New Delhi: ‘Bharat ke Veer- a web portal aiming to enable donors to contribute towards the family of a braveheart who sacrificed life in line on duty, will be inaugrated by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday.
The portal is an IT based platform, with an objective to enable willing donors to contribute towards the family of the bravehearts who sacrificed their life in line of duty.
Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju and actor Akshay Kumar will also participate in the function.
The site “Bharat ke Veer” will be available on web portal as well as mobile application.
The amount so donated will be credited to the account of ‘Next of Kin’ of those Central Armed Police Force, Central Para Military Force soldiers.
This website is technically supported by National Informatics Centre (NIC) and powered by State Bank of India.
To ensure maximum coverage, a cap of 15 lakh rupees is imposed and the donors would be alerted if the amount exceeds, so that they can choose to divert part of the donation to another braveheart account or to the “Bharat Ke Veer” corpus.
—ANI