Coronavirus in India: PM Modi announces CARES fund for donations to India's war against Covid-19

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GST GST ani addamaina chotla guddutnnadu kada. Andulo nunchi teesi so called cares fund lo veyyada mari?

[karthik25]

On 3/29/2020 at 4:35 AM, astalavistaa said:

I don't know where we are heading. every time there is a crisis govt is begging for donations and we are donating like sheep. celebrities announcing big numbers(no one knows if they actually does). where all this money going to????? 

what is the purpose of having govt and paying taxes? everyone is paying taxes directly or indirectly. and we are paying user charges for every service govt is providing. paying hefty toll charges for having roads. education and health care fukced up and we can't use it. ucha posukotaanki kuda 10rs kattaali 

crude oil barrel price $120+ unnappudu petrol ki 70rs pay chesaamu. ippudu $20 unte 80+ pay chestunnaamu. poni ee money tho emaina public ki use ayedi chestunnaara ante adi teleedu

paytm nundi pm varaku prathodu donations collect chestunnaadu. chivariki paniki maalina media kuda collect chestondi. 

 

 

[sboyr2r]

Facebook lo kuda donation links kanipistunnai 

[Mirage]

People are politicizing this , unfortunately.

Denmark had to freeze their economy, US debt increased by 9% because of the 2 trillion stimulus money they had to borrow, Italy with its world class healthcare couldn’t endure the burden, countries are not prepared and do not have the necessary resources hence people/entities/industries are helping whatever way they can. 
 

 

 
 

[karthik25]

10 minutes ago, Mirage said:

People are politicizing this , unfortunately.

Denmark had to freeze their economy, US debt increased by 2% because of the 2 trillion stimulus money they had to borrow, Italy with its world class healthcare couldn’t endure the burden, countries are not prepared and do not have the necessary resources hence people/entities/industries are helping whatever way they can. 
 

 

 
 

US ollu print chesukuntaru gaa.. 

[Mirage]

25 minutes ago, karthik25 said:

US ollu print chesukuntaru gaa.. 

Not exactly but a possibility eventually 

 

idi chudu explain chesaadu. US debt actually increased by 9%. By mistake 2% ani vesina

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/coronavirus-stimulus-package-pay-united-states/

 

[dasari4kntr]

[Mirage]

20 minutes ago, dasari4kntr said:

[Mirage]

As India continues to fight the spread of coronavirus with 1071 confirmed cases and 29 deaths, people from all walks of life, including celebrities, industrialists and politicians have stepped in to contribute.

The Union government has set up a public charitable trust under the name The Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM-CARES) in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. 

Many have donated to the PM-CARES fund while some have chosen to help in other capacities. Here is a list of people who have so far donated towards efforts to fight the coronavirus in India:

Celebrities Pledged Support

Actress Anushka Sharma, her cricketer-husband Virat Kohli have pledged their support to the PM CARES fund and Maharashtra Chief Minister's relief fund. However, they chose not to disclose the amount.

Filmmaker Karan Johar, actor Sonam Kapoor, Ayushman Khurrana and few others also pledged support but did not say how much they were donating.

Sachin Tendulkar donated Rs 25 lakh each to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund and the Chief Minister of Maharashtra's Relief Fund

Cricketer Suresh Raina donated Rs 31 lakh to PM-CARES Fund and Rs 21 lakh to UP CM's Disaster Relief Fund to combat coronavirus.

Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar announced that he will be donating Rs 25 crore to PM-CARES.

Bollywood actor Kartik Aaryan has contributed Rs 1 crore to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's PM-Cares fund.

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan will extend help to 25,000-odd daily wage workers of the film industry whose lives have been affected by the ongoing national lockdown. Salman's contribution will aid the artistes of Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE), said the body's president BN Tiwari.

Varun Dhawan pledged Rs 30 lakh to PM-CARES Fund and Rs 25 lakh to Maharashtra CM's relief fund.

Actor Shilpa Shetty, along with her husband Raj Kundra, pledged to donate Rs 21 lakhs to PM-CARES.

Bhushan Kumar, who heads film studio T-Series, said he will donate Rs 11 crore.

TV host and actor Maniesh Paul said he will donate Rs 20 lakh and Murad Khetani, the producer of 2019 blockbuster "Kabir Singh", pledged Rs 25 lakh to PM-CARES and another 25 lakhs to the Maharashtra Relief Fund

designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee has pledged to give Rs 1 crore of his personal funds to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) along with Rs 50 lakhs to Chief Minster of West Bengal's Relief Fund.

