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Identify the CSR activities adopted by the businessmen in India to overcome the crisis caused due to the
Pandemic Covid-19

Crisis and accident are two things which can’t be predicted by anyone

So coming with helping hands ensure that “NO COMMITMENT IS GREATER THAN BEING COMMITTED
TOWARDS SOCIETY AND NATION BY DOING CSR ACTIVITIES”

Since coronavirus cases rises continuously day by day in India and cases rise to more than 3380 as of
now and death tally at 79 ,Companies have opened up their hands and purses to donate generously to
fight against pandemic.

Industry giants such as Reliance Industries, Tata Sons, Wipro, Paytm, Infosys, HDFC Group, SBI, Kodak
Mahindra Bank have joined in the fight against COVID-19.

CSR contribution in India by various companies to fight against COVID-19

1) Tata Sons and Tata Trusts combined contributed Rs 1,500 crore.

(out of this Tata Trusts' contribution of Rs 500 crore will be used to manufacture personal protective
equipment, respiratory systems, testing kits, setting up modular treatment facilities and training of
health workers)
Statements of Ratan Tata “, the need of the hour is greater than any other time”

2) Wipro Group and Azim Premji Foundation that committed Rs 1,125 crore
(To enable the dedicated medical and service fraternity in the front-line of the battle against the
pandemic, out of that

a) Wipro pledged Rs 100 crore,

b) Wipro Enterprises Rs 25 crore
c) Azim Premji Foundation pledged Rs 1,000 crore.

3) Oil joint ventures under the Ministry of Petroleum pledged Rs 1,092.29 crore.

4) Reliance industries:

a) Rs 500 crore towards PM CARES

b) Rs 5 crore each towards Maharashtra CM and Gujarat CM's funds.
c) Mukesh Ambani-led RIL has also set up a 100-bed center at Seven Hills Hospital in Mumbai for
coronavirus patients.
d) Free meals to people in partnership with NGOs.
 
5) Paytm: pledged Rs 500 crore contributions towards the PM CARES fund.
6) Coal India: pledged Rs 220 crore towards Covid -19
7) Engineering and construction company Larsen & Toubro and consumer goods company ITC each
pledged Rs 150 crore for the vulnerable sections of the society and towards rural healthcare.

8) HDFC Group also committed Rs 150 crore to the PM CARES fund for the government's relief and
rehabilitation measures.

9) LIC also contributed towards the PM CARES fund of the total amount of Rs 105 crore, & Rs 5 crore
was donated from the LIC's Golden Jubilee Fund.

10) SBI employees contributed two days' salary amounting to Rs 100 crore along with it has also
committed 0.25 per cent of its annual profit to help fight Covid-19. Founder and Chairman of Vedanta
Resources Anil Agarwal have committed Rs 100 crore.

11) Other various companies’ contribution:

a) JSW Group that deals in steel, cement, energy, more,

b) Auto company Bajaj Group, IT giant Infosys, online payments company PhonePe, pharmaceuticals
and power company Torrent Group, bicycle manufacturer Hero Cycles and Adani Foundation have all
pledged Rs 100 crore each.

b) Social media platform TikTok also pledged Rs 100 crore. "In the fight against the spread of COVID-19,
support by donating Rs 100 Crore towards 400,000 hazmat medical protective suits and 200,000 masks
to doctors and supporting medical staff," said the platform.

12)Uday Kotak and Kotak Mahindra Bank contributed Rs 50 crore towards PM CARES and Rs 10 crore
towards Maharashtra CM fund.

13) Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has also contributed Rs 51 crore.
14) Steel Authority of India (SAIL) committed Rs 30 crore,

15) Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative (IFFCO), fossil fuel electric power generation company NLC
India, Jindal Steel & Power, and two-wheelers company TVS Group pledged Rs 25 crore each.

16) Record label and film production company T- Series pledged Rs 12 crore, out of which Rs 11 crore is
towards PM CARES and Rs 1 crore is towards Maharashtra CM's fund.

17) PSU SJVN pledged Rs 8.32 crore, & Motilal Oswal has pledged Rs 5 crore and pen-maker Cello Group
pledged Rs 3.5 crore.

18) DCB Bank has committed Rs 1 crore, & Anand Mahindra, Chairman of Mahindra Group committed
his salary towards fighting coronavirus.by ensuring 100% of my salary to it and will add more over the
next few months.

19) Shah Rukh Khan announced a host of initiatives to fight coronavirus through his companies Red
Chillies Entertainment, Kolkata Knight Riders,
a) Meer Foundation and Red Chillies VFX. KKR and Meer Foundation will donate 50,000 personal
protective equipment’s to Maharashtra and West Bengal governments.
b) Meer foundation, along with Ek Saath - The Earth Foundation will provide food to over 5,500
families and set up a kitchen to produce 2,000 cooked meals for household and hospitals that
need them.
c) Meer Foundation and Roti Foundation will provide 3 lakh meal kits for 10,000 people per day for
at least a month. Meer Foundation will also provide essential items and groceries to over 2,500
wage workers across Delhi.