NSE Group contributes Rs 26 crore to Covid-19 pandemic relief funds

NEW DELHI: NSE Group contributed Rs 26 crore towards PM Cares and certain state government funds for combatting the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in the country.

In addition to this, employees of the NSE Group are separately contributing one day’s salary towards the PM Cares Fund for the same.

The coronavirus outbreak is an unprecedented global situation that all countries are dealing with in terms of its human and economic consequences.


The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Covid-19 a ‘pandemic’.

The Government of India and various state governments have been putting in place several measures including instituting a complete “lockdown” to combat the spread and transmission of the virus.

“NSE is committed to supporting the government in the nation’s battle against the pandemic and in providing assistance to alleviate the difficulties faced by the ecosystem due to Covid-19,” it said in a release.