The Prime Minister heads the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund.

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.

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

The quantum of funds collected under PMNRF during last 10 years is as follows:-

The quantum of funds collected in foreign currency under PMNRF during last 10 years is as follows:-

Details of funds disbursed under PMNRF during last 10 years is as follows:-

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

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 2021-22 have been audited.

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.

Yes, the fund is exempted from Income Tax under Section 10(23)(c).

Yes, in computing the total income of an assessee, there shall be deducted, in accordance with and subject to provisions of Section 80(G) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, any sums paid by the assessee in the previous year as donation to the PMNRF. Deduction is available for those who opt for old tax slabs.

It may be noted that certificate of donation in Form No. 10BE is only applicable to the fund or institutions approved under sub-clause (iv) of clause (a) if sub-section (2) of section 80G. In respect of donations which fall in any other category (which, inter alia, includes the PMNRF), the deduction under section 80G of the Act shall be allowed to assessees based on the claim made by them in their return of income. Form No. 10BE is not required to be issued in case of 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[at]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 20 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.

Name and address of the Nodal Branches of these Collection Banks are:-

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.

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."

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.

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.

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

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.

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

PMNRF gets control over contributions only after they have been received.

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.

Income tax benefit can be claimed by a donor on the basis of PMNRF receipt issued by the Prime Minister's Office against his contribution.

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.

Yes, PMNRF has been allotted a Permanent Account Number (PAN) XXXXXX637Q..