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₹21 crore in donations to help in India’s fight against covid.Last week, fintech startup CRED allowed members to donate their CRED coins—earned through making credit card payments on its platform—for covid-relief activities.In an update, the company on Wednesday said more than 7.5 lakh members pledged their CRED coins, helping the platform deploy ₹10 crore to non-profits including Milaap, Hemkunt Foundation and Give India.Through these donations, close to 450 oxygen concentrators are expected to be deployed within the next 10 days, the company said.Non-profit Give India said it has collected more than ₹44 crore through donations on its platform, which is currently being routed towards procuring oxygen supplies for hospitals, cash support.

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