Shriram Group contributes Rs. 10 crores to PM CARES Fund

MUMBAI, India - April 21, 2020 - PRLog -- Diversified financial services player Shriram Group on Thursday said it is contributing Rs 10 crore towards the PM-CARES Fund set up to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
The group has already contributed Rs 8 crore and will give the balance Rs 2 crore soon, it said in a statement.
The Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM-CARES Fund) was set up on March 28 to raise money for combating the coronavirus outbreak and to provide relief to the affected.
In a separate release, PNB Housing said it has donated Rs 1.76 crore partly to fund critical scientific research on combating Covid-19, being undertaken by the National Centre for Bio-Sciences, and to feed affected migrant workers, labourers and the homeless in Delhi.
About Shriram Group
Shriram Group is an Indian conglomerate founded on 5 April 1974 by Ramamurthy Thyagarajan, AVS Raja and T. Jayaraman. They have their headquarters in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The group had its beginning in chit funds business and later on entered the lending business through Shriram Transport Finance
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