Bombay High Court seeks Centre’s reply on Modi’s photo, name on PM CARES website
The Hindu
Trust is not a Government of India fund, says PIL
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the Union Government to reply to a petition seeking the deletion of the photo and name of the Prime Minister from the PM CARES Fund Trust’s official website.
A Division Bench of Justices A.A. Sayed and S.G. Dige was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Vikrant Chavan, a member of the Congress party.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists