RIL to provide financial support to families of employees who died of Covid

In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Reliance Industries has said that it will continue to provide salaries for five years to the nominee of employees who succumbed to the disease.

In a statement, Reliance further said that under the ‘Reliance Family Support and Welfare Scheme’, it would fully fund tuition fees, hostel accommodation and books of all the children of the employee, up to bachelors degree at any institute in India.

It also promised 100 percent payment of premium for hospitalisation coverage for the spouse, parents and children (till the bachelor’s degree).

“Further, all colleagues affected by COVID-19 personally or within their family can avail the special COVID-19 leave for the full duration of their recovery, both physically and emotionally,”