Patna: Public’s contribution to the Chief Minister’s relief fund (CMRF) Bihar has increased almost 52 times in the last 15 years due to the special initiative taken by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. “Approximately Rs 29 crores received” CMRF in the financial year 2006-07. Now, this has increased to Rs 1,502 crore in FY 2021-22 due to the special initiatives taken by you,” Chief Secretary to CM Chanchal Kumar informed him (CM) during the 21st meeting of the Board of Trustees of CMRF on Friday. Did. , Nitish Kumar presided over the meeting.
“Out of Rs 1,502 crore available in CMRF, Rs 859 crore was spent,” said Chanchal, member-secretary of the board of trustees. Later in the evening, the 1992 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer was relieved to join his duty on central deputation.
CMRF was established in 1971 to help those in distress. The fund consists entirely of public contributions and is mainly used to provide immediate relief to the families of victims of major accidents and riots and those killed in natural calamities like floods, cyclones and earthquakes. “Assistance is also provided from CMRF to partially meet the expenses of medical treatment like heart surgery, kidney transplant and cancer treatment,” an official told TOI.
During the meeting, the CM was also informed that an ex-gratia amount of Rs 4 lakh (from CMRF) is being paid to the next of kin of each COVID deceased in the state. “Till now, 3,704 such families have been paid Rs 4 lakh each. A total of Rs 141.16 crore has been released from CMRF so far.
“Similarly, Rs 100 crore was paid to people stranded at different places during the lockdown. An amount of Rs 1,000 each was transferred from CMRF to the bank accounts of 21 lakh people of Bihar origin during the lockdown,” the official said.
The Board of Trustees approved the proposal to nominate Anupam Kumar, Secretary to CM, in place of Chanchal as the new Member-Secretary of the Board.
Deputy CM Renu Devi, Chief Secretary Amir Subhani, DGP SK Singhal, Additional Chief Secretary (Education) Sanjay Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary (Finance) S. SiddharthaAdditional Chief Secretary (Health) Pratyaya Amrit and Secretary of Disaster Management Department Sanjay Kumar Agarwal He also attended the meeting through video conferencing.
“Out of Rs 1,502 crore available in CMRF, Rs 859 crore was spent,” said Chanchal, member-secretary of the board of trustees. Later in the evening, the 1992 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer was relieved to join his duty on central deputation.
CMRF was established in 1971 to help those in distress. The fund consists entirely of public contributions and is mainly used to provide immediate relief to the families of victims of major accidents and riots and those killed in natural calamities like floods, cyclones and earthquakes. “Assistance is also provided from CMRF to partially meet the expenses of medical treatment like heart surgery, kidney transplant and cancer treatment,” an official told TOI.
During the meeting, the CM was also informed that an ex-gratia amount of Rs 4 lakh (from CMRF) is being paid to the next of kin of each COVID deceased in the state. “Till now, 3,704 such families have been paid Rs 4 lakh each. A total of Rs 141.16 crore has been released from CMRF so far.
“Similarly, Rs 100 crore was paid to people stranded at different places during the lockdown. An amount of Rs 1,000 each was transferred from CMRF to the bank accounts of 21 lakh people of Bihar origin during the lockdown,” the official said.
The Board of Trustees approved the proposal to nominate Anupam Kumar, Secretary to CM, in place of Chanchal as the new Member-Secretary of the Board.
Deputy CM Renu Devi, Chief Secretary Amir Subhani, DGP SK Singhal, Additional Chief Secretary (Education) Sanjay Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary (Finance) S. SiddharthaAdditional Chief Secretary (Health) Pratyaya Amrit and Secretary of Disaster Management Department Sanjay Kumar Agarwal He also attended the meeting through video conferencing.
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