'It should be left to the industries in the states to make their contribution to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund or the PM Fund or the Chief Minister's fund,' says Congress leader Anand Sharma New Delhi: Congress leader Anand Sharma on Monday said that the government has decided that donations to the PM-CARES Fund by industry would also be counted as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) expenditure and the provision should be extended to the relief fund of chief ministers as well.
Addressing a press conference here through video-conferencing, Sharma said that the Centre should not "discriminate" with the States.
He said the contributions for PM-CARES Fund should go into the National Relief Fund, which has been in existence since 1948.