Of the Rs 10,990 crore collected by the fund since its inception in March 2020, the Union government had reportedly only used Rs 3,976 as of March 31, 2021.
64 per cent of the Rs 10,990 crore collected by the PM CARES Fund between March 27, 2020, and March 31, 2021, remained unused as of the latter date, according to data accessed by NDTV.
As many as 3,855 applications have been approved so far for PM CARES for Children scheme to support children who have lost both parents to COVID, said the Ministry of Women and Child Development on Wednesday.