Question

give reason why the importance of prime minister office has declined.​

Answer 1

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has refused to make public documents related to the PM-CARES Fund, ostensibly set up to receive financial aid from the public to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

The PMO also refused to share details of high-level meetings on COVID-19 including the rationale behind the decision to implement the lockdown, besides the correspondence between the Ministry of Health and the PMO in this regard, and files related to COVID-19 testing, in response to an RTI.

The RTI filed by Vikrant Tongad, founder of Social Action for Forest & Environment (SAFE) on April 21 was disposed of within 6 days by the PMO.