Bhubaneswar | April 06, 2016: National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) has bagged the prestigious India Pride Award for the year 2015-16 for CSR, Environment Protection and Conservation, instituted by the Dainik Bhaskar Group.
The Central PSU CMD Dr Tapan Kumar Chand received the award from Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad during the 7th Edition of the India Pride Awards held in New Delhi on Monday.
The India Pride Awards have been instituted as a tribute to the contributions made and excellence achieved in public services, especially by the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) in nation building.
“Nalco is working in all the thrust areas identified in the Companies Act, 2013. The company’s focus is on bringing its robust humane face to the fore through empathetic welfare and CSR measures,” said Dr Chand on receiving the award.
The Nalco has recently launched the ‘Nalco ki Ladli’ scheme under the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao programme of the Government of India, which aims at promoting meritorious girl students from BPL families studying in the periphery schools of company’s production units at Angul and Damanjodi.
The company has also proved to be an active partner in implementing the Swachh Bharat and Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan.
It has constructed 433 toilets in schools of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. Further, as the first PSU in the mining sector, the Nalco has signed an MoU for skill development with the National Skill Development Corporation and the National Skill Development Fund.
The company has committed 5% of its CSR budget for this capacity building programme. Besides, the Nalco in association with the Ministry of Skill Development is in the process of setting up a Centre of Excellence for Skill Development in Eastern India.
Also, all the units of Nalco are ISO 14001-Certified for environment management with zero discharge of effluents. The company has planted over 78 lakh trees in the periphery of its operating units so far.
(Source: http://www.prameyanews7.com/)