Leading oil & gas and metals company Vedanta has enhanced the Covid relief measures for its employees considering the fatalities due to Covid-19 and the recent black fungus epidemic.

Accordingly,  the company is providing benefits for family members of the deceased employees in the form of continued payments of last drawn fixed salary till notional date of retirement. "The company will also continue the Mediclaim insurance coverage till the notional date of their retirement besides providing education assistance for two children till graduation," it added.

Besides, Vedanta also announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 10 lakh each to the families of the deceased business partners. Furthermore, the company aims to vaccinate 1.2 lakh employees and business partners in India.

Notably, the company is spending around Rs 12.6 crore to procure vaccine doses in bulk for the employees and business partners. In addition, it will provide 'Covid Kawach Insurance' to their business partners that include 'term life and hospitalisation'.

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