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FEATURE 20 Performance Evaluation of CPSEs 36 Starting a movement to revive Public Libraries

“Impact of our CSR programs has to be equally felt and driven�

Deepak Arora, CEO, Essar Foundation

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"There are many challenges to cross, but I am enjoying this journey..."

Prathaap Bhimasena Rao Founder & CEO, Ground Reality Enterprises

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"CWF is playing its part to eradicate illiteracy" Smitha B. S., Lead Community Outreach, Careworks Foundation

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"Making Safe Drinking Water Accessible..."

JanaJal water ATM, Parag Agarwal, Founder & CMD, JanaJal

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"Making available Portable Drinking Water"

Rakesh Sharma, MD & CEO, Canara Bank

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India embarking on a technology journey The biggest question is whether politics will give the necessary support to economics. There is now a reasonable chance of a cyclical recovery. But turning that into something more durable will mean a delicate balancing act. Policymakers must support private and public investment, further innovation, maintain open and competitive economies and reduce regulation. The concern is now on sustainable economic growth where societies will create such conditions that will allow people to have quality jobs that stimulate the economy.

India embarked on a journey of economic liberalization and has an exciting future for growth and transformation by opening its doors to global trade and market forces. Now, as uncertainties cloud the global economic picture, the International Monetary Fund has projected that India’s GDP will grow by 7.4 per cent during 2016-17, making it the world’s fastest-growing large economy. The Government is also making public on the Urban Development strategy for the next 20 years intending to give a big push to use growing urbanization for rapid economic development, while at the same time committing itself to address issues of sustainable development and climate change. Now India compares favourably with other emerging markets in growth potential.

GST is a win-win situation for the entire country. It will bring benefits to all the stakeholders of industry, government and the consumers. It will lower the cost of goods and services, give a boost to the economy and make the products and services globally competitive. GST aims to make India a common market with common tax rates and procedures and remove the economic barriers, thus paving the way for an integrated economy at a national level. By subsuming most of the Central and State taxes into a single tax and by allowing a setoff of prior-stage taxes for the transactions across the entire value chain, it would mitigate the ill- effects of cascading, improve competitiveness and improve liquidity of businesses. GST will also give a major boost to the “Make-inIndia” initiative of the Government of India by making goods and services produced in India competitive in the national as well as international markets.

There is no denying the fact that huge potential exists for innovation and R&D in India. Implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST), scheduled to take place beginning July 1, 2017, is going to require a collective effort of the all the stakeholders – central and state governments, Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) and state tax departments, taxpayers along with their tax and software consultants, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) along with banks, and the IT platform provider GSTN. GSTN is provider of IT infrastructure and services to central and state governments, taxpayers and other stakeholders for implementation of the GST.

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Accenture Labs and Akshaya Patra to use AI, IoT and Blockchain Accenture and Akshaya Patra, the world’s largest NGO-run Mid-Day Meal Program has collaborated on an innovative project to use disruptive technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain in Mid-Day Meal Program.

An analysis of the project indicated a potential to improve efficiency by 20 percent, which could boost the number of meals served by millions.

Sanjay Podder, managing director, Accenture Labs, Bengaluru, said, "We thought this was an ideal proving ground to put the combined power of AI, IoT and blockchain to use.”

"It is indeed heartening to see big players in technology like Accenture come forward to lend their expertise and help to address societal challenges like hunger through the innovative use of technology,” said Shridhar Venkat, CEO, Akshaya Patra Foundation.

“We aim to expand our reach to millions of more children with the help of such technologies. This is just a beginning; we look forward to more collaborations with Accenture,” added Venkat.

Accenture Labs began the project with a strategic assessment and design thinking, then developed a prototype for improving kitchen operations and outcomes. Technologies were then applied to four critical processes: collecting school feedback, tracking food delivery, measuring the quantity of food and supplies to be purchased, and monitoring meal production.

As a result of these process enhancements, Akshaya Patra improved their audit capabilities, attendance recording, invoice processing and payment, order and data collection, and food preparation operations, allowing for expanded production capabilities and establishing a blueprint for operating other kitchens.

An example of Akshaya Patra’s transformation was its move from manual collection of feedback from children and schools to a more efficient technology-based solution. Using blockchain and sensor-enabled devices, the technical team gathered feedback digitally, leveraging AI technologies to predict the next day’s meal requirements. The team tracked the timeliness of food delivered to each school involved in the initiative and collected the data using mobile devices and an Accenture-built system.

The team also used IoT sensors to monitor and sequence the cooking process to ensure optimum energy consumption and consistent food quality. This system not only aided in tracking kitchen performance but also provided accurate, real-time data to identify trends, make better informed decisions and save valuable time and effort.

IET signs MOU with Saraswati Seva Foundation to upskill pedagogy

The Institution of Engineering and Technology Services India (IET) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Saraswati Seva Foundation, a non-profit organisation committed to serve the underprivileged communities using knowledge tools and networks to support a sustainable foundation of the society.

The agreement is designed to facilitate the exchange of the IET Faraday content as well as technical know-how from the IET to enable the Saraswati Seva Foundation to train and upskill teachers in schools catering to under-privileged.

The IET Faraday project intends to provide teaching resources along with teacher enrichment programs to the school teachers. The program comprises of curriculum support, resources, information for schools and cross-curricular classroom activities. The teachers will be enabled with the add-on teaching resources and techniques which are relevant to the tech-savvy students of today. The project is also intended to engage the school students in fun filled activity based learning, generating the love for STEM in the young minds.

The partnership with Saraswati Seva Foundation will allow all the school affiliated to the foundation to access the IET’s Faraday resources. It expands the foundation’s vision towards building technology-driven and scalable solutions for specific social needs which are environmentally sustainable and commercially viable.

Commenting on this momentous occasion, Shekhar Sanyal, director and country head, IET India, said, “With its tremendous potential to impact the engineering and technology scenario in India, the agreement demonstrates the IET’s commitment to create a pool of quality engineers who are industry ready and better equipped to build a better tomorrow.”

Adding on Vivek Singh, president, Saraswati Seva Foundation, said, “I am pleased about the fact that Saraswati Seva Foundation has partnered with IET's Faraday Program to deliver STEM modules to the underprivileged children. We, at SSF, look forward to working with IET to enhance students' scientific temper and make them curious enough to question and explore.”

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Safe Kids and Pune Fire to train 100 Young Fire Marshals

At the launch of National Fire Service Week, Safe Kids Foundation and Pune Fire Department announced that 100 volunteers to be inducted as fire marshals, called Agni Surakhsa Mitras, to help deal with fire emergencies.

These volunteers are being fully trained in fire safety procedures and will complete the Safe Kids at Home fire safety program.

Funded by a Honeywell India grant, Safe Kids at Home is a home safety program to help prevent and reduce burns and scalds among children under 14 years old, in Pune. The program uses cutting-edge, experiential, and fun educational tools targeted at different age groups, to reach 425,000 children and 250,000 parents by 2018.

Introducing the first batch of volunteers, Prashant Ranpise, chief fire officer, Pune Fire Department, said, “Our firefighters risk their lives to battle fires, and the addition of 100 Agni Suraksha Mitras will not only bolster our workforce, but will inspire the youth to work alongside us, or even join us.”

Kiran Gawade, chief fire officer, Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), said, “I am delighted that this year, PCMC is partnering with Pune Fire Department and Safe Kids Foundation to take the awareness drive to a larger section of the city’s people. As a region contiguous to Pune Municipal Corporation, it is only natural that this program be taken to PCMC as well. This will definitely help to boost up the morale and fire safety awareness in public of this fast-developing twin city.”

Dr Cinthia Pinto, program director, Safe Kids Foundation, said, “Training students as Agni Suraksha Mitras is a unique step towards transforming Pune into a safer city for our children. We are thankful to the Pune and PCMC fire departments for their support, and we are happy to partner with them in the awareness drive planned through the National Fire Service Week.”

Vikas Chadha, president, Honeywell India,said, “At Honeywell, we have decades of experience in developing and deploying technologies that keep families safe and secure wherever they live and work. Through our partnership with Safe Kids Foundation, we aspire to make Pune a model safe kids at home city.”

9th ICT4D Conference to take place on 15-18 May The 9th Annual ICT4D Conference will take place on 15-18 May, 2017 at Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC), Hyderabad.

The ICT4D Conference provides a platform for sector experts, program managers, technical advisors and executives to come together to discuss best practices, explore possible applications of frontier technology and evaluate the impact they create in the journey to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs).

The plenary sessions will examine how the power of data can be harnessed to create development impact. Senior government of India officials will deliver keynote addresses on Digital India, and in a joint session with Kate Wilson, CEO, Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL)on how India’s eGovernance transformation is advancing ICT4D innovation for the SDGs. Later in the morning, Schuyler Thorup, EVP, Overseas Operations, Catholic Relief Services, will deliver a keynote on strengthening a culture of data use in organizations.

The plenary session on May 16 will discuss innovations in data visualization and analytics. In this session, Rebecca Moore, director, Engineering, Google Earth and Earth Engine & Earth Outreach at Google, will present a case study on ‘Unleashing the Power of Data for Decision Making’.

The 17 May plenary sessions will cover enablers and barriers to open data sharing. Michael Duggan, chief information officer (Global), Oxfam International will deliver a trends keynote speech as a call to action for responsible program data. Later in the day, Frank Schott, vice president, Global Programs, NetHope will present a case study on appropriate data sharing and protection strategies.

This year’s organizing team includes: Catholic Relief Services, Mercy Corps, World Vision, NetHope, the Anudip Foundation, Dalberg, the Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL), the Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri), iMerit Technology Services, and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). The team is supported by Microsoft, Google Earth Outreach, CGIAR, Cyient, Digital Globe, DuPont, Oxfam, aWhere/GDA and RTI International. www.spoindia.org April 2017 | 7

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REC contributes Rs. 25 Cr towards Swachh Bharat Kosh

Rural Electrification Corporation (REC), a public-sector undertaking under the Ministry of Power has contributed Rs. 25 crore towards Swachh Bharat Kosh as per Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

The cheque was handed over by P.V. Ramesh Babu, CMD, Rural Electric Corporation (REC), to Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa, who is also the chairperson of the Swachh Bharat Kosh (SBK) as part of REC’s CSR activity. Also present were Parmeshwaran Iyer, secretary, ministry of drinking water and sanitation and Vivek Joshi, administrator, SBK and senior officers of REC. REC has also contributed Rs. 25 crore towards this noble cause earlier in August 2016, thus making a total contribution of Rs. 50 crore to the Swachh Bharat Kosh. Apart from this, Rural Electrification Corporation has also constructed 194 toilets during the current fiscal.

REC is committed to supporting the Government of India’s mission for Swachh Bharat. As a step in this direction, REC had, during the FY 2014-15 and 2015-16, constructed a total of 12,292 toilets. These toilets are spread across 33 districts in 6 states.

The SBK is to be used to achieve the objective of improving cleanliness levels in rural and urban areas, including in schools. The allocation from the SBK is being used to supplement departmental resources for such activities. All donations towards Swachh Bharat Kosh are eligible for deduction of 100% from the total Income Tax. The contributions to SBK can also be included by companies towards CSR under the Companies Act, 2013.

