It is heart-warming to know that the House of Tatas have set an example for others to follow by disbursing Rs.2.5 crore to the families who lost relatives at the Taj, CST, Metro junction and Cafe Leopold in the terrorist attack on 26/11 last year, reported the Times of India (13/11/2009). The Taj Public Service Welfare Trust, which was set up immediately after the attack, is also providing medical help, vocational training, educational grants and trauma counseling as well. The Trust has tracked down 360 families of the victims in slums in Mumbai and in the native places all over the country enlisting the support of 20 students from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, and is providing more than 100 families with monetary help ranging from Rs.7500 to Rs.10,000 and that 30 children are being supported with school fees, books and transport is a testimony of the social responsibility that House of Tatas have assumed. In addition, the Trust has launched a micro-finance scheme to help the victims or their families, and has taken over a Industrial Training Institute to impart training in computers, baking and house-keeping to employ them in their group of companies. This is indeed in tune with Mahatma Gandhi's Philosophy of Trusteeship and he would have applauded this gesture. Kudos to the House of Tatas.
November 15,2009
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