Mumbai: State Bank of India (SBI), country’s largest lender has announced that bank has contributed Rs. 2 Crore to the Armed Forces Battle Casualties Welfare Fund (AFBCWF). The fund is extended to armed forces for the welfare of casualties during the battle and support the dependents of the personnel.
SBI has contributed the amount through a newly launched website named ‘MaaBharatiKeSapoot’ by Shri Rajnath Singh, Hon’ble Defence Minister of India. The website was launched at a function organised at the National War Memorial Complex in New Delhi
The AFBCWF is a Tri-Service fund, which is utilized for grant of immediate financial assistance to the families of soldiers/sailors/airmen who lay down their lives or get grievously injured in active military operations.
