PM's Relief Fund - Blatant Disregard for PMO's Directive
THE Prime Minister's Office in a letter dated 20.08.2014 to the Secretaries of various Departments in the Government had directed that arrangements may be made to display a caption in their websites "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."
Not many departments have cared to obey the directives from the PM's Office. In the Revenue Department, neither the CBEC nor the CBDT websites carry 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.