Poonam Agarwal

Jan 18, 2025 | finance.einnews.com | Poonam Agarwal |Ragamalika Karthikeyan |Pooja Prasanna

As per the FY 2022-23 receipts and payments account that was uploaded on the PM CARES Fund official website, it received close to Rs 909 crore as voluntary contributions, and Rs 2.57 crore as foreign contributions. By March 31, 2023, the fund held Rs 62,83,68,30,782 (or almost Rs 6,284 crore) in savings bank accounts, as per the statement for 2022-23.

Jan 18, 2025 | thenewsminute.com | Poonam Agarwal

When COVID-19 unleashed chaos across India, the government of India announced a fund with a name that was meant to elicit trust in the citizens: PM CARES. The Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund. Collecting over Rs 3,000 crore in its first month alone, the fund was supposed to be a beacon of hope in the middle of a crisis. But nearly five years after it was started, there is barely any clarity in the financial reports of the fund released by the government.

Aug 15, 2024 | gijn.substack.com | Poonam Agarwal

Just weeks before the start of India’s nationwide 2024 elections, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would shockingly underperform, the country’s Supreme Court issued a bombshell decision. It struck down as unconstitutional an electoral bonds scheme set up in 2017 that was billed as a way to end secret political influence. The Court disagreed and mandated that the details about all funds donated through electoral bonds be made public.

Aug 12, 2024 | peoplematters.in | Poonam Agarwal

Performance ManagementContinuous feedback and collaborative goal setting are essential for enhancing employee engagement, aligning individual efforts with organisational goals, and ultimately driving long-term success. Performance reviews are a crucial component of employee development and organisational success. However, traditional methods often fail to motivate and engage employees, necessitating a proactive evolution in performance management systems.

Jun 10, 2024 | m.thewire.in | Poonam Agarwal

New Delhi: Results for the Lok Sabha 2024 elections are out, but the controversy around the election process persists. Advertisement In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, I first reported at The Quint on the discrepancies found between the data for the EVM votes polled and EVM votes counted. The matter was also heard in the Supreme Court five years later in 2024, based on a petition filed by the Association for Democratic Reform in 2019.