CDS Bipin Rawat to donate Rs 50,000 every month for 1 year to PM-CARES fund
(WorldNews India)

Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat has started donating Rs 50,000 from his monthly salary to the PM-CARES fund, news agency ANI reported on Sunday. The amount will be deducted from his salary and deposited in the Centre`s COVID-19 relief fund for the next twelve months, defence sources told ANI. The former Army Chief wrote a letter in March requesting the concerned authorities to transfer the amount from his monthly salary, as per reports. The first deduction of Rs 50,000 was made in April, ANI reported. READ | Defence secretary Dr Ajay Kumar: ‘COVID-19 has also offered several opportunities from defence perspective` Earlier, the CDS had reportedly joined Armed Forces personnel and...