Donations ‘diverted’ to PM-CARES

21/04/2020, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,NEW DELHI

After an appeal for donations to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) from the University Grants Commission and the Delhi University (DU), one day’s worth of DU staff salaries were deducted for this purpose. However, the DU Vice Chancellor Yogesh Tyagi has now said that the collected money — amounting to more than ₹4 crore — was sent to the PM-CARES Fund instead.

The change was made on the basis of direction from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, said a senior DU official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

The Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) has written to the VC, objecting to the diversion.