Gautam Adani, the chairman and founder of the Adani Group, on Sunday announced that his Adani Foundation has contributed a sum of Rs 100 crore to the PM CARES fund for the battle against COVID-19.
Adani took to Twitter to make the announcement of the contribution.
“ADANI FOUNDATION is humbled to contribute Rs. 100 Cr to the #PMcaresfund in this hour of India’s battle against #COVID19,” the 57-year-old industrialist tweeted.
ADANI FOUNDATION is humbled to contribute Rs. 100 Cr to the #PMcaresfund in this hour of India’s battle against #COVID19. ADANI GROUP will further contribute additional resources to support the GOVERNMENTS and FELLOW CITIZENS in these testing times.
— Gautam Adani (@gautam_adani) March 29, 2020
Gautam Adani also said that the group will further contribute to the government with additional resources needed to combat the outbreak of the virus.
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“ADANI GROUP will further contribute additional resources to support the GOVERNMENTS and FELLOW CITIZENS in these testing times,” he tweeted.
According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of positive coronavirus cases in India rose to 1,024 on Sunday including 95 recoveries and 27 deaths.
(With ANI inputs)