PM Modi’s donations to public causes exceed Rs 103 crore

NEW DELHI: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi donated Rs 2.25 lakh towards the initial corpus of PM CARES Fund after it was set up in the wake of COVID-19 crisis, donations from his savings and proceeds of auctions have now exceeded Rs 103 crore.
“PM Modi has a long legacy of contributing to public causes ranging from girl child education to clean Ganga to welfare of underprivileged. These donations have now exceeded 103 crores,” said an official, who also revealed that the PM had donated Rs 2.25 lakh towards the initial corpus of the PM CARES fund.
In 2019, Modi donated Rs. 21 lakh from his personal savings to the corpus fund for the welfare of sanitation workers of Kumbh Mela.
He had visited the religious congregation in Prayag and made the announcement after washing the feet of the sanitation workers as a mark of gratitude for their work of taking care of the cleanliness, which turned out to be a hallmark of the 2019 Kumbh Mela.
On receiving the Seoul Peace Prize in South Korea, he had immediately announced that the entire prize money of Rs. 1.3 crore prize money for “Namami Gange”, to help clean the holy River Ganga.
Modi had received the award last year, joining a pantheon of honourees that includes German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon.
The award was conferred on him for his contribution to international cooperation and fostering global economic growth.
Recently in an auction of his mementos received by Modi during his tenure as PM, Rs. 3.40 crore were collected, which are also being donated to the cause of “Namami Gange” project, launched after he took over as country’s PM in 2014.
Earlier, Modi had again initiated the auctioning of gifts he received till then in 2015. Rs 8.35 crore were raised during an auction held at Surat and the amount was donated to the Ganga cleaning project once again.
Upon completion of his tenure as CM of Gujarat, Narendra Modi donated Rs 21 lakh from personal savings for educating Gujarat government staffs' daughters.
Modi had raised Rs 89.96 crore by auctioning all gifts he had received as chief minister and donated this to the “Kanya Kelavani Fund”. The money was spent on the education of girl children, through the scheme.
Besides, Modi has been raising funds through sale of merchandise on the “NAMO” aap, which has received tremendous response from his followers.