BHARAT KE VEER

Feb. 17, 2019

Union Home Ministry has advised the people desirous of supporting families of martyrs of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) to only contribute through the website- bharatkeveer.gov.in.

About:

Objective: Bharat Ke Veer is a trust into which public can contribute voluntarily to support families of martyrs of Central Armed Paramilitary Forces (CAPFs) – BSF, CRPF, CISF, ITBP, NDRF, NSG, SSB and Assam Rifles – who have sacrificed their lives for the country in line of duty from January 1, 2016.
Background: It was launched by the Union Home Ministry in 2017.
Administration: This fund is managed by a committee comprising of Director Generals of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) under aegis of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Salient Features:
- To ensure maximum coverage, a cap of 15 lakh rupees is imposed, so that they can choose to divert part of the donation to another Braveheart account or to the “Bharat Ke Veer” corpus.
- Now, Union Government has been granted the status of a registered trust to ‘Bharat ke Veer’ by making it exempt from income tax under form 80 (g).