Watch | Why PM-CARES Is a 'Government Fund' and Well Within RTI Purview

While there is enough information already in the public domain to assert that PM-CARES Fund (Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situation Fund) is controlled by the Government of India, the Union government still wants to maintain that it is not. By insisting that it is a “public charitable trust” not related to government, the Narendra Modi government has made it clear that it fears public scrutiny.

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar of The Wire explains this issue in detail in this video.