Why Modi's PM CARES is more democratic than PM National Relief Fund

With a constitutionally sound trust in place, expectations would be that PM CARES becomes a war chest India can readily rely on in emergencies when the future of an entire country is at stake

One was launched in 1948, much before the Indian Parliament was born, or for that matter, even the Indian Constitution came into force. The other in 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic and a government-enforced lockdown generated an exodus similar to the one caused by India’s partition in 1947. In many ways, the PM National Relief Fund (PMNRF) launched in 1948 by then PM Jawaharlal Nehru and the PM Citizens Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (or PM CARES) fund launched by Modi in 2020 could be largely the same means to achieve common ends - mitigating the consequences of untold