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₹1.57 crore in grants to covid-19 solution providers

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MUMBAI: Marico chairman Harsh Mariwala’s non-profit Marico Innovation Foundation has provided ₹1.57 crore in grants to three companies that have created innovative and affordable personal protective equipment (PPE), sanitisation chambers, and masks.

The foundation plans to distribute over 3.5 lakh masks, 50,000 PPE kits and 4,500 sterilisation units, manufactured by these firms, over the next two-three months, Mariwala said in a statement. "More importantly we hope to lay the foundation of a strong support system that will continue to mitigate the challenges we stand to face as a nation," he added.

CREA, which received ₹41 lakh from the foundation makes breathable yet hydrophobic PPE kits for medical practitioners, policemen and frontline

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