"Tata Steel's best-in-class social security schemes will help ensure an honourable standard of living for their families, whereby the family will get the last drawn salary till 60 years of age of the deceased employee/nominee along with medical benefits and housing facilities," the company statement released on social media read.

 

In addition to this, for all its frontline employees, who as part of their job, met with an unfortunate death due to coronavirus, the firm would bear "all the expenses of their children's education till graduation in India", the statement added.

 

" Tata Steel has taken the path of #AgilityWithCare by extending social security schemes to the family members of the employees affected by #COVID19. While we do our bit, we urge everyone to help others around them in any capacity possible to get through these tough times," on Twitter while announcing the schemes.

 

The announcement has earned the firm much praise and appreciation on social media platforms.