New Delhi, 25 May 2021: Amid ongoing second wave of Covid-19 which
has claimed lakhs of lives so far and continues to create havoc across the country,
Tata Steel has come forward to support families of its employees who
unfortunately became victims of this deadly virus. It has announced a slew of
initiatives for the grieving families. Among the major announcements that the
company has made is that It will be paying the last drawn salary of the
employee to his/her families till 60 years of age of the deceased and many
more.
In a statement posted by Sarajit Jha, Chief
Business Transformation & Digital Solution at Tata Steel, the company
announced, "The family will get the last drawn salary till 60 years of age of
the deceased employee/nominee along with medical benefits and housing
facilities."
"In addition to this, for all its frontline
employees who as part of their job met with an unfortunate death due to
Covid-19, the company bears all the expenses of their children’s education till
graduation in India," it added.
Paying gratitude towards its employees who
devoted their time and energy towards adding value to the organistion, Tata
Steel recognised their effort and said, "It has come forward for its employees
with a deep sense of loss at the sad demise of its beloved employees during
this dreadful pandemic."
It should be noted that India is reeling
under the havoc created by Covid-19 pandemic and has been witnessing more than
4,000 deaths every day for at least the past 10 days. This is the official
figure but several media reports claim that the toll might be many-fold higher
than that of the reported figures, especially in north India where health
infrastructure is poor.
To restrict the increasing infection,
almost all of the Indian states have individually announced lockdown despite
the fact that the prime minister of India has publicly suggested that
‘lockdown’ should be the last resort while dealing with the virus.
The Prime Minister’s statement should be
seen in the light of the lockdown that was announced last year on a four-hour-notice
which put the entire country on standstill and had huge economic repercussions
and job losses. The nation-wide lockdown imposed in March 2020 caught the
attention of the entire world due to the migrant crisis. This year, the
centre’s hesitation to impose a nationwide lockdown led to a huge burden on
India’s poor health infrastructure.
