Covid-19: Power PSUs contribute Rs 925 crore to PM-Cares Fund

Central public sector undertakings (CPSUs) under the Union power ministry have contributed about Rs 925 crore to the PM-Cares Fund to strengthen the fight against Covid-19. These CPSUs include large companies such as the NTPC, the Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL), National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) and sector lenders like Power Finance Corporations (PFC) and Rural Electrification Corporation (REC).

Power CPSUs have together set up Covid care facilities at more than 200 locations which act as isolation centres for their own employees as well as the contractual employees and their families, the government said.