DMF funds could be used for Covid-19 affected communities: PRAHAR

Currently, 65 per cent of DMF corpus remains unutilised

In a bid to unlock resources for the most needy amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis, Delhi-based NGO Public Response Against Helplessness and Action for Redressal (PRAHAR) has urged the government to actively use unutilized District Mineral Foundation (DMF) funds and accelerate relief efforts towards the protection of lives and livelihoods of Covid-19 affected communities across states.

This is part of the NGO’s ‘National Movement for Livelihood Resurrection and Self Employment’ in the wake of Covid-19 crisis launched recently.

According to the Ministry of Mines website, a sum of Rs 35,925 crorehas been collected in DMF funds as on January 31, 2020, out