Can CAG audit PM CARES Fund?

Can CAG audit PM CARES Fund?

His submission is that NDRF is audited by CAG, but PM CARES Fund is not audited by CAG rather by a private Chartered Accountant”.

Can PM cares be audited?

PM CARES Fund is audited by an independent auditor. Trustees of the Fund during the 2nd meeting held on 23.04. 2020 decided to appoint M/s SARC & Associates, Chartered Accountants, New Delhi as the auditors of PM CARES Fund for 3 years.

Why isnt pm cares not under RTI?

The PM CARES Fund is not a government fund as donations to it do not go to the Consolidated Fund of India and no third party information can be parted with irrespective of its status under the Constitution and the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Delhi High Court has been informed.

Should pm care fund come under RTI?

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has told Delhi High Court that Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief In Emergency Fund, or the PM-CARES Fund, which was created in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, does not come under the Government of India and it cannot be brought under the ambit of Right to Information ( …

Why PM Cares fund should be brought within the ambit of RTI Act?

The fund is facing over donations from public sector units like LIC, and corporate houses and the Opposition parties have sought to put it under the ambit of RTI for transparency. It can enable micro-donations as a result of which a large number of people will be able to contribute with the smallest of denominations.

Is PM Cares fund a private fund?

In April 2020, the Prime Minister’s Office stated that PM CARES would not be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, since the PM CARES fund consisted of private donations and not public funds.

Does NGO come under RTI?

The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in the said judgement stated that non-governmental organizations financed substantially directly or indirectly, by the appropriate government will fall within the ambit of ‘public authority’ under section 2(h) of the Right to Information Act, 2005.

Will the C&AG audit the PM cares fund?

New Delhi: While the central government is accumulating a huge sum of money under PM CARES Fund as a corpus to fight COVID-19, the amount spent will not be audited by the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG).

Will pm cares be audited by an independent auditor?

What is also disquieting is that PM CARES will be audited by an independent auditor and not by the Comptroller and Auditor General, the constitutional office charged with auditing all receipts and expenditure of the Central and state governments, as well as the accounts of authorities substantially financed by the government.

Is PMNRF not audited by CAG?

According to sources, the PMNRF is not audited by the CAG either but it has not stopped the government’s auditor from asking questions about how the money was used when it provided for relief after the 2013 Uttarakhand floods.

Can the CAG audit a charitable organisation?

A news report by NDTV, quoting sources at the CAG office, said, “Since the fund is based on donations of individuals and organisations, we have no right to audit the charitable organisation”.