Know All About Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) and FAQ Related to PMNRF.

Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) in India is the fund raised to provide support for people affected by natural and man made disasters. Natural disasters covered under this include flood, cyclone, earthquake etc. Man made disasters include major accidents, acid attacks, riots etc.

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Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) was established entirely with public contributions and does not get any budgetary support.


  • PMNRF accepts voluntary contributions from Individuals, Organizations, Trusts, Companies and Institutions etc.
  • All contributions towards PMNRF are exempt from Income Tax under section 80(G).
  • The resources of the PMNRF are utilized to render immediate relief to families of those killed in natural calamities like floods, cyclones and earthquakes, etc.
  • Assists partially to defray the expenses for medical treatment like heart surgery, kidney transplantation, cancer treatment of needy people and acid attack etc.
  • Donations are accepted through BHIM/UPI (VPA: pmnrf@ centralbank), Credit Cards / Debit Cards / Netbanking Accounts of Indian Banks only.

Background:


In pursuance of an appeal by the then Prime Minister, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru in January, 1948, the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) was established with public contributions to assist displaced persons from Pakistan.



Partition of British India occurred in 1947 along with the formation of two dominions called Pakistan and India. Partition resulted in mass violence and people were moving across borders in all means. Thus to support the displaced people from Pakistan Jawaharlal Nehru created a fund collected from public in January 1948.
Implementation.


More points to be noted:
  1. The fund consists entirely of public contributions and does not get any budgetary support. 
  2. The corpus of the fund is invested in various forms with scheduled commercial banks and other agencies. 
  3. Disbursements are made with the approval of the Prime Minister. PMNRF has not been constituted by the Parliament. 
  4. The fund is recognized as a Trust under the Income Tax Act and the same is managed by Prime Minister or multiple delegates for national causes. 
  5. PMNRF operates from the Prime Minister’s Office, South Block, New Delhi-110011 and does not pays any license fee. 
  6. PMNRF is exempt under Income Tax Act, 1961 under Section 10 and 139 for return purposes. 
  7. Contributions towards PMNRF are notified for 100% deduction from taxable income under section 80(G) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. 
  8. Prime Minister is the Chairman of PMNRF and is assisted by Officers/ Staff on honorary basis.

In case the donor deposits donations directly in any of the PMNRF collection banks, they are advised to provide complete transaction details along with their address to this office through e-mail at pmnrf[at]gov[dot]in for speedy issue of 80(G) Income Tax Receipts.

 The fund is also allotted to the people for treatment like cancer, kidney transplantation, heart surgery etc. The fund was first consolidated during the time of the first prime minister of India.
The resources of the PMNRF are now utilized primarily to render immediate relief to families of those killed in natural calamities like floods, cyclones and earthquakes, etc. and to the victims of the major accidents and riots. 

Utilization and Implementation:

  • The fund is fully collected from the public and has no budgetary allocation from the government. 
  • The fund collected is exempted from income tax to drive more people into the initiative. 
  • Chairman of the fund is the Prime Minister and he is assisted by joint secretary. 
  • The whole of the fund is deposited with scheduled commercial banks and the beneficiaries are identified directly by the Prime Minister from among the beneficiaries. 
The fund was used extensively to provide support for victims of Uttarakhand flood 2013, cyclone in Kerala and Lakshadweep, 2014 violence in Assam, Madhya Pradesh explosion 2015, Tamil Nadu floods 2015 etc.


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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION(FAQ's) on PMNRF:

Q.1 What is PMNRF?PMNRF stands for Prime Minister's National Relief Fund. The fund was setup in the year 1948 to assist relief work. The details about the fund, its administration, ways to contribute etc. have been provided at website www.pmindia.gov.in.

Q.2  Does the website submit the information in secure mode?Yes. The PMNRF website submits the information over Secure Socket Layer (SSL), provides a secure channel to exchange information in encrypted mode.

Q.3 Who heads the Prime Ministers National Relief Fund?
The Prime Minister heads the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund.

Q.4 How is the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) administered?
The fund is administered on an Honorary basis by Joint Secretary to the Prime Minister as Secretary of the fund. He is assisted on Honorary basis by an Officer of the rank of Director.

Q.5 What criterions have been fixed for disbursal of funds held under PMNRF?
The disbursement out of the fund is made at the discretion of the Prime Minister, and in accordance with the Prime Minister's directions.

Q.6 Who audits the PMNRF?
The PMNRF is audited by an independent auditor outside the Government. At present, Sarc & Associates, Chartered Accountants are the auditors.

Q.7 What is the statutory period by which the accounts should be audited?There is no statutory period prescribed for audit of the PMNRF under Income Tax Act. Generally, efforts are made to complete the audit at the earliest. Accounts upto the year 2018-19 have been audited.

Q.8 How are the surplus funds of PMNRF deployed?In general, funds are either disbursed immediately or they are committed for specific purposes.The balance of the funds invested in various forms with scheduled commercial banks and other agencies to ensure long term sustainability.

