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Coronavirus: ITC's Sanjiv Puri lines up Rs 150 crore contingency fund

ITC will also also collaborate with district authorities to provide assistance to the district health and rural healthcare eco-system that reaches out to the weakest sections of society

Delhi govt workers serve food to homeless people and daily wagers during the nationwide lockdown amid coronavirus pandemic, near Nigam Bodh ghat, March 26, 2020. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)
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Delhi govt workers serve food to homeless people and daily wagers during the nationwide lockdown amid coronavirus pandemic, near Nigam Bodh ghat, March 26, 2020. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)

Avishek Rakshit Kolkata
Cigarettes to hotels major, ITC Ltd has come up with a Rs. 150 crore contingency fund to address the exigency arising out of the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak in the country.

According to the company’s chairman and managing director, Sanjiv Puri, this fund will be utilised primarily to provide relief to the vulnerable and most needy sections of society who are impacted by the pandemic and are facing significant disruption in their livelihoods.

Additionally, ITC will also also collaborate with district authorities to provide assistance to the district health and rural healthcare eco-system that reaches out to the weakest sections of