COVID-19: Vedanta spent Rs 151 cr on preventive healthcare, free meals

Metals and mining giant Vedanta on Wednesday said it has spent Rs 151 crore so far to provide preventive healthcare to local communities and distributing free meals to daily wage workers.

Having taken various precautionary measures to ensure the safety and well-being of its employees, Vedanta has reached out to over seven lakh community members to prevent the spread of the pandemic, the company said in a statement.

Vedanta had earlier announced a Rs 100 crore corpus which it this month increased to more than Rs 200 crore for providing relief to daily workers, preventive healthcare and welfare of employees and contract partners amid the lockdown to contain coronavirus pandemic.

Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal expressed confidence that the Indian economy will become self sufficient.

"I am confident that our economy will become self-sufficient. Make in India 2.0' will be the mantra,