Updated Information on the Prime Minister Disaster Relief Fund

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The Prime Minister Disaster Relief Fund is set uB by the Government of Nepal for
search and rescue, and to provide relief to people hit by natural disaster and
calamities. Funds received from the Government of Nepai or any other national and
intemational source for tho pu{pose of relief is deposited into the Fund. The fund
cannot be used to provide donations or any other administratiye and overhead costs
including faeilities and.allowances to civil servants or other office-holders.
The Fund's activities are coordinated at the central level by a committee headed by
the Vice Chairperson of the National Planning Commission, and comprising of
seoretaries of eight ministies. The prooedure for release of funds is as follows: only
after unanimous decision of the'committee funds are released through the Ministry of
Home Affairs to the Chief District Offrcer, who is also the Coordinator of the District
Relief Fund. To ensure accountability and transparency, all expenditures under both
the central fund and the district fund are audited annually by the Auditor General of
Nepal.
The Frime Minister Disaster Relief Fund should not be confused with the Prime
Minister's Assistance Fund. The Relief Fund's operations are guided by the Prime
Minister Disaster Relief Fund Operation Regulations (2006) of the Govemment of
Nepal. Overall, the purpose of the Fund is to ensure effective rescue and relief
"fast track" method which reduces
following natural disasters through
administrative hassles and procedural delays. The Fund seeks to provide a onewindow service to the affected people by consolidating amounts, avoiding duplication
of effort, and ensuring proportional and equitabte access to relief by needy victims in
all affected persons.
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has also come to the Govemment's attention that sevoral individuals and agencies
have responded to the 25 April 2015 great earthquake by establishing their own bank
accountJ and soliciting donations. While the Governrnent appresiates any and all
genuine initiatives to help victims, it also has a duty to regulate the raising of the
public funds and contribution in the name of disaster, so that benevolent donations are
not misused and the rights of victims are protected. In this context, the Nepal Rastra
Bank, following the advice of the Govemment, had issued a direstive on 29 April
2015 directing that all funds thus raised be deposited with the Prime Minisler Disaster
Relief Fund and that no withdrawals from the related accounts O"^uO"bn.
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