Reliance Industries (RIL) on March 30 said it is donating Rs 500 crore towards the PM-CARES fund. The company said in a statement that it is contributing an additional Rs 5 crore each towards the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat in order to lend them support amid the ongoing outbreak.
The PM-CARES fund was created in order to strengthen the country's fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had recently appealed to citizens to make donations to the fund.
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Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries, said, "We are confident that India will conquer the coronavirus crisis sooner rather than later. The entire Reliance Industries team is with the nation in this hour of crisis and will do everything to win this battle against COVID-19."
The company had also undertaken many other steps, earlier this month, as part of its multi-pronged prevention, mitigation, and ongoing support strategy. The Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital, in collaboration with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), has already set up a dedicated 100-bed centre at Seven Hills Hospital, Mumbai, for patients who test positive for COVID-19.
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