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New Delhi: The PM-CARES Trust Fund decided on Wednesday to allocate Rs 3.1 billion rupees for the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic against the COVID-19 pandemic and the amount will be used, among other things, to buy fans and care for migrant workers. The prime minister’s office said.
Of the Rs 3.1 billion, about Rs 2 billion will go towards the purchase of fans “made in India” and Rs 1 billion for the care of migrant workers, he said.
Another crore of Rs 100 will be provided to support coronavirus vaccine development efforts, according to a PMO statement.
File photo of Narendra Modi during a national speech on COVID-19. AND ME
Modi had announced the creation of the PM’s Citizen Assistance and Relief Fund for Emergencies (PM-CARES) where people can contribute to help the government fight coronavirus and similar “distressing situations.”
The trust was formed on March 27 and is headed by the prime minister. The other ex-officio members of the trust are the Minister of Defense, the Minister of the Interior, and the Minister of Finance.
To increase the infrastructure to address COVID-19 cases across the country, 50,000 India-made fans will be purchased from the PM-CARES Fund at a cost of approximately Rs 2 crore, according to the statement.
These fans will be provided to government-run COVID-19 hospitals in all union states and territories for better treatment of critical COVID-19 cases, he added.
Several higher education institutions and defense establishments have collaborated to produce inexpensive ventilators after the virus outbreak.
To strengthen existing measures being taken for the welfare of migrants and the poor, states and TUs will receive a lump sum of assistance totaling Rs 1 crore from the fund.
The amount would be provided to state and UT governments for district collectors or municipal commissioners to strengthen efforts to provide housing, food, medical treatment and transportation to migrants, the statement said.
Several special trains have transported hundreds of thousands of migrant workers to their home states, as they were unwilling to remain in the cities citing an uncertain future due to the coronavirus blockade.
Several of them have walked hundreds of kilometers to return to their hometown.
The statement says that state and UT-wise funds will be released on the weight of the state’s population according to the 2011 census with a weight of 50 percent. Number of positive cases of COVID-19 on the date of 40 percent weight. And equal participation: 10 percent weight for all states to guarantee a basic minimum sum for all.
The fund will be released to the district collector or district magistrate or municipal commissioner through the State Disaster Relief Commissioner.
Referring to a vaccine to combat the virus, the statement said it is the most pressing need. “… and the Indian Academy, startups and industry have come together in the design and development of cutting-edge vaccines.
To support designers and developers of COVID-19 vaccines, an amount of Rs. Rs 100 million will be given from the fund as a “helping hand” to catalyze vaccine development, according to the statement.
The Rs 100 million will be used under the supervision of the Chief Scientific Advisor.
Update date: May 13, 2020 23:53:30 IST
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