PM Cares funds

The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard a wife’s plea seeking release of approximately Rs 1 crore from PM Cares and State CM Relief Funds as financial assistance for getting her husband a lung transplant after having exhausted her savings over his post-Covid treatment.

In an affidavit filed by Centre in Delhi High Court, it said: “In order to ensure a continuous supply of oxygen for medical purposes, the use of oxygen for industrial purposes has been banned except for certain critical industries w.e.f. Apr 22.”

The Supreme Court today ruled that the PM Cares funds need not be transferred to the NDRF. The court was issuing a judgment on a PIL which sought such a transfer.