PM Cares Fund: Entitled to privacy protection under RTI Act

Exam-focused facts from the 15 January 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

The Delhi High Court indicated that the PM Cares Fund (PM CARES), despite being a govt entity, is entitled to privacy protection granted to third-party entities under the RTI Act.
The bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia questioned, "Even if it (the fund) is state, merely because it is state, does it lose its right to privacy?"
The hearing pertained to an appeal against a single judge's order that set aside an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) that had directed the income tax authorities to disclose information about the PM CARES Fund.