Why Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund?

Kerala has been reeling under monsoon fury. According to official reports, the infrastructure loss has been estimated at close to Rs. 20,000 crores. Please donate to the best of your ability to the chief minister's relief fund, however small it might be.

Prayers and gratitude to the volunteers, forces and officers who have been doing a meticulous job saving others while risking their lives and even the back end team for providing timely information and instructions regarding rescue and relief every hour of the day.

                              

To pinpoint, you could say Kerala floods started on the 8th of August. Soon enough the Chief Minister's Disaster Relief Fund was announced and contributions were encouraged. Be it people within the state or all the kind hearted friends from other parts of India flooding me with calls of anxiety about our safety and a will to extend help, a common response I receive to suggestions to donate to the CMDRF is whether it is trustworthy. Let me explain why it is

1. Accurate accounts of funds received and utilized need to be furnished in the legislative assembly.

2. Anyone can access full information on the transactions on the find via RTI and thus is transparent.

3. Directly controlled by the state government who are in touch with the requirements of the citizens. Over the last 2 years, 435 crores have been distributed among 2.35 lakh people as disaster relief.

4. Wellswishers get 100% tax exemption on the amount donated.

Personally I feel that rather than donations dissipating to a million smaller funds, seems like it is easier to keep track of one fund. Any fund we donate to could be misused. But this one seems more accountable and is required for infrastructural development.

The magnitude of damage inflicted by the flood is unprecedented. Leaving apart rescue and relief work which in itself is costly, the state is now faced with the Herculean task of rebuilding infrastructure and rehabilitating the displaced, through out the state. The damage has been estimated at about 20000 crores as of yesterday. Even if we are to undertake the redevelopment on a war time basis, it is going to take this small state years to get life back to normalcy and back into the path of development.

Hope this helps put out doubts from your mind with regards to the dependability of Chief Minister's relief fund and contribute as much as you can.

To donate

: https://donation.cmdrf.kerala.gov.in/

or NEFT/IMPS/RTGS

Bank : State Bank Of India
Account Number : 67319948232
IFSC Code : SBIN0070028

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