Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has donated ₹5Cr to non-profit Give India, thus matching Google’s earlier donation of ₹5Cr to the online NGO donation platform.
Thanking Pichai, Give India in a tweet said, “Thank you @sundarpichai for matching @Googleorg’s Rs 5 crore grant to provide desperately needed cash assistance for vulnerable daily wage worker families.”
With this latest donation, Give India has so far raised over ₹12Cr so far to support vulnerable families across the country.
Earlier, Google had committed over $800mn towards efforts to tackle Covid-19 pandemic that claimed thousands of lives globally. This includes a $200mn investment fund for NGOs and banks to help small businesses access capital.
The commitment also includes a $250mn grant to help the World Health Organisation (WHO) and more than 100 government agencies globally provide critical information on how to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other measures to help local communities
“This is an increase from our initial $25 million announced last month. In addition, we’re providing $20 million in ad grants to community financial institutions and NGOs specifically to run public service announcements on relief funds and other resources for SMBs,” Pichai said in a statement.
The internet giant has also teamed up with Apple to work on a contact tracing approach designed with strong controls and protections for user privacy.
Post the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for donations, India Inc has been rushing in to help the government and citizens fight the pandemic in India.
Tata Trusts and Tata group together have pledged ₹1,500Cr, which is by far the highest by any corporate.
Wipro Ltd, Wipro Enterprises Ltd and Azim Premji Foundation have together also committed ₹1,125Cr, while a number of other companies are also extending support efforts like providing sanitizers, masks and meals to people.
Recently, payments unicorn Paytm, in a separate statement said it has contributed 4 lakh masks and 10 lakh hygiene products to army, CRPF and health workers fighting Covid-19.
The death toll in India due to the pandemic rose to 308 on Monday after 35 new fatalities were reported, while the number of cases climbed to 9,152, according to the Union Health Ministry.
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