Rural Electric Corporation (REC) is an enterprise of the Government of India under the Ministry of Power and is mandated to provide financing for the power sector development across the value chain in the field of generation, transmission, distribution and, above all, renewable energy development. REC is the coordinating agency for implementing flagship programs of the government in the power sector that include Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana scheme, the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) programme and several other initiatives of the government to ensure “Power for All”.

PSU CSR Funding increases 67% in FY2015-16

The corporate social responsibility (CSR) funding of central public sector units has increased by 67 per cent in FY2015-16.

As per government report, an amount of Rs. 4,101 crore has been incurred by 106 central public sector undertakings during FY2015-16 for undertaking CSR activities/projects vis-a-vis Rs 2,450 crore has been incurred by 120 central public sector undertakings during FY2014-15.

According to provisions on corporate social responsibility of the Companies Act, 2013, all companies, including CPSEs fulfilling threshold limits are required to spend at least 2 per cent of their average net profit made during the three preceding years to undertake CSR activities/projects as listed in Schedule-VII to the Companies Act, 2013.

As per first proviso of Section 135 (5) of Companies Act, 2013, central public sector undertakings shall give preference to the local area and areas around it where they operate for spending the amount earmarked for CSR activities. However, CPSEs may decide to undertake CSR activities in any part of the country, including backward, rural areas of the country.

IDBI and BMB CSR spend

IDBI (Industrial Development Bank of India) and Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) have together invested Rs. 4.17 crore in FY 201617 in comparison to Rs. 9.5 crore in FY2015-16.

In FY 2016-17, IDBI has invested Rs. 4.17 crore, whereas BMB has not invested any amount in the corporate social responsibility sector.

IDBI (Industrial Development Bank of India) and Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) are the only public sector banks covered under the Companies Act and hence these two companies invest in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

The Public Sector Banks [except Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) and Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB)] are not covered under the Companies Act and hence Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy is not applicable on the banks.

IDBI has received six requests to undertake various activities under CSR in FY 2016-17 and taken action keeping in view the Bank’s CSR Policy, CSR focus areas and CSR Budget.

As per RBI guidelines, all scheduled commercial banks including Public sector Banks are allowed to extend voluntary contribution/ donation during a financial year, aggregating up to 1% of their published profit for the previous year. In case of loss making banks, they can make donations totalling Rs. 5 lakh only in a financial year. Such spending on donations by banks is voluntary in nature subject to respective board’s approval.

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MOVEMENT

ACC gives Nod to LIC MDs and CBDT Members

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has given its nod to the appointment of two managing directors of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and two members of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the apex board under the Ministry of Finance that formulates policies on direct taxes in India.

The two officers appointed as LIC MDs are: B. Venugopal, currently executive director of LIC and Sunita Sharma, also an LIC executive director. Both these officers are appointed for a period of five years from the date of notification of their appointment or till they retire, according to the order.

Based in Mumbai, Venugopal is currently the chief of the western zone of LIC and Sharma now heads the subsidiary of the insurer - LIC Housing Finance.

Meanwhile, two senior officers of Indian Revenue Service (Income-Tax) Ajit Kumar Srivastava and Shabri Bhattasali were appointed as members of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).

Siddhanta Das appointed DG (forests)

Siddhanta Das has been appointed as director general (forests) and special secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change.

Cabinet Secretary P.K. Sinha gets One Year Extension

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the extension of cabinet secretary PK Sinha’s tenure for one year beyond June 12, 2017. That means, Sinha will get a tenure of three years as India’s top bureaucrat. Though cabinet secretary like home and foreign secretaries get a fixed tenure of two years, the top bureaucrat usually gets extension mainly because prime minister does not want to take risks in experimenting with a new hand at the level.

Joint Secretary Appointments

Ashok K. R. Parmaras appointed as joint secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a period of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Mihir K. Singh.

Aparna S. Sharma appointed as joint secretary, Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a period of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Avinash P. Das Joshi.

B.P. Kannungo appointed to the post of deputy governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) vice R. Gandhi, for a period of three years with effect from the date of taking over the charge i.e. on or after 3.4.2017 or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Vandita Kaul appointed as joint secretary, Department of Financial Services, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post for a period of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice A.V. Patil.

IICA and NSDC to forge collaboration on Skills and CSR

Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) and National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) have forged a collaboration on skills and corporate social responsibility (CSR).

Manish Kumar, managing director & CEO, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) mentioned the “areas of synergy” and “common grounds” that both the organisations can identify for working together.

He further said that the two organisations can collaborate in areas including but not limited to MSME, corporate governance, CSR, business innovation, e-Governance and corporate communications. He also gave a detailed account of NSDC’s mandate as well as delivery mechanisms. The present visit was aimed at exploring synergy and partnership between the two institutions, which in turn, would lead to effective collaborative work.

Speaking on the occasion, Sunil Arora, DG & CEO, IICA reiterated the possibility of both the organisations working together covering several domains.

Highlighting the need for a close coordination and regular interaction, Arora suggested that teams from both organisations should work towards closing a MoU within a specified period of time. He further articulated that areas of CSR, skill, entrepreneurship, innovation, MSMEs provided ample opportunity to both the organizations to bring together mutual synergies and contribute to policy priorities of the government.

Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) is an autonomous organisation working under the aegis of the ministry of corporate affairs. Set up as the premier organisation that aims at providing astute and credible intellectual leadership in corporate regulation, governance and running sustainable businesses, IICA is a capacity development and service delivery institute.

The National Skill Development Corporation, (NSDC) is a unique Public Private Partnership in India, working under the ministry of skill development & entrepreneurship. It aims to promote skill development by catalysing creation of large, quality, for-profit vocational institutions. NSDC provides funding to build scalable, for-profit vocational training initiatives. Its mandate is also to enable support systems such as quality assurance, information systems and train the trainer academies either directly or through partnerships. www.spoindia.org April 2017 | 9

NEWS/GOVT.

Bharat ke Veer portal launched by Rajnath Singh

The union home minister, Rajnath Singh inaugurated the web portal and mobile application named “Bharat ke Veer” on the occasion of Valour Day of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

The portal is an IT based platform, with an objective to enable willing donors to contribute towards the family of a braveheart who sacrificed his/her life in line of duty. The amount so donated will be credited to the account of ‘Next of Kin’ of those central armed police force/central para military force soldiers.

Speaking on the occasion, Rajnath Singh said that he pays heartfelt tribute to the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the safety of nation. He said that each moment of lives of CRPF and CAPF personnel is a test of their courage and bravery.

Rajnath Singh thanked actor Akshay Kumar for contributing his ideas to the launch of “Bharat ke Veer” portal and app.

Speaking on the occasion, actor Akshay Kumar said, "This web portal has been designed in a record time of just two and a half months. He said that it will act as a support to the families of the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the nation. This will act as a platform for those who want to contribute to the families of the bravehearts, but are not aware of the channel."

This website is technically supported by National Informatics Centre (NIC) and powered by State Bank of India. To ensure maximum coverage, a cap of 15 lakh rupees is imposed and the donors would be alerted if the amount exceeds, so that they can choose to divert part of the donation to another braveheart account or to the “Bharat Ke Veer” corpus. “Bharat Ke Veer” corpus would be managed by a committee made up of eminent persons of repute and senior government officials, who would decide to disburse the fund equitably to the braveheart’s family on need basis.

On the occasion, the Home Minister awarded Police Medal for Gallantry to the CRPF personnel (including posthumously) on the occasion of Valour Day today. The Valour Day is celebrated in remembrance of an act of unparalleled bravery displayed by a small contingent of CRPF personnel, pitted against a full-fledged infantry brigade of Pakistani Army, trying to overrun their post, at Sardar Post, Rann of Kutch, Gujarat on April 09, 1965. They not only defeated the Pakistani brigade but also killed 34 Pakistani soldiers and captured 4 of them alive. The CRPF successfully defended the post till the arrival of reinforcements. The saga of valour of Sardar Post is a rich source of inspiration to the officers and men of CRPF and befittingly 9th April is observed as the “Valour Day”.

Parameswaran Iyer, secretary, Drinking Water and Sanitation; Sudeep Lakhtakia, DG (Off.), CRPF; Rajiv Jain, director, IB, DGs of CAPFs and other senior officers were also present on the occasion.

NITI Aayog to collaborate with Civil Society

Niti Aayog is planning to collaborate with civil society organisations (CSOs) for effective implementation of government policies/ schemes.

Recently, NITI Aayog organized an interaction with the leading CSOs and key ministries of the union government. Over 17 leading voluntary organisations from all over the country working across the spectrum of social sector services from education, health, geriatric care, women’s empowerment and rural development to handlooms interacted with 15 central ministries such as ministry of rural development, ministry of women and child development, FSSAI, ministry of minority affairs, among others.

Highlighting the crucial role of CSOs in ensuring inclusive growth and development down to the last mile, NITI Aayog vice chairman, Dr. Arvind Panagariya said, “An effective partnership between the government and the CSOs will go a long way in efficient utilization of government resources, especially in the social sector.”

Emphasizing the potential of a collaborative approach to create a lasting impact on the lives of all citizens, NITI Aayog CEO, Amitabh Kant said that innovative solutions to eliminate poverty, hunger and all other forms of deprivation can emerge through greater coordination between CSOs and the government.

The meeting identified effective ways of strengthening partnership between CSOs and the government at the national, state/ district and ground level for improving service delivery of major government schemes.

A range of issues pertaining to social sector service delivery from allocation of funds to monitoring and evaluation processes, including self-regulation of CSOs, were discussed at the roundtable. Elucidating the nature and impact of work performed by the organization, each CSO brought to the table specific sector-wise recommendations to collaborate with government ministries and departments.

Suggestions were made by leading voluntary organizations including Pratham, Help Age India, Sulabh International, Pradhan, Akshaya Patra and Prayas for developing a sustainable partnership between voluntary organizations and the government.

Carrying forward the spirit of partnership, it has been decided that similar interactions to build strong partnerships for effective governance will take place at regular intervals.

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NMCG signs MoU with Rotary India for Namami Gange

In its effort to make Namami Gange programme a mass movement with the involvement of more and more voluntary organisations, National Mission for Clean Ganga under the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation has signed an MoU with Rotary India.

Rotary India will support clean Ganga mission through their ‘WASH in Schools’ program in various schools. The program includes the implementation of water, sanitation and hygiene services in the targeted government schools and sensitizing all the stakeholders including school children, teachers, school management communities and communities etc. on practicing positive health behaviors for improving awareness on sanitation.

This will be achieved through an integrated learning environment and enabling children to serve as agents of change for their siblings and communities at large. Rotary India has planned to undertake WASH in Schools program in 20,000 government schools.

The MoU will pave the way for integrating the theme of Ganga Rejuvenation with Rotary's program of WASH which is to be undertaken in government schools and communities located along the river Ganga in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Nadia District of West Bengal and other states where Rotary has a strong presence. It will undertake activities and campaigns to create awareness in schools and communities about Ganga rejuvenation and thereby reducing the pollution flowing into the river.

The emphasis will be on public outreach and community participation. The MoU shall remain in force for two years.

The collaboration between NMCG and Rotary is a significant step in involving various stake holders and communities in Ganga Rejuvenation. The collaboration would initially focus on synergizing the strength of Rotary International for Ganga Rejuvenation without any additional financial commitment from NMCG. The MoU was signed by director general, National Mission for Clean Ganga U.P. Singh and vice chairman of Rotary India P.T. Prabhakar.

