mumbai leading stock exchange nse on monday said it has contributed rs 26 crore towards pmcares fund and a few state government funds in the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic the employees of the nse group are also separately contributing one days salary towards the pmcares fund for this purpose a release saidnse is committed to supporting the government in the nations battle against the pandemic and in providing assistance to alleviate the difficulties faced by the ecosystem due to covid 19 the release saidthe prime ministers citizen assistance and relief in emergency situations fund pmcares fund was set up on march 28 to raise money for combating the coronavirus outbreak and to provide relief to the affected peoplepolitical leaders corporates defence personnel employees of psus such as railways and bollywood personalities have made contribution to the pmcares fundso far the pandemic has claimed 308 lives in india while the number of cases has climbed to 9152 according to the union health ministry