Bank account for receiving financial assistance opened
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 27 2020:
The Director, Education (S) has notified that the State Government has opened a bank account to receive financial assistance/donation from willing and generous persons for extending immediate financial assistance in combating COVID- 19 pandemics in Manipur.
It appealed all the Heads of offices/Institutions under Education Department to take up this initiative of collecting the voluntary contributory amount (at least one-day salary amount or more as per one's wishes) from the next pay bill from all the willing and generous employees.
The amount shall be credited to the 'CM's COVID- 19 Relief Fund, it added.
The respective DDOs/Heads of Institutions/Offices shall compile the list of employees with their contributory amounts and submit the same to the Directorate of Education (Schools) through the Addl Director, Schools (Hill and Valley) for onward crediting to the account of Chief Ministers COVID-19 Relief Fund, it informed.
Saying that the Government has been trying its best to control the pandemic and its eventualities, it mentioned that the people, as responsible citizens and also employees of the Government, should understand the grave situation and extend full cooperation and help to prevent the
virus from spreading further.