Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 15: In one of the largest COVID vaccination drives carried out by corporate India so far, Vedanta Cares has administered one dose of vaccine to over 84,000 employees, business partners as well as their family members.
The company proposed to complete its vaccination drive across all its locations by August 2021. In a first of its kind initiative, Vedanta has also planned to provide the first jab across locations to those visitors, who have not been inoculated so far.
In another significant move, Vedanta will extend ‘Covid Kawach’ Insurance that include Term Life and Hospitalisation as well as an ex-gratia amount of Rs 10 lakh, to its business partners. The ex-gratia amount will be paid to the family members of the deceased business partner employee.
Considering the increased mortality rate due to COVID-19 and the recent black fungus epidemic, the company is providing cover for family members of deceased employees in the form of continued payments of last drawn salary until notional date of retirement, continuation of Mediclaim insurance coverage until retirement and education assistance for 2 children until graduation.
Under the aegis of Vedanta Cares COVID relief initiatives, the company announced long term HR benefits and increased COVID cover, in line with its commitment to ensure the health and well-being of its people. These will include enhanced COVID insurance for its employees, their families and business partners.
Vedanta Chairman, Anil Agarwal said, “Employee-centricity is at the core of Vedanta’s organizational culture. Our employees and our extended family of business partners have always been our greatest resource and their safety and wellbeing is our foremost priority.”
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