{"id":230279,"date":"2020-05-30T16:36:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T11:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=230279"},"modified":"2023-10-03T17:18:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T11:48:07","slug":"pm-cares-fund-is-not-a-public-authority-under-the-ambit-of-section-2-h-of-the-rti-act-2005-pmo-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/05\/30\/pm-cares-fund-is-not-a-public-authority-under-the-ambit-of-section-2-h-of-the-rti-act-2005-pmo-office\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Cares Fund is not a Public Authority under the ambit of S. 2 (h) of RTI Act, 2005: PM&#8217;s Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An RTI application was filed with regard to the PM Cares Fund, wherein following details were sought:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0Total amount deposited in the PM Cares account till date<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Total amount deposited in the Fund in the last 2 months<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">PAN details give to open PM Cares account<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Details of the amount spent from the PM Cares Fund till date<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Details of the person who has deposited the highest amount till date in the PM Care Fund<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To the above, following was the reply:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;PM Cares Fund is not a Public Authority under the ambit of Section 2 (h) of the RTI Act, 2005. However, relevant information in respect of PM Cares Fund may be seen on the Website- pmcares.gov.in&#8221;<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thus, in view of the above response, no citizen can seek any details with regard to the PM Cares fund.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-230280 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PM-Cares-Fund-_Screenshot-2020-05-30-at-4.14.51-PM-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PM-Cares-Fund-_Screenshot-2020-05-30-at-4.14.51-PM-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PM-Cares-Fund-_Screenshot-2020-05-30-at-4.14.51-PM-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PM-Cares-Fund-_Screenshot-2020-05-30-at-4.14.51-PM-60x41.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PM-Cares-Fund-_Screenshot-2020-05-30-at-4.14.51-PM.jpg 1330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Image credits of the RTI application: @SuryaHarshaTeja &#8211;&gt; Twitter<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Also read:<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/tbfZuLP5\">Section 2(h) of RTI Act, 2005<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cpublic authority\u201d means any authority or body or institution of self-government established or constituted\u2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">(<i>a<\/i>) by or under the Constitution;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">(<i>b<\/i>) by any other law made by Parliament;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">(<i>c<\/i>) by any other law made by State Legislature;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\" style=\"text-align: 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