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Rs.300 Crore to PM CARES fund, set by the Govt.
of India, from its Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR) budget. Further, the employees of ONGC
have voluntarily contributed their two days’ salary
– amounting to a Rs 16 Crore (approx) to PM CARES
Fund. In addition to the direct contributions to the
PM CARES Fund, so far 314 numbers of CSR projects
have been developed worth Rs.22.70 Crores across
15 states of India benefiting more than 41.99 Lakhs
beneficiaries. Khunti, Gumla and Hazaribagh in Jharkhand.

Projects for the benefits of aspirational district Projects for the benefits of fishermen Community

• At Dhalai, distributed ration kits to 43,203 The need of the fisherman community in the coastal
beneficiaries, 13,000 masks, 1000 sanitizers,1000 areas of Maharashtra was addressed along with
PPE kits, besides providing 2 ventilators for Ministry of Fisheries, Government of Maharashtra.
the District Hospital and Trauma Centre, Kulai. Ration kit worth Rs.602/- each was distributed to
It is the only government hospital in the entire 9,804 fisherman families in the coastal villages of
district that provides emergency and specialist Maharashtra.
services and unfortunately, the Hospital did not
have any Ventilator System which is supposed ONGC cares for migrant workers
to be essential equipment for treating COVID-19 75,20,32 cooked food packets distributed through
patients. various social organizations like ISCKON, Akshay
• 22 Bi-pap mask ventilators for isolation wards Patra Foundation, Sewa Bharati etc to migrant
created in Osmanabad, Maharashtra. The workers who are the most affected group during
provision of these ventilators at this crucial the lockdown, spread in several districts of Andhra
juncture is being viewed as a major life saver. Also Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi, Tamil Nadu
provided 2005 PPE kit to Osmanabad district. and Assam. Ration kits were provided to 13,08,044
• 2496 PPE kits distributed through district beneficiaries belonging to underprivileged
administration in the districts of Bokaro, Ramgarh, community ensuring food supply during lockdown
across ONGC operational areas in the states Andhra
Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Jharkhand,
West Bengal, Odisha, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand,
Tamil Nadu, Tripura and Delhi.

Contribution towards upgrading medical
infrastructure
To upgrade the existing medical infrastructure to
tackle COVID-19 patients, ONGC has provided
30 ventilators to various hospitals in Osmanabad
(Maharashtra), Dhalai (Tripura), and four districts
in Cauvery operational area. Further Medical
equipment like 320 fowler beds/ semi-fowler beds,
autoclave, B.P. instrument, glucometer, oximeter
etc. were provided to 2 Civil Hospitals in Assam

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