CSR REPORT OF NTPC

SUBMITTED TO:
PROF. BISWANATH SWAIN

SUBMITTED BY:
Narendra Kumar Shakya
Roll No: 2015PGP30

COMPANY BACKGROUND
NTPC is Indias largest power utility with an installed capacity of 45,548 MW, plans to
become a 128,000 MW company by 2032. Established in 1975, NTPC aims to be the worlds
largest and best power major.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
CSR is concerned with treating the internal and external stakeholders of the firm ethically or
in a socially responsible manner and the main aim of corporate social responsibility is to
create higher and higher standards of living, while preserving the profitability of the
corporation, for its stakeholders (Hopkins 2003).
Stakeholders broadly include employees, investors, shareholders, customers, business
partners, clients, civil society groups, Government and NGOS, local communities,
environment and society at large.

CSR INITIATIVES OF NTPC

Adoption of Villages
Free Medical Camps 7 health care
Construction of Roads
School for the underprivileged& Handicapped Children
Ban on child Labour Disaster aid Employment generation
Pollution Checking Camps
Irrigation using treated Sewage
Conservation of Natural Resources
Entrepreneurship schemes
Womens empowerment, Girl Child Development
NTPC has comprehensive Rehabilitation & Resettlement and CSR policies well integrated
with its core business of setting up power projects and generating electricity. The company is
committed to generating reliable power at competitive prices in a sustainable manner by
optimising the use of multiple energy sources with innovative eco-friendly technologies.

Key Focus Areas

Education
The transition of the country to a richer, progressive & inclusive society as well as a world
leader rests on the imparting of quality education to generations of Indians. It is the building
block for achieving our national objectives and breaking the poverty cycle which denies
millions a better life. To this end, NTPC earmarks 15%-20% of its CSR-CD budget for
education.
Key Initiatives in education:
Running 48 schools at stations out of which more than 20 schools are predominantly catering
to nearby community benefiting about 20,000 such students.
Infrastructural support to schools for underprivileged children at Govt. Schools.
Supporting to set-up technical polytechnic at Kaladungi, Uttaranchal
Special initiative of construction of girl toilets at primary & middle schools so as to support
education of girl child and reduce dropouts of girls from schools.
On regular basis, stations also take up activities related to development of school
infrastructure, Adult Education, Coaching and personality development programs, providing
Scholarships, Solar Lanterns, Study material & uniforms etc to deserving students.
Coaching Classes NTPC encourages the passion for higher education by providing a 50%
subsidy for arranging/organising coaching classes in the power project townships.

Benefits:

The school takes care of clothing, books and transport for children.
Construction of Pakka school ensures that children are well groomed and equipped
with better skills.
The initiative is highly sustainable as the area lacks proper educational and
community facilities.

Drawbacks: Shoddy construction requires maintenance works to be done on a regular basis

for which there is no provision on NTPCs part.
Support towards construction of Tribal School: NTPC took the initiative for construction of
Tribal Welfare School in Assam with a view to educate tribal, rural and slum children such
that they grow take the right decisions in life, and to augment their artistic skills. The project
involved construction of a Kuchha school to be transformed into a Pukka construction.

Women Empowerment / Enfranchisement

The transformation of the country into a world power house is intricately linked to the
empowerment of our womenfolk. Recognising this fact, NTPC has a bouquet of courses and
projects specially designed for the ladies of the community such as Tailoring, Stitching, Dress
Designing, Beautician, and Embroidery. Our focus is aimed at assisting women knowing that
when the backbone of the family is strong and economically independent, the rest of the
family will flourish.

Key Initiatives in women empowerment:

Adult education programmes for underprivileged women
Distribution of Bicycles for Girls through West Bengal Government

Empowering Physically Challenged Persons

The universal declaration of "Human Rights" affirms that every person is equally entitled not
only to life, but to a life of dignity. People with disabilities have the same rights as all other
people. However, for a number of reasons they often face social, legal, and practical barriers
in
claiming
their
human
rights
on
an
equal
basis
with
others.
NTPC has been in the forefront of supporting the special needs community.
NTPC supports the physically challenged persons through
(1) Rehabilitation - enabling an impaired person to reach an optimum mental, physical
and / or social functional level.
(2) Equalization of Opportunities making accessible educational opportunities for all.

