Amazon Quiz: In an announcement to mark the centenary birth anniversary of Shantilal, which family has committed to donate INR 60k crore for charity?
Ambani
Adani
Piramal
Tata
Answer: Adani
On Gautam Adani’s 60th birthday, and father Shantilal Adani’s 100th birthday, the Adani family pledged Rs 60,000 crores to charity.
“On our father’s 100thbirth anniversary & my 60thbirthday, Adani Family is gratified to commit Rs 60,000 cr in charity towards healthcare, edu & skill-dev across India. Contribution to help build an equitable, future-ready India”, Gautam Adani tweeted.
He added, “Our experience in large project planning and execution and the learnings from the work done by the Adani Foundation will help us uniquely accelerate these programs”.
Adani continued, saying, “This contribution from the Adani Family intends to draw upon some of the brightest minds that have a passion to make a difference in the Adani Foundation’s journey to do more towards fulfilling our ‘Growth with Goodness’ philosophy.”
Azim Premji, founder chairman of Wipro and chairman of the Azim Premji Foundation said “Gautam Adani and his family’s commitment towards philanthropy should set an example that we can all try to live Mahatma Gandhi’s principle of ‘trusteeship’ at the peak of our business success. We need not wait for our sunset years”, and added, “I wish Gautam Adani and his foundation the very best in this important national endeavour”.
Gautam Adani, of course, is among India’s richest men, and as per Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index, he holds the ninth position globally, with an estimated net worth of $96.9 billion.
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