Innovation Camps to be organised under Navonmesh

Prakash Javedkar, Union Minister of Human Resource Development, said five camps will be organized for innovations in education under the Navonmesh this year at Raipur, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Guwahati and Pune will be discussed by various state government officers, NGOs and exponent of education.

The camps will focus on the aspects of teacher education, imparting of quality education, collaboration of community and proper use of digital means for education will be discussed at length by various state government officers, NGOs and exponent of education doing innovation in education.

Addressing a three day national conference on innovation (Navonmesh) in school education held at NCERT headquarters in New Delhi, Union Minister of Human Resources Development emphasised the need to impart quality education to students in such a manner so that they could come up as good citizens imbibed with values.

Javadekar said we are planning to create awareness among parents and teachers as well as students regarding the norms of education being given at certain level in definitive mode. For this posters will be displayed in school across the country, teachers will be provided proper training and accountability will be fixed.

On this occasion five books were also released such as: Learning Outcomes at the Elementary Stage, North-East India: People, History and Culture, Barakha: Reading Series for all, Towards Green School (In Hindi also as titled Haritshalaki ore) and Dictionary of Geography for Schools (Trilingual).

The three day conference has participants from different states and UNESCO in addition to NGOs and Educationists. www.spoindia.org April 2017 | 11

NEWS/CORPORATE

CA Annual Employee Volunteer Initiative focuses on STEM

CA Technologies 12th anniversary of Annual Employee Volunteer Initiative which takes place in the week leading up to Earth Day and focuses largely on the advancement of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education and the environment.

From Monday, April 17 to Friday, April 21, CA employees around the world will take time out of their workday to give back in the communities where they live and work.

“Since its inception in 2005, participation in CA Together in Action has continued to grow, showing the commitment our colleagues around the globe have to sharing their time and talents with those in need,” said Erica Christensen, vice president, Corporate Social Responsibility, CA Technologies.

“As a software company, we’re particularly invested in helping to close the STEM skills gap. CA Together in Action is one of many ways we’re working to encourage the next generation of tech leaders,” added Christensen.

CA is partnering with organizations like Code.org, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to computer science, and increasing participation by women and underrepresented students of color; and STEM Alliance in Europe, an organization that inspires young people to consider careers in STEM. Several activities are also being held with long-time partners, including El Penon IAP, Growing Gardens, Island Harvest, PENCIL and Robert Moses State Park.

“We are proud to partner with CA Technologies to help bring computer science education to all students,” said HadiPartovi, CEO and Founder, Code.org.

Over CA Together in Action’s history, more than 60,000 employee volunteer hours have been given, and more than 1,200 projects have been completed. CA employees are encouraged to use up to five workdays each year to give back. In addition, CA matches employee donations of up to $10,000 each fiscal year.

INTEX partners with LIFE for Entrepreneur Development Centre

Intex Technologies has tiedup with Livelihood Initiatives for Empowerment (LIFE) to setup the first ‘INTEX-LIFE Entrepreneur Development Centre’ at Akola, Maharashtra for training rural youth.

In the pilot phase, the partnership intends to train around 20 rural youth with entrepreneurship development skills to set up rural enterprises in Akola. For this, LIFE will first create entrepreneurs by providing required skills, training and certification over a period of two months and then provide them information about possible enterprise options in the public, private and development space.

The initiative will create enterprise options for the rural poor using INTEX-LIFE as a brand to launch and later sustain the business by continued mentorship, identification and integration of locally relevant business opportunities in the private and public sector space with the prime objective of improving development of rural youth and their quality of life.

Commenting on this noble initiative, Ishita Bansal of Intex said, “At Intex, we believe that imparting skills through vocational training is of the utmost importance if we want our youth to attain employment, be self-reliant and enter the mainstream of society.

With this objective in mind, INTEX will be launching many more initiatives in CSR space and is partnering with LIFE for this one to not only promote livelihood creation but also to drive local area development through enterprise initiatives.”

Minu Thommen, executive director, LIFE said, “We will be continuously scouting for businesses, products and services for our entrepreneurs, whereby they can stay in their communities and earn a sustainable livelihood.”

Telenor India donates 7,000 Books

Under the ‘Book for Smiles’ campaign, Telenor collected around 7,000 old books from employees and customers by setting up collection boxes across its offices and select Telenor stores.

This is the second consecutive year wherein Telenor partnered with the Food 4 Thought Foundation and the books collected will be used to set up 10 new libraries in schools across India. Last year around 23 libraries were set up with the books collected covering 21 government schools and 2 public hospitals across states of Haryana, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Madhya Pradesh.

On this occasion, SharadMehrotra, chief executive officer at Telenor India said, “We strongly believe that every book donated will have an impact on enhancing the literacy levels amongst children and shall further instill the habit of reading which is critical towards acquiring knowledge. This campaign has made accessibility of books easier for children and provides great opportunity to everyone who is willing to contribute in enhancing child education.”

The ‘Book for Smiles’ campaign by Telenor is an attempt to spread the joy of reading by bridging the gap between the privileged and not so privileged segment of children in the country.

“Our children need a reading revolution; a revolution that we intend to fuel by giving our children an access to books. We are proud to have the support of Telenor in this journey and we are thankful to them to continue this campaign from last year which saw a great success.

We are eager to spread the same level of excitement this year as well,” said Madhavi Sharma, director, Food 4 Thought Foundation.

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Lenovo partners for Village Social Transformation

Lenovo has partnered with Government of Maharashtra to provide technology for the first phase of the Village Social Transformation Mission.

Under the partnership, Lenovo will provide 110 tablets with a view to bring technology-based efficiencies in health, education, water conservation and irrigation programmes.

Village Social Transformation Mission is an initiative, announced by the chief minister of Maharashtra in August 2016 which aims to transform 1,000 villages affected by drought or social challenges into model villages by 2018.

Lenovo tablets will be used by rural development fellows who have been specifically hired to take the mission forward. The first phase will cover 100 villages that will cover talukas and gram panchayats of Aurangabad, Nagpur and Wardha districts.

The chief minister’s fellowship members will own the social transformation and will work with the local government (gram panchyats) and corporates/NGOs and the state government.

Rahul Agarwal, MD & CEO, Lenovo India, said, "We believe that technology implementation at the grass root level is the key to a successful transformation story of our country. The initiative by the state government is a step in the right direction to meet the goal of self-sustainable development and empowering the citizens by technology.”

The initiative fits well into Lenovo’s CSR strategy and vision for providing technology for quality education that includes skill training and learning practical aspects of sustainable development through technology based platforms.

The Village Social Transformation Mission is a unique mechanism with the potential to transform rural Maharashtra. It aims to provide hard and soft infrastructure and quality last mile service delivery, empowering villages to practice self-sustainable development.

The mission will converge government efforts with activities undertaken by corporates under the corporate social responsibility (CSR) Act. Existing corporate activities will be supported by existing government schemes and administrative machinery. Meanwhile, the government will incorporate corporate best practices, technical expertise and insights.

Microsoft Philanthropies contributes $10 Mn

In India, Microsoft Philanthropies has contributed a total of over $10 million towards community development.

This contribution includes both cash and technology investments to transform the way nonprofits deliver impact in India, offer educational opportunities to empower the next generation and extend support during humanitarian crises.

Microsoft Philanthropies was created with a commitment to bring the benefits of technology to people who need them the most, as well as to nonprofit organizations that are working to address humanity’s most pressing issues.

Madhu Khatri, associate general counsel, Microsoft India said, "Over the years, we have seen how applying technology has revolutionized every business, industry and organization. Cloud computing has emerged as a vital resource for addressing the world’s problems, helping fuel breakthroughs across the full-range of economic and social challenges. These technologies will help serve the mission of Microsoft Philanthropies to drive digital inclusion and empowerment in India and across the world.”

Microsoft has donated millions in cloud services to more than 142 nonprofits across India. Two impactful examples of a nonprofit making a difference with Microsoft Cloud is Akshaya Patra and Habitat4Humanity, that fight issues like hunger and malnutrition in India and works with low-income families to build new homes and incremental housing, respectively.

In 2016, Microsoft employees supported the company’s giving efforts by contributing to support over 150 NGOs across India as part of the annual Microsoft India Employee Giving Campaign.

In the last one year, Microsoft has provided training to more than 25,000 youths, of which about 13,000 have been placed in jobs; 1,100 have started their own entrepreneurial ventures and 2,600 were inspired to continue education and training in computer sciences across 22 states in India.

Microsoft has also provided cash grant support to Nasscom Foundation and QUEST Alliance for investing in development of coding and computer science learning modules for training youth.

As part of relief and humanitarian efforts, Microsoft took responsive action to provide aid for Tamil Nadu Floods. The company offered funding support for a six-month emergency response program with an aim to reach 800 households comprising approximately 4,800 persons in the worst affected areas in urban locations of Chennai and rural areas of Cuddalore District and Kanchipuram District. www.spoindia.org April 2017 | 13

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Vodafone India plants 300,000 trees between Kanha and Pench

Vodafone India has planted 300,000 trees on approximately 300 hectares of forest and community land over 3 years to improve wildlife corridor between Kanha and Pench.

Vodafone, along with Grow-Trees.com, the exclusive Indian planting partner for United Nations Environment Program’s Billion Tree Campaign, has announced the successful completion of their joint project to improve wildlife corridor between Kanha and Pench wildlife sanctuaries by planting 300,000 trees on approximately 300 hectares of forest and community land over 3-years.

Initiated in August 2014, Kanha-Pench afforestation project involved planting 100,000 saplings over 100 hectares of forest land between Kanha Tiger Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh and Pench in Maharashtra every year for three years. In the just concluded last phase, 100,000 saplings were planted near Karwahi village for the last 3 consecutive years. In the first two phases, 200,000 saplings were planted near Rata and Dhodhara village (near Kanha) along the corridor.

The successful completion of the wildlife corridor was formally announced by Ashish Chandra, business head– Maharashtra & Goa, Vodafone India and Bikrant Tiwary, CEO, Grow-Trees.com.

Sharing details about Vodafone’s support to the project, Ashish Chandra – business head, M&G, Vodafone India said, “This unique project has enabled Vodafone to offset 33 million kg of carbon footprint generated by our offices. More importantly, we have been able to create livelihood opportunities, enable reforestation and facilitate habitat connectivity in tiger breeding areas between Kanha and Pench reserves. This is a win-win-win proposition for all - the organisation, the community and the environment, exemplifying the true spirit of sustainability.”

This project has created about 25,000 workdays of direct jobs mainly for women and tribal communities inhabiting the area in addition to supporting several allied livelihood generating activities such as farming, fruit and honey gathering etc. on a sustained basis.

Speaking on the occasion, Bikrant Tiwary, CEO, Grow-Trees.com said, “We are delighted to have Vodafone India as our corporate partner to support this novel project of wildlife corridors for enlarging wildlife habitats. The size and scale of this private corridor reforestation initiative is the biggest till date in the country. The planting process on site has been taken care by our local planting partner.”

Kanha Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh and Pench Tiger Reserve straddling Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra are important habitats for the tiger population in central India. As tigers need large home ranges to ensure population viability, it is important to ensure habitat connectivity between different breeding areas.

Bajaj Auto donates Rs. one crore to AFFDF Bajaj Auto has donated Rs one crore to Armed Forces Flag Day Fund (AFFDF).

C.P. Tripathi, head, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Bajaj Auto presented a cheque of Rs. one crore to the defence minister Manohar Parrikar as donation to the Armed Forces Flag Day Fund (AFFDF).