Teen shooting sensation Manu Bhaker donated Rs 1 lakh to the Haryana government

Corporates Made Donations

Adani Foundation has contributed Rs 100 crore to the PM CARES Fund for the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

Tata Sons and Tata Trusts have pledged to contribute Rs 1,500 crore for the cause while Reliance Industries had made an initial contribution of Rs 5 crore besides opening India's first COVID-19 hospital in Mumbai.

The JSW Group said it will extend a financial assistance of Rs 100 crore to combat the deadly virus.

Engineering and construction giant Larsen & Toubro announced Rs 150 crore donation to the PM-CARES Fund
it has set aside over Rs 500 crore per month to support about 1.60 lakh contract workers.

TVS Motor Company said it will donate Rs 25 crore to the PM's Relief Fund for battle against COVID-19 pandemic.

The Sajjan Jindal-led group will provide equipment to healthcare workers and its employees will donate one day's salary.

Anand Mahindra of the Mahindra & Mahindra Group had offered to provide Mahindra resorts as care facilities for those infected. The Mahindra Group is also working on making ventilators for Covid-19 infected patients.

Several FMCG companies such as ITC, HUL, RB, and Godrej have also pledged material and monetary aid to help the government.

ITC chairman Sanjiv Puri announced the conglomerate has set up Rs 150 crore COVID-19 contingency fund to provide relief to most vulnerable section of the society, provide assistance to rural healthcare and even provide protective gear for medical staff.

Private sector lender Kotak Mahindra Bank and its Managing Director Uday Kotak announced a Rs 60-crore donation. The bank will donate Rs 25 crore to PM Cares Fund and Rs 10 crore to Maharashtra Chief Minister's Relief Fund, it said in a tweet.

Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited (MEIL) managing director PV Krishna Reddy has donated Rs 5 crore each to the Chief Minister's relief funds of AP and Telangana.

Ministers Let Go Of Salaries, Release Funds

President Ram Nath Kovind said he will donate a month's salary to the fund to "help the nation tide over the crisis of COVID-19" and appealed to countrymen to donate generously to it.

Six-time world champion boxer M C Mary Kom said she will donate her one month's salary as Rajya Sabha MP, amounting to Rs 1 lakh, to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and several Union ministers including Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Javadekar, Kiren Rijiju and Santosh Gangwar were among those who made a similar commitment.

Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said he has donated Rs 1 crore from his MPLADS fund to combat the spread of coronavirus in the country.

The BJP has also directed all its MPs to contribute Rs one crore from MPLAD funds in the country's fight against COVID-19 pandemic.

Others Who Donated

Besides these, political leaders, defence personnel, employees of PSUs such as Railways were also among a cross-section of organisations and people who pledged their contribution on Sunday to the fund announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

The Railways donated Rs 151 crore to the PM CARES Fund while the Central Armed Police Forces contributed Rs 116 crore, a total of one-day salary of its personnel.

Sports body BCCI pledged a donation of Rs 51 crore to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund.

The officials and staff of the Supreme Court registry have decided to donate up to three days' salary to the PM CARES fund

Senior lawyer and constitutional law expert Rakesh Dwivedi donated Rs 1 crore to the Prime Minister Citizens' Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situation (PM CARES) fund.

[karthik25]

On 3/29/2020 at 4:35 AM, astalavistaa said:

I don't know where we are heading. every time there is a crisis govt is begging for donations and we are donating like sheep. celebrities announcing big numbers(no one knows if they actually does). where all this money going to????? 

what is the purpose of having govt and paying taxes? everyone is paying taxes directly or indirectly. and we are paying user charges for every service govt is providing. paying hefty toll charges for having roads. education and health care fukced up and we can't use it. ucha posukotaanki kuda 10rs kattaali 

crude oil barrel price $120+ unnappudu petrol ki 70rs pay chesaamu. ippudu $20 unte 80+ pay chestunnaamu. poni ee money tho emaina public ki use ayedi chestunnaara ante adi teleedu

paytm nundi pm varaku prathodu donations collect chestunnaadu. chivariki paniki maalina media kuda collect chestondi. 

 

Infrastructure, modernization mida chala spend chestunnaru.. Indian railways modernization was a major priority. Many new good trains start chesaru.. trains toilets system is changed.. instead of dumping it on tracks... bacteria tho degrade ayye system chesaru.. Some selected railways stations ni world class facilities chestunnaru.. like including retail shopping mall etc. 

Highways lo kuda... the speed in 2017-18 was double that of previous govt. 

Indian military equipment modernization is a major priority for Modi... there is a whole video on this by Major Gaurav Arya. UPA 10 years lo not a single major equipment was purchased. India needs 42 fighter planes for two side warfare. We have only 19. Rafale deal sign chesaru.. for 36 planes.. 2016 lo sign cheste..delivery already started last year. 3 Navy ships are under construction. These are all expensive..

