Question-Consider the following statements on ‘Bharat Ke Veer’ initiative
- An initiative which aids families of paramilitary personnel killed in action.
- Launched by Ministry of Home Affairs and supported by noted Hindi film actor Akshay Kumar.
Choose correct answer:
(a)1 only
(a)2 only
(c)Both
(d)None
Correct Answer (c)
About initiative
- Bharat Ke veer is a fund –raising initiative by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India on behalf of members of the Indian Armed Forces.
- The initiative was launched by Home Minister Rajnath Singh on 9 April 2017.
- The government has granted the status of a trust to ‘Bharat Ke Veer’, a private initiative promoted by actor Akshay Kumar.
- The public can visit the ‘Bharat Ke veer’ application and website, and contribute to support the families of Jawans who die in the line of duty.
- It allows donation of ₹15 lakhs to an individual’s account and donations to the “Bharat Ke Veer” corpus.
- Finance ministry has exempted from income tax under, 80(G) form whoever donate in the initiative.
Anurag Kumar
References-
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=160767
https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/govt-grants-trust-status-to-bharat-ke-veer-initiative/article24887263.ece