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  THE PM CARES FUND Genesis, Purpose, Fiscal Trajectory and Public Accountability A Scholarly Review of India's Emergency Relief Trust (2020–2026) पीएम केअर्स फंड स्थापना , उद्दिष्ट , आर्थिक वाटचाल आणि सार्वजनिक उत्तरदायित्व भारताच्या आपत्कालीन मदत न्यासाचा एक शैक्षणिक आढावा ( २०२० – २०२६ ) Dr. Rahul Sadshiv Kharat 20 August 2026 ( २० ऑगस्ट २०२६)   Abstract The Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund — universally known by its acronym, PM CARES Fund — was constituted by the Government of India in the last week of March 2020, at the very onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, as a public charitable trust to mobilise voluntary contributions for emergency relief. This article traces the institutional and legal foundations of the Fund, its stated objectives, its year-wise fiscal trajectory from an opening receipt of over ₹3,000 crore in five days in 2020 to a corpus of ₹8,452.06 crore as disclosed in its most...