Aditya Birla Group to donate Rs 500 cr to fight COVID-19

 Aditya Birla Group on Friday said that it is committed to contribute Rs 500 crore to various COVID-19 relief measures.

Accordingly, the Group is committed to contribute Rs 400 crores to the PM-CARES Fund, while it has already provided a grant of Rs 50 crore to FICCI-Aditya Birla CSR Centre for Excellence for COVID-19 relief measures.

The group has also allocated Rs 50 crore towards supply of one million N95 masks, 280,000 personal protective equipment (PPE), as well as ventilators.

"Commenced production of one million triple layer surgical masks and one lakh overall garments with the support of the Textiles Ministry," the group said in a statement. IANS