SONY DONATES RS. 10 CRORE FOR COVID-19, HELPS DAILY-WAGE EARNERS | 10 April, 2020

Sony Pictures Network on 6th April announced that the group has decided to donate Rs. 10 crore to the COVID-19 relief fund of Ronnie Screwvala and Zarina’s Swades Foundation to facilitate the uninterrupted supply of medical equipment and consumables for Bombay, Nasik and Raigad. The network will also pay a month’s salary to all daily-wage workers employed on their various television shows and will support a month’s supply of groceries and household essentials for 50,000 daily-wage earners of the media and entertainment industry.

Additionally, Sony has waived off the tariff of its channel, Sony Pal, for two months. A statement from Sony Pictures Network also mentioned that the network’s advertising inventory was being used for public service announcements.