Q.9 Is PMNRF exempted from paying Income Tax?Yes, the fund is exempted from Income Tax under Section 10(23)(c).

Q.10 Are contributions towards the PMNRF exempted from Income Tax?Yes, all contributions towards the PMNRF are exempted from Income Tax under Section 80(G).

Q.11 How does one make contributions to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF)?
Contributions towards PMNRF can be made:-
(a) At Prime Minister's Office, South Block, in cash and through postal order, cheque or demand draft drawn in favour of the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund and through BHIM App/UPI (VPA : pmnrf@centralbank).

(b) Contributions can also be sent to Prime Minister's Office, South Block, New Delhi via post/money order from any of the Post Offices, without any charges.

(c) Contributions can also be made online through the collection banks portals and through portal of PMO i.e. pmindia.gov.in.

(d) Through cash, cheque or demand draft drawn in favour of the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund deposited with any of the branches of the 26 designated Collection Banks of the PMNRF, mentioning donor details in the challan to be provided by the concerned bank/ branch.

(e) No charges will be levied by the network providers' viz. American Express, Diners Club International, Master Card, NPCI and VISA on the contributions being made through debit / credit cards.
Q.12 Whether Public Sector Undertakings can contribute towards the PMNRF?
PMNRF accepts only voluntary contributions by individuals and institutions. Contributions flowing out of budgetary sources or from the balance sheets of the Public Sector Undertakings are not accepted.

Q.13 Who is the authority to issue certificate for claiming deductions u/s 80(G) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 in respect of donations made by employees of an organisation to the PMNRF?

As per Ministry of Finance Circular No. 2/2005 dated 12th January 2005, "in cases where employees make donations to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, the Chief Minister's Relief Fund or the Lieutenant Governor's Relief Fund through their respective employers, it is not possible for such funds to issue separate certificate to every such employee in respect of donations made to such funds as contributions made to these funds are in the form of a consolidated cheque. An employee who makes donations towards these funds is eligible to claim deduction u/s 80(G) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. In respect of such donations as indicated above benefit will be admissible u/s 80(G) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 on the basis of the certificate issued by Drawing and Disbursing Officer [DDO] / Employer in this behalf."

Q.14 How are the funds available with the PMNRF proposed to be utilized?
A very large proportion of the funds stands committed to be utilized in a phased manner for various schemes announced by PM. Funds are also earmarked for medical assistance, floods, drought, terrorist violence and other such unforeseen occurrences, with a reserve for emergencies.

Q.15 Who are eligible to receive money from the Prime Ministers National Relief Fund?
The Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) is primarily utilized to render immediate relief to families of those affected by natural calamities like floods, cyclones and earthquakes etc. and to victims of the major accidents and riots. In addition to this, the PMNRF provides financial assistance to indigent patients for treatment of major diseases at Government/PMNRF empanelled hospitals to partially defray the expenses.

Q.16 What is the method of selection of eligible recipients?

The disbursement out of the fund is made at the discretion of the Prime Minister, and in accordance with the Prime Minister's directions.

Q.17 Are all applications received in the PMNRF for grant of financial assistance for taking medical treatment considered?

PMNRF operates on limited resources and as large number of requests are received seeking financial assistance for medical treatment, it is not possible to accommodate all requests due to the limited resources.

Q.18 Whether the funds with the PMNRF are kept in a common pool or in special accounts for specific purposes?

The funds available with the PMNRF are kept in common pool.

Q.19 Whether the Company receiving donations for PMNRF is authorized to utilize the amount so collected for providing relief measures on their own?
PMNRF gets control over contributions only after they have been received.

Q.20 Is there any system in place to ensure that donations collected by Companies authorized to do so, particularly PSUs, for contribution to PMNRF are promptly remitted by them for credit to the designated fund?
Contributions particularly from the PSUs/Companies towards the PMNRF are either received directly from them or through the concerned Ministry. Formal Receipt for the contribution is issued in the name of donor and dispatched to the sender for onward transmission to the donor. PMNRF is involved only from the point of receipt of contribution, and it is upto the donor organization to ensure that collections are sent to PMNRF.

Q.21 What documents are required to be enclosed by the applicant along with application for grant of financial assistance from PMNRF for medical treatment?
Applicants can apply for grant of financial assistance through an application (format also available at the website) addressed to the Prime Minister. Applicants, applying for grant of financial assistance for medical treatment, are required to enclose two passport size photographs of patient (one pasted on application, another stapled with application), copy of residence proof, original medical certificate mentioning the type of disease and estimated cost of expenditure and copy of his income certificate. List of private hospitals empanelled with the PMNRF is posted separately at the PMNRF website which could be used by the applicant for reference at the time of applying for grant(All government hospitals are already empanelled with PMNRF). After receipt of application, the same is considered and disbursements are made at the sole discretion of the Prime Minister, keeping in view availability of funds and prior commitments of the PMNRF.

Q.22 Does PMNRF has a PAN?
Yes, PMNRF has been allotted a Permanent Account Number (PAN) XXXXXX637Q.



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ALSO READ ABOUT PM CARES FUND



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