime Ministers Office (PMO) has told the Delhi high court that the PM Cares Fund is not a State under Article 12 of the
Constitution of India and does not constitute a public authority under the Right to Information Act, 2005
The affidavit was submitted on January 28 in reaction to a petition submitted by Samyak Gangwal, who looked for statement of the PM Cares
The petition likewise sought that the PM Cares Fund ought to be limited from using PM in its name, state symbol, domain name gov in its
site and the PMs Office as its official address.The affidavit, filed by the undersecretary of the PMO, states that the PM Cares Fund has
actually been established as a Public Charitable Trust
The PMs Office (PMO) has actually told the Delhi HC that the PM Cares Fund is not a State
The affidavit, filed by the undersecretary of the PMO, said that the Fund is not produced by or under the Constitution of India or
Parliament or any state legislature
This trust is neither meant to be or remains in truth owned, managed or considerably financed by any federal government nor any
instrumentality of the government
There is no control of either the main govt or any state govts, either direct or indirect, in working of the trust in any way whatsoever,
