NEW DELHI: After Pakistan on Thursday announced $3 million for Saarc Covid-19 Emergency Fund, India responded by saying that the “degree of seriousness of each (Saarc) nation can be gauged by their behaviour”.Pakistan is not only the last Saarc country to contribute to the fund but it also said that the amount be administered by the Saarc secretariat.“It is for each Saarc member-state to decide on the timing, manner and implementation of their Saarc Covid-19 Emergency Response Fund commitments,” said MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava “Where India is concerned, the commitment made by the PM is today in an advanced stage of implementation. Assistance has been extended to Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka ,” he added.Pakistan had earlier this week declined an invite to join a Saarc video conference on likely impact of Covid-19 on trade in the region. It had said such activities should only be led by the Saarc secretariat.India believes though that by involving the secretariat, Pakistan is only looking to stifle the Saarc Covid initiative with procedural formalities.The government also said India is working to provide humanitarian aid in the form of medicines and other items, including hydroxychloroquine, paracetamol , to Saarc countries and also to Mauritius and Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.