<span style="color: #222222;">The Supreme Court today refused to direct the transfer of money collected under the PM CARES Fund set up for COVID-19 relief to the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF).  </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subshash Reddy, and MR Shah also held that contributions to the PM CARES were Fund of a charitable trust. The Court said that there was no statutory prohibition on contributions made to the NDRF. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Bench further clarified that funds collected under the PM CARES Fund are entirely different from the NDRF.  On the petitioner's prayer to set up a National Plan for COVID-19, the Apex Court held that plan prepared by the Centre is sufficient to cater to the pandemic.</span><br />''