Govt justifies PM Cares Fund in SC, opposes transfer of funds to NDRF

Govt said that there are several funds which are either established earlier or now for carrying out various relief works, PM Cares is one such fund with voluntary donations

The Centre justified the creation of PM Cares Fund before the Supreme Court on Thursday and said that mere existence of a statutory fund under the Disaster Management Act (DMA) would not prohibit the setting up of a different one which provides for voluntary donations.

It also opposed the suggestion that the contributions be transferred to the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF).

A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M R Shah took the Centre's affidavit on record and asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to serve the copy of it to senior advocates Kapil Sibal and A