Vedanta's CSR initiatives benefits 4.23 crore people in FY21

Vedanta Ltd on Thursday said it has spent Rs 331 crore in 2020-21 fiscal on its corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes that positively impacted the lives of 4.23 crore beneficiaries.

Releasing its maiden social impact -- CSR report, the company said it has spent Rs 331 crore in the last financial year on various CSR activities with a focus on pandemic relief works, children's well-being and education, women empowerment, healthcare, sustainable agriculture and animal welfare, environment protection and restoration, development of community infrastructure, among others.

"Vedanta Ltd has positively impacted the lives of 4.23 crore people across the country through its various social development initiatives," the company said in a statement.

As part of its many interventions, Vedanta said it also extended significant support towards fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vedanta has committed Rs 201 crore in the battle against COVID-19, including Rs 101 crore donation to PM-CARES Fund and an additional Rs 100 crore corpus for supporting communities, daily wage workers, preventive healthcare and welfare of employees, contract partners or business partners.

As many as 15 lakh have benefitted from Vedanta's Covid Care initiatives. Additionally, this year under Vedanta Cares, field hospitals were set up with 100 critical care beds with oxygen and ventilator support across 10 locations, and over 20 lakh litres of oxygen to Covid-affected patients were supplied.