COVER STORY
PM CARES FUND
THE PEOPLE, PERSONALITIES AND INDUSTRY
RESPOND WITH THE HEART AND KIND
India witnessed the most fantastic response to help fight COVID-19 from
individuals, businesspersons, imdustry and professionals. The contribution they
made is a great help to support the natuon in the hour of need. Millions of small
and significant contribution flowed into PM CARES Fund, TSP Times highlights a
few for the country to applaud and appreciate.
As a part of steps to make more resources
available for COVID-19 relief measures, the
President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, after
contiributing one month's salary to the PM-CARE
Fund in March, has decided to forego 30 per
cent of his salary for a year, The President has
given instructions to the Rastrapati Bhawan to
set an example by economising the expenditure,
making optimal usage of resources, and
dovetailing the saved money to combat COVID-
19 and mitigate the people's economic plight.
TATA SONS AND TATA TRUST contributed
Rs.1500 Crore towards PM CARES FUND. The
Statement released on Twitter read, "We
appreciate the PM CARES FUND initiative to
address the unprecedented effects of COVID-19.
As always , we remain fully committed and united
in support of nation" Tata Trust contribution will
be Rs. 500 crore of the total donation.
"The COVID-19 crisis is one of the toughest
challenges and we will face as a race.... At this
moment, the need of the hour is greater than any
other time."
Wipro Ltd, Wipro Enterprises Ltd and Azim
Premji Foundation have together committed
Rs.1,125 crore towards tackling crisis arising
from the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in
India.
“These resources will help enable the
dedicated medical and service fraternity in
the front-line of the battle against the
pandemic and in mitigating its wide-ranging
human impact, particularly on the most
disadvantaged of our society,” Wipro said in
a statement.
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