Accepting the cheque, Manohar Parrikar appreciated the concern shown by the industry towards ex-servicemen and their families and expressed his confidence in the industry that it will continue its contribution to this noble cause. The fund will provide financial assistance to needy ex-servicemen, widows and their dependents for healthcare, disability and children.

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Huawei India signs MoU with CAF India

Huawei India today announced its partnership with Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) India for digitalization of government schools in Telangana under its Daksha CSR program.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in the presence of K.T. Rama Rao, Minister for IT E&C, Industries & Commerce, Mines & Geology, Public Enterprises and NRI Affairs, Government of Telangana.

In line with its CSR vision of promoting education and child welfare, Huawei India will equip select government schools with computers and internet facilities along with required learning material, software or tools to promote digital literacy in Telangana.

Speaking on the occasion, K.T. Rama Rao said, “We appreciate the initiative taken by Huawei to further promote digitalization in government schools in Telangana as this will go a long way in equipping our children to be ready for the future. Improving digital literacy is one of our priority focus area and we will provide all necessary help for successful implementation of this noble initiative and urge more corporates to come forward for such initiatives.”

Jay Chen, CEO, Huawei Telecommunications India said, “In today’s digital era, computational thinking and digital know-how are essential skills for a successful career in any sector. Huawei is committed to equip and empower young minds, to prepare a whole new generation of students for a brighter future in a digitized India.”

Highlighting the partnership with Huawei, Meenakshi Batra, CEO, CAF India said, “CAF India is happy to partner with Huawei on this important initiative that is meant to improve digital literacy among school children across India. In Telengana the ‘Daksha’ program aims to promote the use of ICT in education to enable quality learning thereby helping to achieve the goals of lifelong learning.”

Huawei India’s school digitalization initiative covers select government schools in the states of Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Bihar and Haryana. In this regard, Huawei has been working with NGOs across the country at various levels. As a part of the Daksha program, Huawei India is already supporting 982 children in 10 SoS Children Village’s of India across India to access digital education with an aim to improve and prepare children for future digital era.

Sunil Mittal meets UN Secretary General to discuss SDGs International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) chairman, Sunil Bharti Mittal, today met the secretary general of the United Nations (UN), Antonio Guterres in New York and discussed implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

It was their first meeting between the two since UN took the historic decision to grant ICC Observer Status at the UN General Assembly last December.

During the meeting, Sunil Bharti Mittal underscored ICC’s commitment to use its newly granted status to “deploy fully the resources, expertise and knowledge of world business” in the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The SDGs are the most ambitious development agenda ever agreed at the international level—and it is widely recognised that their successful implementation will hinge on widespread business action.

Secretary generalGuterres welcomed ICC’s commitment to the SDGs and noted that partnerships with the private sector would be vital to address major global challenges from as climate change to mass migration.

Mittal highlighted the importance of rules-based policy making to enable trade, innovation and job-creation in the context of the SDGs. The two also discussed the challenges posed by growing populism and anti-globalisation sentiment.

Following the meeting, Mittal said: “We look forward to using the unique platform that Observer Status provides to positively shape important debates on issues such as trade, financing, technology and corporate responsibility.”

The meeting was part of the ICC chairman’s mission to New York where he is meeting with senior UN officials and national ambassadors. Earlier in the day, Mittal, joined ICC’s secretary general, John Danilovich, at a ceremony to confirm the appointment of ICC’s first-ever Permanent Observer to the UN, Dr Louise Kantrow.

ICC also announced the development of a new partnership with the UN Refugee Agency to enhance business engagement in the international response to the global refugee crisis.

Sunil Bharti Mittal had taken over as the chairman of ICC, one of the world’s oldest and most respected global business organisations in June 2016. He is only the third Indian business leader to hold this prestigious position in ICC’s near -100 year history. www.spoindia.org April 2017 | 15

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India is winning its War on Human Waste Nearly three years ago, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made one of the boldest comments on public health that I have ever heard from an elected official. It's still having a big impact today.

He made the comment during his first speech to the nation commemorating India's Independence Day. Modi said: “We are living in the 21st century. Has it ever pained us that our mothers and sisters have to defecate in the open?...

The poor womenfolk of the village wait for the night; until darkness descends, they can`t go out to defecate. What bodily torture they must be feeling, how many diseases that act might engender. Can`t we make arrangements for toilets for the dignity of our mothers and sisters?”

I can’t think of another time when a national leader has broached such a sensitive topic so frankly and so publicly.

Even better, Modi backed up his words with actions. Two months after that speech, he launched a campaign called Clean India (“Swachh Bharat” in Hindi), which now includes ending open defecation nationwide by 2019, installing 75 million toilets throughout the country—75 million!—and making sure that no untreated waste is dumped into the environment.

If you’re wondering why the Prime Minister would put a spotlight on a subject that most of us would rather not even think about, take a look at the statistics. Of the 1.7 million people worldwide who die from unsafe water, sanitation, and hygiene each year, more than 600,000 are in India. A quarter of young girls there drop out of school because there’s no decent toilet available.

When you factor in the deaths, sickness, and lost opportunity, poor sanitation costs India more than $106 billion a year.

In other words, solving this problem will save hundreds of thousands of lives every year, help girls stay in school, and boost the country’s economy. Improving sanitation is a big focus for our foundation, and we’re working closely with the Indian government in support 16 | April 2017 www.spoindia.org

of its goals.

There are two keys to achieving the targets of Clean India. One involves giving everyone access to a well-managed toilet, which means all the waste is treated (either on-site or in a treatment facility) to remove the pathogens that make people sick. It’s crucial to get the entire process right, from containing the waste in a toilet to collecting it, transporting it if necessary, and treating it. If one link in the chain fails, people still get sick.

Unfortunately, in many places, it’s not feasible to lay down sewer pipes or build treatment facilities. That’s why Indian researchers are testing a variety of new tools, including redesigned toilets that don’t require sewer systems and advanced ways to treat human waste.

So far, the progress is impressive. In 2014, when Clean India began, just 42 percent of Indians had access to proper sanitation. Today 63 percent do. And the government has a detailed plan to finish the job by October 2, 2019, the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth.

Officials know which states are on track and which are lagging behind, thanks to a robust reporting system that includes photographing and geotagging each newly installed toilet.

A robust reporting system includes photographing and geotagging each newly installed toilet.

But giving people access to toilets isn’t enough. You also have to persuade them to use the toilets. That’s the second key to Clean

India, and in some ways it is even harder than the first. People can be reluctant to change old habits.

Clean India has ingenious ways of tackling that problem. In some communities, groups of children band together to call out people who are defecating in the open and encourage them to use public toilets instead. In a pilot project that will be expanded next year, the government worked with Google so users in 11 cities could search online for the nearest public toilets, get directions, and read reviews by other users. On streets throughout the country, billboards remind passers-by of the mission. Stars from Bollywood films and cricket teams speak out on TV and radio. Even India’s currency features the Swachh Bharat logo.

The hard work is paying off. Today more than 30 percent of Indian villages have been declared free of open defecation, up from 8 percent in 2015.

What I love most about Clean India is that it identified a big problem, got everyone working on it, and is using measurement to show where things need to be done differently. As the old saying goes, What gets measured gets done. If you don’t set ambitious targets and chart your progress, you end up settling for business as usual—and in this case, business as usual would mean poor sanitation keeps killing more than half a million Indians every year.

By aiming high, the people of India are demanding change, and they are taking action to make it happen. It is a great example for other countries and an inspiration for all of us who believe everyone deserves a chance at a healthy, productive life.

Bill Gates is a technologist, business leader, and philanthropist. Today, Bill and Melinda Gates co-chair the charitable foundation bearing their names and are working together to give their wealth back to society.

COVER STORY

CPSEs CSR Spend grows 67% CSR spend has grown by 67% to reach Rs. 4,101 crore in FY2015-16 vis-a-vis Rs. 2,450 crore in FY2014-15 As per government data collected from 120 central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) an amount of Rs. 2,450 crore has been incurred during FY2014-15 for undertaking CSR activities/projects. In FY2015-16, CSR activities/projects for 106 CPSEs has overall grown by 67 percent to reach Rs. 4,101 crore.

According to the provisions of Section 135 (5) of Companies Act, 2013, CPSEs shall give preference to the local area and areas around it where they operate for spending the amount earmarked for CSR activities. However, CPSEs may decide to undertake CSR activities in any part of the country, including backward, rural areas of the country.

As per data around 11 central public sector enterprises have invested more than Rs 100 crore in CSR activities/projects. The CPSEs are: Central Coalfields; GAIL (India); Indian Oil; Mahanadi Coalfields; NMDC; Northern Coalfields; NTPC; ONGC; Power Finance Corporation; PGCIL; Rural Electrification Corporation; and South Eastern Coalfields. NTPC tops the list with CSR spend of Rs. 492 crore followed by ONGC with spend of Rs. 421.01 crore, followed by South Eastern Coalfields at Rs 270.85.

As per provisions on Corporate Social Responsibility of the Companies Act, 2013, all companies, including CPSEs fulfilling threshold limits are required to spend at least 2% of their average net profit made during the three preceding years to undertake CSR activities/projects as listed in Schedule-VII to the Companies Act, 2013.

CSR Spend Incurred by CPSEs CPSE Name

AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA ANDREW YULE & COMPANY ANTRIX CORPORATION BALMER LAWRIE & CO. BALMER LAWRIE INVESTMENTS BEML BHARAT COKING COAL BHARAT DYNAMICS BHARAT ELECTRONICS BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPN. BRAITHWAITE & CO. BRAITHWAITE BURN & JESSOP CONSTRUCTION COMPANY BRIDGE & ROOF CO.(INDIA) CEMENT CORPN. OF INDIA CENTRAL COALFIELDS CENTRAL MINE PLANNING & DESIGN INSTITUTE

FY2014-15

25.79 0.32 0.8 3.88 0.09 3.25 4.32 2.17 23.04 102.05 33.97 0.1 0.69 0.77 0.03 48.86 1.81

(Rs Crore)

FY2015-16 (Rs Crore)

29.72 0.34 1.7 3.96 0.1 ---50.66 11.25 25.69 66.23 95.77 ---1.34 0.79 0.04 212.79 2.01 www.spoindia.org April 2017 | 17

