Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday donated their one month's salary to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund to strengthen the efforts to combat the coronavirus outbreak.
The vice president's secretariat tweeted about his decision.
"The Vice President, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu today contributed a month's salary to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund to strengthen the government's efforts to combat COVID-19 outbreak," it said.
The vice president gets over Rs 4 lakh per month as salary.
The law minister also donated his one month's salary to battle the coronavirus pandemic.
"Have decided to donate my one month's salary to the Prime Minister's relief fund in the fight against coronaVirus. We shall overcome," Mr Prasad tweeted.
A cabinet minister gets nearly Rs 2 lakh per month as salary.
Earlier this month, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla had donated his month's salary for the fund.
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