Benefits:
At least 300 mental patients and their care givers are benefitting.
Unfortunate and disadvantage sections of society, suffering from serious mental
illness are given proper sympathetic care.

Quality Circles in Villages

NTPC belief that knowledge strengthens the community; over 30 quality circles are actively
operating in identifying various community problems and providing viable solutions, in
various villages near our stations.

Giving training on QC Techniques, communication skills and stage oration and encouraged
to take part in state / national level QC competitions. QC teams from the village schools have
done exceedingly well at the state and national level QC Conventions.

NTPC Foundation:
NTPC Foundation, registered in December 2004, is engaged in serving and empowering the
physically challenged and economically weaker sections of the society.
Initiatives by NTPC Foundation:
Unique Initiative - Disability Rehabilitation Centre (DRC)
For providing services in the area of rehabilitation, restorative surgery, aids & appliances to
persons with disability, NTPC Foundation has set up DRC at Tanda in collaboration with
National Institute for the Orthopaediaclly Handicapped. Four more DRCs have been
established at NTPC Rihand, Korba, Dadri and Bongaigaon.
Recommendations
1. Advocacy for mainstreaming the systems and services. It requires commitment across
all sectors and built into new and existing legislation, standards, policies, strategies,
and plans.
2. Invest in specific programs and services for people with disabilities. In addition to
mainstream services, some people with disabilities may require access to specific
measures, support services, or training.
3. Capacity building of health care providers and program managers. Human resource
capacity can be improved through effective education, training, and recruitment.
4. Focus on educating disabled children as close to the main stream as possible.
5. Increase public awareness and understanding of disability

Unique Initiative - Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centres

Barille was a great empowerment in the direction of accessibility.
With recent advancements in technology, there is growing recognition, if equipped with
necessary adaptive and assistive technologies, persons with disabilities can perform equally
well in the classroom and workplace.
In order to alleviate disadvantage of disabled persons, NTPC Foundation has set up ICT
Centres, equipped with latest assistive software & devices for persons with visual / mobility /
hearing impairment & others.
These centres have been set up jointly with University of Delhi, Gauhati University, Devi
Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore and existing blind schools in Lucknow, Ajmer,
Thiruvanathapuram and Mysore.
Benefits

The aim behind this training centre is to encourage students with disability to pursue
higher education in the field of science and technology.

Reduction in disabled persons marginalization from the society.

Unique Initiative - DOTs cum DMC

Tuberculosis, an infectious disease, is the worlds 7th leading cause of death.
India is presently home to around 26% of the world TB patients 1 in 4 globally, making
India the most TB vulnerable nation in the world.
Modern anti-TB treatment can virtually cure all patients, provided the treatment is taken for
the prescribed duration, without interruption.
Because of the long duration of treatment, patients who begin to feel better soon after start of
treatment or because they face other problems such as poverty and unemployment,
discontinue treatment, resulting in fatality and / or development of multidrug-resistant TB
(MDR-TB).
Thus patients diagnosed with TB are to be treated effectively till cure, by ensuring
availability of the full course of drugs and a system for monitoring patient compliance to the
treatment.
NTPC partners in the Government of Indias Revised National Tuberculosis Control
Programme (RNTCP), operating 12 Directly Observable Treatment cum Designated
Microscopy Centres (DOT cum DMC) through NTPC Foundation with the objective of
ensuring that every TB patient residing in the vicinity of 25-30 km of a station is brought
under the TB Control Program and undergoes full course of treatment.

Benefits
Operationalised at 12 NTPC projects as follows:
Anta, Farakka, Dadri, Kahalgaon, Korba, Ramagundam, Rihand, Sipat, Singrauli, Talchar
(K) Unchahar, Vindhyachal
Have covered more than 500 villages-within 20-25 Km of radius in the
neighbourhood areas of Projects/ Stations.
Till date, 13840 patients registered for treatment, 2268 patients started treatment
&1745 patients completed treatment

References:
1. http://www.ntpc.co.in/en/corporate-citizenship/corporate-social-responsibility
2. TOI Publication dated Dec 7 2009.
3. TB India 2000 NRTCP Status.