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CENTRAL RAILSIDE WAREHOUSE CO. CENTRAL WAREHOUSING CORPN. CERTIFICATION ENGINEERS INTERNATIONAL COAL INDIA COCHIN SHIPYARD CONTAINER CORPORATION OF INDIA COTTON CORPN. OF INDIA DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR CORP. OF INDIA DREDGING CORPN. OF INDIA E. C. G. C. EASTERN COALFIELDS EdCIL(India) ELECTRONICS CORPN. OF INDIA ENGINEERING PROJECTS (INDIA) ENGINEERS INDIA FCI ARAVALI GYPSUM & MINERALS (INDIA) FERRO SCRAP NIGAM GAIL (INDIA) GARDEN REACH SHIPBUILDERS & ENGINEERS GOA SHIPYARD HANDICRAFTS & HANDLOOM EXPORTS CORP. OF INDIA HEAVY ENGINEERING CORPN. HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS HINDUSTAN COPPER HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPN. HLL LIFECARE HOUSING & URBAN DEV. CORPN. HSCC (INDIA) INDIA INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE CO. INDIA TOURISM DEV. CORPN. INDIA TRADE PROMOTION ORGANISATION INDIAN OIL CORPORATION INDIAN RAILWAY CATERING AND TOURISM CORPN. INDIAN RAILWAY FINANCE CORPORATION INDIAN RARE EARTHS INDIAN RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVT.AGENCY IRCON INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES IRCON INTERNATIONAL KAMARAJAR PORT KANTI BIJLEE UTPADAN NIGAM KARNATAKA ANTIBIOTICS & PHARMACEUTICALS KARNATAKA TRADE PROMOTION ORGANISATION KIOCL KONKAN RAILWAY CORPORATION KUMARAKRUPPA FRONTIER HOTELS MMTC MSTC MADRAS FERTILIZERS MAHANADI COALFIELDS MANGALORE REFINERY & PETROCHEMICALS MAZAGON DOCK SHIPBUILDERS MECON MINERAL EXPLORATION CORPN. MISHRA DHATU NIGAM MOIL MUMBAI RAILWAY VIKAS CORPORATION 18 | April 2017 www.spoindia.org

FY2014-15

0.4 3.75 0.35 24.72 5.27 20.57 0.48 0.54 0.71 3.37 24.82 0.11 0.71 0.22 16.83 0.81 0.22 71.89 2.4 0.86 0.1 ---46.19 7.27 34.07 1.31 3.23 0.4 24.24 0.29 0.43 113.78 0.97 26.94 2.01 0.63 ---6.73 3.18 ---0.26 0.02 1.0 0.19 0.16 0.48 1.28 0.03 61.3 4.81 5 1.41 0.84 2.27 13.57 1.23

(Rs Crore)

FY2015-16 (Rs Crore)

0.31 5.28 0.28 73.26 6.12 30.96 0.77 ---1.21 14.26 62.61 0.32 1.05 0.32 14.09 0.98 ---118.65 3.24 3.29 0.11 0.08 90.72 7.68 71.76 0.76 4.74 1.14 24.45 0.3 4.07 156.63 3.99 28.34 1.84 5.96 0.10 6.15 7.29 0.18 0.32 0.03 ------0.17 ---1.5 ---184.63 ---11.66 2.44 1.09 2.77 ---0.66

CPSE Name

NATIONAL ALUMINIUM COMPANY NATIONAL BLDG. CONSTN. CORPN. NATIONAL FERTILIZERS NATIONAL HANDICAPPED FINANCE & DEVPT. CORPN. NATIONAL HANDLOOM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION NATIONAL INFORMATICS CENTRE SERVICES INC. NATIONAL PROJECTS CONSTRUCTION CORPN. NATIONAL SCHEDULED CASTES FINANCE & DEVP. CORPN. NATIONAL SEEDS CORPN. NATIONAL SMALL INDUSTRIES CORPN. NATIONAL TEXTILE CORPN. NEPA NEYVELI LIGNITE CORPN. NHDC NHPC NLC INDIA NMDC NORTH EASTERN ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION NORTHERN COALFIELDS NTPC NTPC VIDYUT VYAPAR NIGAM NUMALIGARH REFINERY OIL & NATURAL GAS CORPORATION OIL INDIA ORISSA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY PEC PAWAN HANS PFC CONSULTING PFC GREEN ENERGY POWER FINANCE CORPORATION POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA POWER SYSTEM OPERATION CORPORATION RAIL VIKAS NIGAM RAILTEL CORPORATION INDIA RAJASTHAN ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTS RASHTRIYA CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS RASHTRIYA ISPAT NIGAM REC POWER DISTRIBUTION CO. RITES RURAL ELECTRIFICATION CORPN. REC TRANSMISSION PROJECTS CO. SAIL REFRACTORY COMPANY SECURITY PRINTING & MINTING CORPN. INDIA SHIPPING CORPORATION OF INDIA SJVN SOUTH EASTERN COALFIELDS STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA TAMIL NADU TRADE PROMOTION ORGANISATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANTS (INDIA) THDC INDIA THE JUTE CORPN. OF INDIA URANIUM CORPORATION OF INDIA WAPCOS WESTERN COALFIELDS TOTAL

FY2014-15

19.1 3.96 0.37 0.08 0.74 ---0.18 9.44 1.23 1.86 0.25 4.59 47.49 2.95 52.24 ---188.63 8.88 61.78 205.16 0.8 7.64 495.24 133.31 0.34 2.15 0.44 ---0.11 49.88 47.43 1.91 4.54 2.5 0.4 8.31 14.04 ---7.89 103.26 0.38 0.31 8.19 0.99 24.83 40.42 35.04 0.03 0.3 29.09 0.21 2.81 1.85 20.15 2,450.31

(Rs Crore)

FY2015-16 (Rs Crore)

27.16 8.7 ------0.75 10.66 0.94 3.46 0.84 2.49 ---4.98 ---26.39 72.66 81.95 210.1 10.32 153.89 491.8 1.47 11.56 421.01 35.59 ------0.83 0.45 0.32 192.79 115.79 1.9 ---3.21 0.16 9.66 8.73 1.64 8.28 256.3 0.72 ---4.74 ---28.87 270.85 76.28 ---0.43 13.36 0.24 ---2.55 65.26 4,100.93 Pravin Prashant pravin@spoindia.org www.spoindia.org April 2017 | 19

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Performance Evaluation of CPSEs

38 out of 220 central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) have performed excellent for three consecutive years SPO India is showing performance evaluation of CPSEs (central public sector enterprises) against their targets fixed in respective Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a particular financial year. The central government carries out evaluation ever year after the end of the financial year.

In this case we are depicting performance evaluation of CPSEs for three years i.e.

FY2013-14, FY2014-15 and FY 2015-16.

Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) function under the administrative control of various ministries/departments and all matters relating to revival/ restructuring/closure of CPSEs are dealt by the concerned administrative ministries/ Sl. No.

Name of CPSE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

Air India Charters Air India Airports Authority Of India Andrew Yule & Co Antrix Corporation Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corpn Of India Assam Ashok Hotel Corporation Balmer Lawrie & Co. Bel Optronic Devices Bengal Chemical & Pharma Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam Bharat Broadband Nigam Bharat Coking Coal Bharat Dynamics Bharat Earth Movers Bharat Electronics Bharat Heavy Electricals Bharat Immunological & Biological Bharat Petro Resources Bharat Petroleum Corporation Bharat Pumps & Compressors Bharat Sanchar Nigam Bharat Wagon & Engineering Co. Bharitya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Bhel -Eml Biecco Lawrie Biotechnology Industry Research Assis. Council Bisra Stone Lime Co.

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Oil Corporation, IRCTC, Indian Railway Finance Corporation, Mazagaon Dock, Mishra Dhatu Nigam, National BC Finance & Development Corporation, NBCC, National Handicap Finance & Development Corporation, National Safai Karamchari Finance and Development Corporation, National Scheduled Caste Finance Development Corporation, NSIC, NTPC, NTPC Vidyut Vyapari Nigam, Numaligarh Refinery, ONGC Videsh, PFC, PGCIL, Power System Operation Cooperation, Rail Vikas Nigam, Railtel Corporation of India, REC Power Distribution Company, RITES, REC, Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam and Water & Power Consultancy Services India.

departments based on their performance evaluation.

Ranking of CPSEs can vary from excellent, very good, good, good, fair and poor depending upon its performance evaluation by respective ministries. In some cases, CPSEs are marked NS/ NE Not Satisfactory/Not Evaluated).

CPSEs who have performed excellent in all the three years include: Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India Limited, Bharat Dynamics, Bharat Electronics, Bharat Petro Resources, BPCL, Central Coalfields, Central Mine Planning & Design Institute, Cochin Shipyard, Ennore Port, FSNL, HAL, HPCL, HUDCO, Indian FY2013-14

- Excellent | - Fair |

- Very Good | - Poor |

FY2014-15

FY2015-16

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Fci Aravali Gypsum & Minerals (I) Fertilizers And Chemicals (T) Fresh & Healthy Enterprises Fsnl Food Corporation of India Gail (I) Gail Gas Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Eng. Goa Shipyard Handicrafts & Handlooms Export Corpn.

Heavy Engineering Corporation High Speed Rail Corp. of India Hindustan Aeronautics Hindustan Antibiotics Hindustan Cables Hindustan Copper

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Hindustan Photo Films Mfg Co Hindustan Prefab Hindustan Salts Hindustan Shipyard Hindustan Steelworks Construction Hll Biotech Hll Lifecare Hmt Bearing Hmt International Hmt Hmt Machine Tools Hmt Watches Hoogly Printing Co. Housing & Urban Development Corporation Hpcl Biofuel Hscc (India) India Trade Promotion Organization (Itpo) Indian Medicines Pharmaceuticals Corporation , Indian Oil Corporation Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corpn Indian Railway Finance Corporation , Indian Railway Station Dev. Corp.

Indian Rare Earth Indian Renewable Energy Dev. Agency (Ireda) Indian Tourism Development Corp. (Itdc) Instrumentation Intelligent Communication System India Ircon Infrastructure & Services Ircon International Iti Jute Corporation Of India Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Karnataka Antibiotics & Pharmaceuticals Karnatka Trade Promotion Organisation Kiocl Konkan Railway Corporation Madhya Pradesh Ashok Hotel Madras Fertilizers Mahanadi Coalfield Mahanagar Telephone Mauritius Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (Mtnl) Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Manganese Ore (I)

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National Building Construction Corpn , National Fertilizers National Film Development Corp.

National Handicapped Finance & Development Corpn.

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National Informatics Centre Services Incorporated National Jute Manufacturing Corporation National Mineral Dev. Corp.

National Minorities Finance Development Corpn National Projects Construction Corpn.

National Research Dev. Corpn.

National Safai Karamchari’s Fin. & Dev. Corpn.

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National Textile Corporation Nepa Neyveli Lignite Corporation Nhdc Nhpc Nlc Tamilnadu Power North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (Neepco) North Eastern Handicraft & Handlooms Dev. Corpn.

North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corpn.

Northern Coalfield Ntpc Electric Supply Co. Ntpc Ntpc Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Nuclear Power Corpn.

Numaligarh Refinery Oil & Natural Gas Co. (Ongc) Ongc Videsh Pawan Hans Helicopters Pec Pfc Capital Advisory Services Pfc Consulting Pfc Green Energy Pondicherry Ashok Hotel Corporation Power Finance Corporation

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Prize Petrolium Corp Projects & Development India

Punjab Logistics Infrastructure Rail Vikas Nigam

Railtel Corporation of India

Railway Energy Management Compony Rajasthan Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

Rajasthan Electronics & Instrumentation

Ranchi Ashok Bihar Hotel Corporation

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Sail Refractory Co. (Srcl)

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Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam

Scooters India Security Printing And Minting Corporation of India

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State Farms Corporation of India

State Trading Corporation Stcl

Steel Authority of India Tamilnadu Telecommunication Co.

Tamilnadu Trade Promotion Organisation

Tcil Bina Road Tehri Hydro Development Corpn.

