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.
Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) was constituted in January, 1948 to assist displaced persons from Pakistan. The resources of the PMNRF are now utilized primarily to render immediate relief to the affected families of those killed/ injured in natural calamities like floods, cyclones and earthquakes, etc, or in the major accidents/ riots.. The fund is also utilized to provide financial assistance for medical treatment like heart surgeries, kidney transplantation, cancer treatment, etc. The fund consists entirely of voluntary public contributions and does not get any budgetary support. Prim.e Minister is the Chairman of the fund.
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. Besides, Department may also request the PSUs concerned with the Department to carry out this exercise also.
It will do lot good if the statistics about the amount recd. and how spent is published periodically or atleast when some one donates. All other organisations receivng the donations and giving 100 % tax rebate furnishes this information alongwith the receipt.
People donate not only to claim tax rfelief but to ensure the funds are spent properly. Nobody is willing to pay/donate where Rs.100/- recd in charity is spent with 30% as commission to the fund raisers, 60 to 65% towards adminsistrative charges and 5 to 10% for the needy.