Best of BS opinion: Transparency in PM CARES, coronavirus, and more

The Supreme Court this week rejected the petition “seeking a direction that all the money collected under the PM CARES Fund for the Covid-19 pandemic should be transferred to the NDRF”. While the apex court has made the legal position clear, the government would be well-advised to increase disclosure voluntarily. Business Standard opinion pieces for the day, among other things, talk about PM CARES.

While PM CARES has been set up as a public charitable trust and, therefore, may not be subject to standard government transparency rules, the fact is that many of the individuals contributing to it assume that