Telecommunications Consultants India

Tungbhadra Steel Products

Uranium Corporation of India Vignyan Industries

Vizag Transmission Water & Power Consultancy Ser. (I)

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“Impact of our CSR programs has to be equally felt and driven” Essar Foundation is the CSR arm of Essar committed to maintaining the highest standards of CSR in its business activities and aims to make a difference to the communities around its area of operations. The Foundation collaborates with key stakeholders, especially the local administration and institutions to facilitate development with initiatives in education, livelihoods, women's empowerment and health. Deepak Arora, CEO, Essar Foundation speaks to SPO India to share more about its programs and contributions to the society Our readers would be happy to know your thoughts and vision on sustainability of CSR programs in India?

There are clearly 2-3 trends that are happening –

• CSR programs are getting more structured. There is a depth in the programs compared to what it was a few years back. Earlier when the concept was very new, people have been taking it for a very short time. But now corporates are taking a long term vision with it. So that has completely

changed.

• The partnership aspects which we have not seen 3 years back are gradually seen now. We are seeing corporates coming into partnership with NGOs. 3 years back it was just the vendor-vendor relationship. That’s a significant change we are seeing of how programs are evolving in India.

• Most of the companies are focusing on health and education. Though if you speak of large contracts, large programs or contributions, that is yet to happen in the Indian context. But now corporates are seriously looking at business strategies and alignment when it comes to CSR programs.

Nevertheless, the larger issues that need to be taken up as mission, collectively no broad steps have been taken so far.

Our foundation started in 2011; we initially had just 1 year long programs. But now we have close to 5 years program.

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Could you share some of the recent initiatives of ‘Essar Foundation’, of how it is shaping the path for CSR within the company?

There are certain segments at Essar where we have a direct consumer interface, like the Essar retail business, whereas all other businesses are B2B business.

The direct customer interface is not that significant, but the supply chain aspect becomes much larger. We are a supplier to car manufacturers across the world, so automatically we look at CSR initiative as a complete value chain. Whereas when we talk of the retail business, we also have to talk of how customer is going to perceive us as a consequence of our initiatives.

But yes, the CSR programs have got very structured and definitely looking at a 5 year horizon. We are looking at the value proposition whenever we design our programs; we are looking at the impact that is going to be on the community. We Eye screening camp being held in are also looking at a definitive engagement with our customers. Essentially, whatever Pune for local school children is happening, we aim for a much wider audience. It is not to propagate the idea don’t think there are any setbacks to its structured. that we are the driver of it but it is a implementation per se because there are growth factor where everybody should already a large number of NGOs working What is your CSR vision for ‘Essar contribute. We may be a catalyst and a across the country on these issues. These Foundation’ for the year 2017? contributor to it but not the only one. The NGOs have already been working on health We do not have a separate vision for impact has to be equally felt and driven.

(AIDs, Tuberculosis). Implementation Essar Foundation in its course of work challenges have been more intrusive to 2017, since we come out with programs from a long term perspective. And looks for contextualised whenever we do that, we developmental solutions ensure that every one of which might have good us who have been working utility in different social together as a team becomes contexts. To promote this, a part of the contributions the Foundation sets aside a that we make in the key separate fund called “Fund areas. for Failure”, which as the name suggests focuses on What is your mantra of identifying and nurturing running a successful social solutions which CSR program? otherwise don’t get proper attention and funding, We are as a team very hence, never get tested committed to skilful in the first place. These execution of our programs. solutions might not work In spite of us having but deserve a chance to be people from different School Students Observing Demos at Indradhanush- backgrounds and expertise nurtured and if they are supported adequately, they Shiksha Ke Saat Rang 2017 in Jamnagar in our team, we know how may emerge as effective to execute each of our solutions. programs on time and with competence.

Secondly, Given the various setbacks to CSR the corporate sector as there has been a we know to integrate different elements implementation in the country, what mismatch in understanding of how exactly of different programs and different the sector is doing. The only challenge is is the need of the hour according to there are only a few organizations that strengths of different organizations into you for India to evolve a robust CSR are working pan India. If we want a one package. n framework?

Samrita Baruah corporate to reach out to the larger crosssamrita@varindia.com CSR is a very evolving concept. I section of the society, it really needs to be www.spoindia.org April 2017 | 27

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"There are many challenges to cross, but I am enjoying this journey..."

If you have ever travelled to the city of Bangalore, you might have come across frequent traffic congestions and long jams, but the worst are the potholes on the city’s roads that are said to have even claimed a few lives. Having found a solution to this perennial problem, Prathaap Bhimasena Rao, Founder & CEO, Ground Reality Enterprises, popularly known as POTHOLERAJA talks about the initiative that aims to alleviate this issue with the help of like-minded friends and colleagues What inspired you to come up with an initiative like POTHOLERAJA? After having travelled around the world, a common pattern emerged when people said, “oh you are from India, Bangalore, nice country, nice weather,” but most of the time ended with a statement “but your roads are horrible and traffic is nonsense.”

I personally have had many close friends and relatives who were personally impacted through road accidents and more so from potholes. My close friend lost his daughter in a pothole accident; my office team member broke his leg and arm; many other incidents which has been a common alarm.

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has been constantly the anchor for me to start researching and doing something for the society. I hope to see this vision of “Making Indian Roads pothole free and fix any within 3 -5 days” live beyond me.

How do you mobilize the funds required for such an initiative?

What is the mechanism followed in carrying out such an activity of amending a pothole?

For public roads, as of now my own personal money, friends and some support from employees of corporates are the source. Small start has happened where few companies have started to engage their CSR initiatives along with employee engagement for fund raising, cultural events with fund raising element, volunteering to identify and fix potholes in

and around their office areas has started.

For private roads, the associations, companies, builders, and facility leaders are themselves funding as it’s their own property that needs roads to be pothole free.

The process that I follow to fix a pothole Identification 1. Identification of potholes is the key, which I am asking the public to send a picture and GPS location of the pothole to a mobile number using WhatsApp or SMS to +91 814 POTHOLE (768 4653).

2. I also have a mobile app to spot and know the exact spot with pictures. I use that for my team as public and others tend to not utilize the app. A simple mobile number +91 814 POTHOLE suffices the purpose for most 3. You can see all potholes reported with live status on https://www. potholeraja.com/live-potholeview 4. We can also fly drones to spot potholes if its large areas Mobilizing Resources Once we have the identification, we then mobilize resources, funds for fixing them using the local people around these areas of potholes.

Fixing Process: I studied and researched the methods people around the world use for fixing potholes. Many use the traditional road laying process even for potholes and hence it’s cumbersome and costly. I am told that the current road laying process used is almost 70-80 yrs old method which has not been changed, in spite of latest and innovative material and methods being available.

I changed to cold asphalt based pothole fixing rather than hot and other traditional methods. As I use cold asphalt to fix potholes, I do not need any large machine, too many people, and also no impact to environment as there is no heating and traffic blockage. We just need 2 people with very basic tools like sweepers, brooms, hand tampers and

shovels.

As the cold asphalt is available in 50 KG bags which can be carried in a car boot, it’s very easy to transport smaller quantities with no wastage of material.

This cold asphalt is also eco-friendly and uses plastic waste as one of the binding material. It takes 10-15 mins for cleaning and making the pothole ready, and 10-15 mins for pouring cold asphalt and tamping it. Within 30-45 mins a pothole is fixed and immediate traffic can be opened.

Generally the cold mix can be stored in bags for upto 10 months whereas hot asphalt mix is only for 4 hours shelf life.

The fixed pothole has a life of over a year if the base road is of good quality; else we give warranty of 5-6 months based on the road assessment.

What kind of support do you receive from local municipal authorities?

As of now it’s been just my own efforts and sustainability drives. There is yet no support from local authorities or govt. or Swacch Bharat Abhiyan funds.

Are you looking at involving any local level NGOs or self help groups?

I am involving NGOs and self help groups to create awareness, use and enable them to do more. I do education on road safety, pothole management, do it yourself model and public private partnership. I also published a book “Performance Excellence -Efficient and Effective Project management in Social Organizations” Which is also a tool for NGO and social entrepreneurs to see how to use business and project management skills in social work.

The latest news also says about you recruiting transgenders for this noble act. Could you throw some more light on it?

This has been my constant work to empower and support transgenders.

They are extra ordinary human beings and they need that support to come out of the stigma. I am happy to see few transgenders who have come forward and supporting me in this pothole filling act.

They are also happy to see an alternative career and profession than their current.

This is just a start; we need lot more people to take this as main stream work and profession and I am looking at giving as much possible work and remuneration as possible. I pay Rs. 500 per day (less than 3-4 hours a day of work) for their support. Which I believe is on par with any other daily wage payment that a male or female worker gets.

Once we have constant and regular work, we can look at much more support and other benefits. I also have group insurance in the company, so that if there are any incidents that need immediate attention, insurance should be able to cover.

What kind of challenges have you experienced so far in your initiative?

There are many challenges to cross, but I am enjoying this journey to see happy faces, less and reduced accidents and deaths. Challenges like locations of potholes, public awareness, reporting of potholes, availability of material when needed, cost of material, resources availability, media and other support, companies’ contribution and support from government/local authorities. All these are part of the journey I believe as each of the stakeholders has a power play in making the vision come true.

People have been supportive and encouraging, though many still hold the myth that roads work are all to be done by govt. and local authorities, we just pay tax and do nothing. I am working towards making that belief change to,

yes I can also be supporting govt. / local bodies with my own small contributions through reporting, participation, funding, encouraging and positively supporting people who wants to do something.

What will be your roadmap in taking this initiative to the next level?

What according to you would be its success factor?

With my vision for the next 15-20 yrs being very clear and the road map for that vision is well laid out, my immediate 3-5 yrs mission are: • Enable and empower transgenders to take this as an alternate profession • Create awareness and change the belief in public that I can also be socially responsible citizen and add value to society through participation, contribution and supporting • Have commercially available “Do-ItYourself ” Kits for ensuring road safety – potholes, signboards, zebra crossing, markings, cleaning and other self-help tools.

• Make all the metro cities pothole free and fix any within 3-5 days • Have all private properties to take this approach and make their properties pothole free and fix any within 3-5 days • Capitalize CSR funding to make our roads pothole free and safer.

• Have this as a critical part of employee engagement initiative in min 1000 companies. n Samrita Baruah samrita@varindia.com www.spoindia.org April 2017 | 29

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"CWF is playing its part to eradicate illiteracy" Careworks Foundation’s CWF School Enhancement Program is a flagship education initiative designed to holistically develop government schools, besides providing financial assistance to the meritorious but underprivileged children. Discussing about these programs, Smitha B. S., Lead Community Outreach, Careworks Foundation tells SPO India of how these initiatives are shaped at improving the economic and ethical standards and benefiting the society at large Can we have your thoughts and vision on sustainability of CSR programs in India?

“To actively contribute to the community and create a positive impact in the lives of people, especially in the areas of health and education. In doing so, Careworks Foundation (CWF) aims to build a healthy and educated workforce and provide sustainable livelihood for the weaker sections of society.”

Could you share some of the recent initiatives of Quess Corp, of how it is shaping the path for CSR within the company?

CWF School Enhancement Program is the flagship education initiative of Careworks Foundation aimed for holistic development of government schools.

In FY 2016-17, under the CWF School Enhancement Program, 10 Schools have been adopted while as on date we have adopted a total of 20 schools, 3858 children and 80 Teachers. CWF organizes general health, dental & eye camps in order to improve the wellbeing of students. In 2016 -17, we covered 2000 children and treated major dental issues. We also run academic support programs under which we organized residential life skill camp at Thirthahalli School. Also, under the academic support program we provide financial assistance to the meritorious children of unskilled labourers. Just in the past year, 91 students have received scholarships across the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, New Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and West 30 | April 2017 www.spoindia.org

Message to the Society “At present, CSR programs are run by most companies with a view to take up socially responsible activities that will improve the economic and ethical standards and benefit the society on a whole. If companies pool in their CSR investments and work together the society will benefit with better results & outcome.”

