New Delhi. 'PM Cares Fund' was started during the Corona i.e. Covid-19 pandemic. Corporate houses and common people had donated to the PM Cares Fund. With the money received from this fund, arrangements for oxygen and medicines etc. were made for the patients during Covid. Now latest information has come about PM Cares Fund. The three-year audit report of PM Cares Fund has been released. According to this report, an amount of more than Rs 8000 crore is deposited in PM Cares Fund. Which is the highest balance till date.
According to the latest audit report of PM Cares Fund, fixed deposits or FDs worth Rs 6641 crore were deposited in it. Whereas, earlier most of the fund amount was kept in savings account. On making FD of PM Cares Fund amount, interest of Rs 475 crore has also been received. With an amount of more than Rs 8000 crore in the PM Cares Fund, it can be used for relief in any major emergency. According to the audit report of PM Cares Fund, Rs 475 crore was deposited in it at the domestic level in 2025-26. The PM Cares Fund's strategy of making large amounts of FD generated additional income from unspent money.
Talking about the corpus of PM Cares Fund, in the year 2023-24 it was Rs 7173 crore. At the same time, it will increase to Rs 8452 crore in 2025-26. Along with this, the government has also continued to deposit funds in PM Cares for Children Scheme. Under this scheme, help is provided to the children who have lost their parents or guardians in the Corona epidemic. There is a provision to give money from PM Cares Fund to such children for education, treatment and other financial help. According to the information, the work of helping children through PM Cares Fund is still going on. Let us tell you that recently some people had raised this question on social media as to what is the status of PM Cares Fund and why it is not being audited.