PM's Relief Fund - Blatant Disregard for PMO's Directive
THE Prime Minister's Office in a letter to the Secretaries of various Departments in the Government had directed that arrangements may be made to display a caption "All donations towards the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) are notified for 100% deduction from taxable income under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961." by your Department at its home webpage.
Not many departments have cared to obey the directives from the PM's Office. In the Revenue Department, the CBDT website has this caption in its home page, but the CBEC website seems to be unaware of this. Even the Fin Min website does not show this. This is the kind of response the babus give to a letter from the PMO - what can the poor Prime Minister do. Babus are full time into government - governance is a far cry.
Actually the PM's website has a link to "Donate to PM National Relief Fund" where you can make online donations to the PM's Relief Fund. I think this link should be shown in every website in India and even if a few netizens are motivated into making an online donation to the fund, it will be a great achievement.
Considering its reach in the trade and tax fraternity, Taxindiaonline, on its part, is happy to carry this link " Donate to PM National Relief Fund " on its home page and enable the spread of this noble cause. Incidentally, we would be the first non-governmental website to become a part of this fund raising effort.