Bengal, while a total of 249 scholars have received scholarships till date.

Given the various setbacks to CSR implementation in the country, what is the need of the hour according to you for India to evolve a robust CSR framework?

The CSR community needs an organised structure to execute its action plan with ample support from the government. Today, there are active teams within the company to devise specific plans, strategy, execution ideas and other goals. This team makes sure that the policies devised are adaptable to social philosophies and also are closely associated with the companies’ business expertise. However, the government needs to play an important role here by providing statistical information on the CSR activities conducted in the specific focus areas. These statistics could be shared with the companies, thereby ensuring that companies are not repeating activities in their focus area, thereby benefiting the society on a whole lot of cases like eradication of illiteracy, poverty and providing healthcare

support.

How has the CSR mandate in the Company’s Act changed the way your company plans its CSR programs?

What is your CSR vision for the year 2017?

Our leadership team, especially our chairman and managing director, Ajit Isaac participates hands-on in our community outreach programs.

The vision and the support from the leadership has helped us take big strides in our social impact programs. CWF School Enhancement Program is the flagship education initiative of Careworks Foundation. Under this program, we plan to reach 10 more schools and 2,500 students. Our goal is to reach 50 schools and 10,000 students in 5 years. We are currently working With 20 schools, 3,858 children and over 80 teachers.

What is your mantra of running a successful CSR program?

CSR activities are run with the intention of benefitting the society on a whole. While running CSR activities in areas like eradication of illiteracy,

The company’s Act has not impacted our CSR mandate, as we implement our programs as a commitment to society and not to fulfil the compliance requirement. We have been successfully running programs since 2013.

How do you plan to position your company in the area of CSR & Sustainability?

poverty or creating jobs, we also need to focus on grass root level by working with schools. We believe schools set the foundation for educating the youth and increase employability. Under the CWF School Enhancement Program, we have a focused approach by concentrating on the holistic development of government schools.

We want to create better lives by reaching out to children from marginalized communities.

School Enhancement Program, our flagship education initiative aims for holistic development of government schools. It is intended at delivering free quality education to underprivileged children and lays special emphasis on education of the girl child. n Samrita Baruah samrita@varindia.com

REC, NALCO and EIL win Gold Trophies On the 8th Public Sector Day Celebrations jointly organised by Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) and Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) at Vigyan Bhawan, the Gold trophies of SCOPE Excellence Awards in the Institutional Category I (Maharatna, Navratna) were presented to Rural Electrification Corporation, National Aluminium Company, Engineers India (special commendation). In the Institutional Category II (Miniratna I & II) the award was given to Mineral Exploration Corporation, ONGC Videsh and WAPCOS (special commendation). In the Institutional Category III (Other Profit Making PSEs) the award was given to Electronics Corporation of India whereas Goa Shipyard received the award in the Special Institutional (Turnaround) category.

The SCOPE Excellence Awards in the individual leadership category were given to Dr Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD, NBCC; B. Ashok, chairman, IOCL; and A.K. Jain, MD, RECIL and K.S. Popli, CMD, IREDA. Pooja Kapoor, head, Business Development, WAPCOS and Seema Gupta, ED, Power Grid (special commendation) received the award in the Outstanding Woman Manager in PSEs category.

SCOPE Meritorious Award for Environmental Excellence & Sustainable Development and Best Women Empowered Company were presented to Hindustan Petroleum Corporation.

Meritorious Award for Corporate Governance was given to Power Finance Corporation, Hindustan Aeronautics and WAPCOS. NALCO received the Meritorious Award for Corporate Social Responsibility & Responsiveness while REIL received the Meritorious Award for R&D Technology Development & Innovation.

Meritorious Award for Best Practices in Human Resource Management was given to SAIL. Meritorious Award for Best Managed Bank, Financial Institution or Insurance Company was given to REC. Meritorious Award for RTI Act 2005 Compliance was given to GAIL and NTPC. www.spoindia.org April 2017 | 31

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"Making Safe Drinking Water Accessible..."

Could you throw light on the initiative of JanaJal? JanaJal is a private sector initiative that aims to make safe drinking water available to millions of people in a sustainable and consistent manner. The company was founded by social entrepreneurs and brothers, Parag Agarwal and Anurag Agarwal who identified the gap between demand and supply of safe drinking water and decided to take up this cause with deep commitment. They understood the need to not only increase availability but also accessibility of safe water and reduce the cost of the same drastically as compared to bottled/packaged water.

What is the water ATM concept all about?

Three brothers take up the cause of supplying safe drinking water to millions of people and they soon start a company together by the name JanaJal to make that happen. Explaining the modalities and the concept of JanaJal water ATM, Parag Agarwal, Founder & CMD, JanaJal, walks us through the functioning of his company’s initiatives and its roadmap

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Driven by the need for sustainability in terms of operations and maintenance, the JanaJal water ATM concept was developed with the objective of ensuring consistency in the quality of water and bringing in efficiency during the water treatment process. A consumer can now walk up to a water ATM with their own container 24X7 and procure their desired quantity of water starting with a chilled glass of 300 ml water upto 20 litres which is the minimum quantity used in a household everyday for drinking and cooking. Over the past 4 years, JanaJal has contributed significantly to the concept of water ATMs being unanimously accepted as a solution to providing the much essential last mile connectivity for delivery. The concept stands validated by local administrative bodies, State and Central government and above all consumers, who are willing to pay a nominal cost to receive this invaluable resource that directly ushers health and wellness in the lives of their family and loved ones.

What kind of support do you receive from other corporates and NGOs? Safe drinking water received attention in 2014 when Modi assumed office of the Prime Minister and highlighted the need for drinking water and sanitation in

India. This was followed by the launch of the Swachh Bharat initiative that added further momentum and strength to the implementation of WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) facilities in the country. With the Government of India’s emphasis on CSR spending, corporates have developed a renewed focus on safe drinking water as its significance in terms of meeting basic needs of people is clearly understood along with the fact that the social impact being delivered is unparalleled.

JanaJal has received tremendous support from NGOs, Charitable Foundations and Corporates and implemented some landmark award winning community drinking water projects in the country.

The company has developed a very unique format of engagement with corporates that mitigates their fundamental concerns about leakage of funds into unrelated areas and channelizes 100% of their CSR spending into the intended social benefit and welfare. Thus the overall objectives of all stake-holders such as the corporate and consumers are met leading to further momentum in projects being implemented pan India by JanaJal.

How do you mobilize funds?

Presently the majority of the projects are being implemented under the BOO model. The company invests its own capital to build, own and operate water ATMs in a consistent, sustainable and viable manner.

Projects are also implemented in PPP mode under joint investment and collaboration with various stake-holders. However, the contribution of CSR support is rapidly increasing and is only expected to further rise in the future.

Recently JanaJal has received FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) from Tricolour Cleantech Capital, LLC a US based social impact fund that will be utilised to increase the footprint of water ATMs across railway stations, bus stands and at public places in municipal areas. With over 250 systems already operating, the company is currently in the process of commissioning 39 water ATMs through IRCTC at various railway stations in the Mumbai region and

plans to achieve an installation 1000 water ATMs by 2018.

How are you spreading awareness about the work that you are doing?

JanaJal has adopted the execution strategy as the most impactful form of spreading awareness. The company believes that as more users adopt this system of procurement of water and experience the benefits of the same, the demand and appreciation will only increase thus leading to further growth in the footprint. JanaJal also has a strong social media presence and lays special emphasis on advocacy of safe drinking water and various water treatment methods so that people can be made aware of the acute need to conserve water at every level. Social awareness campaigns, road shows and events are also conducted to raise the awareness among people.

and qualitative levels besides financial feasibility of the companies that are being awarded the contract to install WVMs at railway stations.

Over the next 5 years, JanaJal aims to install at least 2000 WVMs with IRCTC pan India. We believe that all local administrative bodies across urban, semiurban and rural India should adopt the IRCTC format of project implementation thereby bringing in consistency at the national policy level.

What kind of are undertaken government to the issue of safe water?

What kind of challenges have you experienced so far in your initiative?

Water remains the only utility that has not been opened up to privatisation in India. With water ATMs now being the order of the day, all local administrative bodies need to act as enablers of this unique concept that not only meets the basic need of people but also wins appreciation for their style of governance. It is important for the administration to appreciate the need for financial viability and project feasibility and ensure that projects which are implemented do not fail for want of basic essentials. Critical aspects such as vantage locations that are easily accessible to public, availability of raw water and electricity connections and above all, pricing levels that allow financial feasibility are critical to the growth of this sector.

An outstanding example of the ideal approach, planning and policies is the Indian Railways and IRCTC that have taken every aspect of project development and sustainability into consideration. Their prescribed guidelines provide for highest level of efficiency at both quantitative

ATMs are the only answer to a question that has now stood its ground for decades.

The company’s R&D division is constantly working to develop new solutions such as the Hybrid water ATM that operates with electricity as well as solar energy. We also adopt lean and green water treatment technologies that can purify upto 20,000 litres per day without use of any form of energy. This enables delivery of safe water to the remotest of villages in a reliable and sustainable manner.

What will be your roadmap in taking this initiative to the next level?

JanaJal presently aims to cross the 1000 water ATMs mark in India by 2018. As a company we believe that there is potential to install at least one million water ATMs in this country that is estimated to become a 1.7 billion people nation by 2050. In a country where it is believed that water quality changes every 100 kms, the key to success lies solely in a technology agnostic and agile concept that is backed by execution skills of the highest order. With over 95% of the country’s population unable to afford bottled/packaged water, water

projects by the address drinking

Our country consumes more ground water than China and US put together. With an ever increasing population, rapidly decreasing water tables and global warming increasing to alarming levels our country is poised to be severely “water stressed” by 2025. The larger concern is that lack of availability has direct adverse impact on the lives of women and young girls who are typically responsible for collecting water and spend several hours every day walking between their home and the nearest water source. This reduces the family income and hampers the child’s education.

The formation of Swachh Bharat and with collection of a central Swachh Bharat cess pool, there is a significant corpus being accumulated at the Centre which needs to be channelized into off-grid safe water projects. JanaJal is willing to offer itself as a resource to the Government of India at the thought leadership, policy formation and project execution level so that the dream of development that our country has voted for so unanimously becomes a distinct reality in the near future. After all there is no smart city without safe water being available 24X7 and water ATMs will surely be the first step towards building a smart and fully developed India. n Samrita Baruah samrita@spoindia.org www.spoindia.org April 2017 | 33

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"Making available Portable Drinking Water" In the last 3 decades, Canara Bank under its Trust, Canara Bank Centenary Rural Development Trust, has been undertaking programmes aimed at developing the lives of people from the lower strata of the society and bringing about socio-economic transformation in different rural areas. Out of them all, the project on clean drinking water, Bhagirathi has been the more popular one. Rakesh Sharma, MD & CEO, Canara Bank, shares more details on the project and its modalities

Could you throw some more light on the initiative of CBCRDT?

received from other corporates, panchayats and NGOs?

How do you mobilize the funds required for such an initiative?

