The Union Home Ministry has launched a Twitter handle to raise a fund which will help families of paramilitary personnel killed while fighting extremists. @BharatKeVeer will provide information about a home ministry initiative to support soldiers who lost their lives in the line of duty. People can visit the portal and make a monetary contribution which will go directly to the bank account of a late soldier's family.
"MHA's initiative to pay homage and provide support to India's bravehearts, #BharatKeVeer is now on Twitter. Follow @BharatKeVeer for updates," Home Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted. The app and the website 'BharatKeVeer' was launched in April by the Home Minister with Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, who had mooted the idea.
The National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) on Wednesday donated Rs one crore to the fund. The amount for the fund - 'BharatKeVeer' - was given to Home Minister Rajnath Singh by Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu.
Within months of its launch, several crores have been donated by people to the 'BharatKeVeer' fund.
Of it, Rs 60 lakh was received for the 25 personnel who were massacred by the Naxals at Sukma in Chhattisgarh on April 24