I am not saying this govt. is doing wonders... but this is the best we have right now.

[Sachin200]

4 minutes ago, karthik25 said:

Infrastructure, modernization mida chala spend chestunnaru.. Indian railways modernization was a major priority. Many new good trains start chesaru.. trains toilets system is changed.. instead of dumping it on tracks... bacteria tho degrade ayye system chesaru.. Some selected railways stations ni world class facilities chestunnaru.. like including retail shopping mall etc. 

Highways lo kuda... the speed in 2017-18 was double that of previous govt. 

Indian military equipment modernization is a major priority for Modi... there is a whole video on this by Major Gaurav Arya. UPA 10 years lo not a single major equipment was purchased. India needs 42 fighter planes for two side warfare. We have only 19. Rafale deal sign chesaru.. for 36 planes.. 2016 lo sign cheste..delivery already started last year. 3 Navy ships are under construction. These are all expensive..

I am not saying this govt. is doing wonders... but this is the best we have right now.

Kontha varaku daily wage people ki assistance istunaru , they can do better always . But modi is doing at his best 

Except the migrants issue lately 

[Kool_SRG]

13 minutes ago, karthik25 said:

Infrastructure, modernization mida chala spend chestunnaru.. Indian railways modernization was a major priority. Many new good trains start chesaru.. trains toilets system is changed.. instead of dumping it on tracks... bacteria tho degrade ayye system chesaru.. Some selected railways stations ni world class facilities chestunnaru.. like including retail shopping mall etc. 

Highways lo kuda... the speed in 2017-18 was double that of previous govt. 

Indian military equipment modernization is a major priority for Modi... there is a whole video on this by Major Gaurav Arya. UPA 10 years lo not a single major equipment was purchased. India needs 42 fighter planes for two side warfare. We have only 19. Rafale deal sign chesaru.. for 36 planes.. 2016 lo sign cheste..delivery already started last year. 3 Navy ships are under construction. These are all expensive..

I am not saying this govt. is doing wonders... but this is the best we have right now.

Idhi (Bi0-Toilets in Railways)eppudu start ayyindoh telusa asalu ???

Starting of New trains - This is continuous process happened in earlier govts and will happen here after also...

 

[Mirage]

6 minutes ago, Kool_SRG said:

Idhi (Bi0-Toilets in Railways)eppudu start ayyindoh telusa asalu ???

Starting of New trains - This is continuous process happened in earlier govts and will happen here after also...

 

Anaerobic bacteria use chesi bio-toilets start ayindi somewhere around 2017 

[dasari4kntr]

 

[Kool_SRG]

1 minute ago, Mirage said:

Anaerobic bacteria use chesi bio-toilets start ayindi somewhere around 2017 

Nope Bio-Toilets system started much before 2014 infact 2013 lone South Central railway lo implemented, there were some improvements on it later.

See the Press Release from South Central Railway about Padmavathi Super Fast Express..

https://scr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,5,268&dcd=2537&did=1372250530258392FE849B8383374EC552E23AF36E3C1.web103

SOUTH CENTRAL RAILWAY
PRESS RELEASE
PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE, SECUNDERABAD - 500 071  

No.137/2013-14	26-06-2013 Secunderabad
Secunderabad-Tirupati Padmavati Express becomes the first Train Within SCR With Bio-Toilets in All Coaches

 

As part of the eco-friendly / green initiatives of South Central Railway, Bio-toilets are being retro-fitted to the existing coaches in a big way. These will be of immense use in improving the cleanliness in the railway premises.

 

After successful trials, 166  Bio-toilets have already been fitted to 55  coaches so far o­n various trains such as Hussain Sagar Express and Padmavati Express etc. The process of setting up  another 110  Boi-toilets o­n 32 coaches o­n identified trains has already been started and is likely to be completed by July, 2013. In addition, it is planned to get  192 more Boi-toilets during the current financial year for use in SCR coaches.

 

One rake of Train No. 12764/12763 Secunderabad-Tirupati-Secunderabad Padmavati Express has become the first train, running completely with in the SCR circuit, to be retrofitted with Bio-toilets o­n all its coaches.  The earlier ordinary toilets of this train,  which  runs  with   19  Coaches ( 12 Sleeper Class, o­ne  AC III Tier, o­ne AC II Tier, 3 General Second Class and two Second Class Luggage Cum Brake Van Coaches)  have been fitted with  Bio-toilet systems from today ie, 26^thJune, 2013. With this,  Padmavati  Express gets the distinction of being the first express train o­n SCR with environment friendly Bio-toilets in all coaches of a train.