NEW DELHI, Sept 21: The former chairman of Tata Sons Ratan Tata and the former judge of the Supreme Court KT Thomas are among the three new trustees appointed in the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM-CARES).
The third trustee of the Fund will be the former deputy speaker of the Lok Sabha Kariya Munda.
The prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday chaired a meeting of the PM-CARES Board of Trustees, consisting of the Union Home Minister and the Union Finance Minister. All the three newly-appointed trustees were also present. The Trust also nominated three names for the constitution of an Advisory Board to PM CARES. They included Rajiv Mehrishi, the former Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Sudha Murthy, former Chairperson, Infosys Foundation, and Anand Shah, co-founder of Teach for India and Former CEO of Indicorps and Piramal Foundation.
Modi lauded the people for contributing wholeheartedly to the PM CARES Fund and said the initiative has a larger vision on effectively responding to emergency and distress situations, a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said on Wednesday.
A presentation was made on the various initiatives undertaken with the help of PM CARES Fund, including the PM CARES for Children scheme which is supporting 4,345 children. The trustees appreciated the role played by the fund at a crucial time for the country. Modi said the participation of the new trustees and advisors would provide ‘wider perspectives to the functioning of the PM CARES Fund’ as their’ vast experience of public life would impart further vigour in making the fund more responsive to various public needs.’
(Manas Dasgupta)
