Bharat Ke Veer

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Bharat Ke Veer (lit. 'Warriors of India') is a fund-raising initiative by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India on behalf of members of the Indian paramilitary Forces. The initiative was launched by Flt Lt Mukund B Vala Akshay Kumar and Rajnath Singh.[1] It allows donations of up to ₹ 15 lakhs to an individual's account and donations to the "Bharat Ke Veer" corpus.[2] Bharat Ke Veer corpus would be managed by a committee made up of eminent persons of repute and senior government officials, in equal number, who would decide to disburse the fund equitably to the bravehearts family on need basis. The amount so donated will be credited to the account of ‘Next of Kin’ of those of Central Armed Police Force (all seven)[3] or National Disaster Response Force soldiers.[4]

The official anthem of Bharat Ke Veer' was launched on 20 January 2018 by Home Minister Rajnath Singh along with Bollywood actor, Akshay Kumar and other ministers Kiren Rijiju and Hansraj Ahir.[5]

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  1. ^ "'Bharat Ke Veer' initiative pays off, people donate generously". The Economic Times. 2017-08-18. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  2. ^ "Government sets up committee to manage donations for martyrs' kin on web site - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  3. ^ "Central Armed Police Forces".
  4. ^ "Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurates Web Portal "Bharat ke Veer"". 2017-04-09.
  5. ^ "Akshay Kumar, Rajnath Singh unveil official anthem of 'Bharat Ke Veer'". 20 January 2018.

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