Canara Bank Centenary Rural Development Trust (CBCRDT) was set up in 1982 to promote rural development. Under this trust, the bank has been initiating and implementing multifaceted programmes aimed at development of people from the lower strata of the society. The Bank has been playing a pivotal role and trying to bring about a socio-economic transformation in the society, particularly in rural areas. The CSR initiatives of the bank are multifarious, covering different spheres like training unemployed youth, primary health, drinking water, community development, empowerment of women and various philanthropic initiatives.

The Trust has established exclusive training institutes to motivate and promote entrepreneurship by imparting special skills to the unemployed.

The Canara Bank Artisan Training Institute comprise of specialised units for rejuvenation of traditional arts and craft in rural areas. Canara Bank Institute for Information Technology (CBIIT) was established to assist the urban population like slum dwellers; to have access to IT. But the most prominent project has been the clean drinking water project in the Kolar district called Bhagirathi.

This is the first project that is aimed to provide portable drinking ground water to 217 villages in Kolar district.

The tender process as per the norms was followed and the villages were allotted to three vendors for under taking installation work of driving water units. The vendors conducted site survey and feasibility study in the villages allotted in consultation with the concerned Govt. Departments, Grampanchayath etc.

Borewell points were identified, provided and dug

by Panchayats using Govt. funds that were provided for the implementation of the project. The borewell is then fitted with the purifiers that have been provided by various vendors. The water that is purified is then made available to the villagers in concessional rates. The villagers are provided with Smart cards in order to regulate the system.

Canara Bank has allocations from the CSR fund for such initiatives.

The fund is provided by bank, routed through the Canara Bank Trust.

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What kind of challenges have you experienced so far in your initiative?

There was the need for quality drinking water, as there was immense dearth of it. The

groundwater that was available contained high amount of fluoride which was contaminated and harmful for health.

Earlier the villagers were availing poor quality drinking water at higher rates from distant places. Additionally, in some villages challenges were encountered in the process of implementation: • Inadequate source of water • Dispute over the ownership of land granted by respective grampanchayath • Non availability of power supply • Delay in technical clearance by concerned authorities • Local political issues

What according to you would be its success factor?

The Bank has appointed a supervising committee that implements and ensures the project is on track.

Officials from the head office and Circle office visit the site on regular intervals to ensure smooth completion of the installation of the plants.

The need for quality drinking water which is been supplied to the doorsteps is clearly the success of this project. 20 liters of water is available for a negligible amount of Rs. 5 from the water purifier. The Canara Bank Trust has implemented the project and is being executed under a contract of five years by TATA Project, Mint Aqua and Fontus. Aqua Chem is the service provider for the project for supervision and maintenance.

All the plants were fitted with a water tank that has a capacity of 3000 liters for storing pure RO drinking water to serve the people round the clock. Each RO unit has a capacity of 500 (LPH), working on an average for 8 hours per day that is able to generate 4,000 liters of pure drinking water which meets the daily need of the villagers. Thus, 6.24 Lakh Liters of pure drinking water supply is ensured every day through this project.

The Mega Project of providing RO water units has been successfully completed in 156 villages of Kolar

Message to the Community "While development and welfare programmes in India address all the citizens, focus is on the disadvantaged, marginalized and excluded. Engaging the marginalization in India is further complicated due to language and literacy variances, information asymmetry, infrastructure constraints and geographical challenges.

These initiatives by and large require active participation and support from community. Local people should join hands for cooperation and own the project for sustainability." district at a total cost of Rs. 11.40 crores. All these units are made operational and the villages are reaping the benefits. Over 1, 00,000 people from these 156 villages have been benefitted by this project.

How grave is the problem of pure drinking water in the country and what kind of projects has been undertaken by Canara Bank to address this issue?

Two thirds of the world’s population currently lives in areas that experience water scarcity for at least one month a year. About 500 million people live in areas where water consumption exceeds the locally renewable water resources by a factor of two. Highly vulnerable areas, where non-renewable resources (i.e. fossil groundwater) continue to decrease, have become highly dependent on transfers from areas with abundant water and are actively seeking affordable alternative sources.

The availability of water resources is also intrinsically linked to water quality, as the pollution of water sources may prohibit different type of uses. Increased discharges of untreated sewage, combined with agricultural

runoff and inadequately treated wastewater from industry, have resulted in the degradation of water quality around the world. If current trends persist, water quality will continue to degrade over the coming decades, particularly in resource-poor countries in dry areas, further endangering human health and ecosystems, contributing to water scarcity and constraining sustainable economic development.

The health burden of poor drinking water quality is enormous. It is estimated that around 37.7 million Indians are affected by water diseases annually, 1.5 million children are affected to die of diarrhoea alone and 73 million working days are lost due to waterborne disease each year. The problems of chemical contamination are also prevalent in India with 1,95,813 habitants in the country being affected by poor drinking water quality.

Canara Bank has begun with the initiative called ‘Bhagirathi’ - an extremely significant pure drinking water project to address this issue.

What will be your roadmap in taking up such kind of initiatives in the near future?

Canara Bank will engage directly in CSR through Trust and institutions already set up by the Bank. The Bank may even explore setting up new Trusts/institutions as may be required for pursuing its CSR objectives.

The Bank will also partner with like minded reputed organizations like Government and non-Government organizations, voluntary agencies, civil society organizations, social entrepreneurs, companies, community based organizations, trusts/missions, and self help groups and institutes/ academic organizations. In case of such partnerships, bank will document a mutual expectation and impact matrix in the form of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). n Samrita Baruah samrita@varindia.com

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Starting a movement to revive Public Libraries In a chit-chat with Dr. Shubhangi Sharma, Executive Director, IPLM, NASSCOM Foundation, she shares with SPO India of the contributions that IPLM is making to revive the public libraries in India that lie in a deplorable condition today and the feedback it has been receiving by having partnered with the state and the federal governments There are more about 70000 public libraries in India, which again is an unestimated figure. Another estimation puts the figure at 1 lakh+ libraries in India which are at all levels - beginning at the state level, district level, block level, village level; the number is that huge.

But despite being situated probably in one of the best architectural set ups in the country remain in a dire state of deprivation.

“During the course of IPLM implementation, I have travelled across the country and what I have seen is that there is nobody who is actually concerned about how these public libraries look and how they should be looking in future. I would not say that there are no efforts from the govt.’s side.

It has started very interesting initiatives for resurrection and transformation of public libraries. There is a nodal agency squarely to work for public libraries which is called RAJA RAMMOHUN ROY LIBRARY FOUNDATION set up by Ministry of Culture. Then there is National Mission on Libraries. Their initiatives are going on in the area of digitalization of knowledge resources and setting up of virtual libraries. But the point here is that, all these efforts 36 | April 2017 www.spoindia.org

despite sincerity in their approach and vision are yet to yield results,” says Dr. Shubhangi Sharma, Executive Director - IPLM, NASSCOM Foundation.

So how should a public library look like in present scenario? We are at a stage and an era where digitization of most of the knowledge resources is happening. If we pick up our mobile, we will find all kinds of knowledge resources which are available around the globe in a digital format. That is a matter of concern as what would be the role of public library.

“This is the reason we need to probably rethink about the new role of a public library. We need to create it as a kind of place where we can undertake new services and activities for the readers. Services can be introduced by corporates. For instance, if you are working in Skill India, probably library could be a place for you to inform young population about what kind of skill programs are there. Library can also be used for career counseling or for a lot of knowledge dissemination services about govt programs. But for this we require a lot of fund and resources. But having said that, I can say that there is

no limitation of fund as such, if we may talk about the provisions of RRRLF and National Mission of Library. The govt. has tried to provide funds which are adequate in nature. The librarian and the library are to be capacitated, to be able to receive those funds and put those funds in use in a manner in which communities are able to make use of services which are offered using those funds. The librarian needs to prepare a proposal, put across a budget, and articulate it in a manner in which the fund should be coming to his way in his public library,” she says.

There is a requirement of fund for a host of new services. But alongside, there is enough funds provided by the ministry and in some states even the state Govts are providing reseaonable funds.

IPLM & the Public Library Movement…

IPLM is a movement, and not just an initiative, according to Dr. Shubhangi.

“When we say a movement, it cannot be just one organization or one individual.

It has to have participation from across.

So there has to be a lot of organizations,

lot of individuals, agencies, govt. and private sector players who need to combine their efforts to make sure that a movement gets built up. The first part of IPLM is that it is an effort of a host of an organization and agencies who are interested in such movement being flourished in India and it is part of the global public library movement,” she says.

Across the globe there is a movement going on which is geared towards transformation of public library and this movement started by IPLM is part of that larger movement. I other words, IPLM is trying to transform the public libraries into a vibrant and inclusive knowledge spaces. But for this the system has to change for any reform to be brought about in a country like India.

There is the need for govt. participation and how govt. would be interested to participate in.

“Now every public library has librarian and library staffs. So in our understanding they are a cadre whose capacity needs to be built so that they are able to serve better. We are doing a lot of things to train the librarian on diverse dimensions of responsibilities, which include engaging with the community, partnering with the corporate organization, understanding community needs, interacting with children and women. We are also trying to see of what we can offer through library space which will bring the disabled people more in the library space.

Secondly, we are also supporting the librarian to implement a lot of services in the public library space which probably we never thought about hitherto. Like libraries are now providing online school education content, so that children after school come to the library space rather than going to the coaching centers that supplement their education.

We are also trying to provide tele-health consultation,” explains Dr Shubhangi.

Across libraries in India, there is no system of monitoring or evaluation and IPLM feels that there has to be robust monitoring in which the result of the kind of the services offered in the public

library space can be monitored; things like what kind of the people are coming to the library, what kind of information they are using and so on. IPLM is thus trying to build up a robust system for the public library.

IPLM is also trying to build partnership by reaching out to the corporate and making them understand the importance of public libraries. “We are working on policy reform; there should be a national policy on the public library. There are no doubt state legislations, but only 20 of the states have. So until and unless a state has a vision to form a public library, how are they able to transform the public library? So we are working very closely with the state govt, the federal ministry and the nodal organization of the federal ministry to make sure that we are able to start a very dynamic movement on public library together across the county by linking with the global public libraries,” asserts Dr Shubhangi.

IPLM has already started doing that in about 25 states. It is a pan India movement, however resources are limited. It proposes to create model by judiciously using those resources and accordingly selecting 100 district libraries across these 25 states. “We are working with incredible MS Swaminathan foundation in Chennai, P N Panicker Foundation in Kerala, which are very well known organization when

it comes to community engagement, understanding the community requirement and being able to deliver those services,” she says.

IPLM is hosted by NASSCOM foundation and the foundation is committed to bringing in democratization of information and ensuring equity and inclusion through usage of technology. The very key ingredient of the movement is to provide for public access computers, because it feels that until and unless it is able to make such a provision, IPLM would not able to bring in people from all communities and societies to the knowledge space. So as part of the IPLM intervention, across 106 districts and libraries, IPLM is going to provide for public access computers which would be easily accessible. “So they will be kept at a place in the public library where they can be accessible to the public or anybody to get the information which the person requires.

The 2nd part of our technological inclusion is that many of things like setting up of online knowledge space, providing online education content, conducting tele-health consultation services, all these things are done making proper use of technology, computers and other devices in the public library space,” concludes Dr Shubhangi. n Samrita Baruah samrita@varindia.com www.spoindia.org April 2017 | 37

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