Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has donated his entire salary and allowances to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund. Tendulkar’s term as Rajya Sabha MP ended recently. As per PTI, Tendulkar has drawn nearly Rs 90 lakh in salaries and other monthly allowance in the past six years.

Meanwhile, PMO has also issued a letter of acknowledgement which states: "Prime Minister acknowledges this thoughtful gesture and conveys his gratitude. These contributions will be of immense help in providing assistance to the persons in distress."

Tendulkar, who has been criticised a lot for their poor attendance in the Parliament all these years has made good utilisation of MP Local Area Development fund.

According to data released by Tendulkar's office, he has claimed to have sanctioned 185 projects across the country with Rs 7.4 crore out of his allocated Rs 30 crore being used for educational and related structural development, including building and renovation of classrooms.

Tendulkar also adopted two villages under the Sansad Gram Adarsh Gram Yojana Scheme, including Puttam Raju Kandriga in Andhra Pradesh and Donja in Maharashtra.

He recently sanctioned over Rs 40 lakh from the MPLAD funds for construction of a school building in Kupwara district of Kashmir.

Interestingly, after being made Rajya Sabha member in 2012 Tendulkar has attended only 7.3% sessions. It is reported that, the former cricketer has attended just 29 of around 400 Parliament sessions. (Inputs PTI).

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