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MINISTRY OF POWER
C NTPC Hydro Limited (NHL).: NTPC has formed a
wholly owned subsidiary company for taking up small
hydro projects of capacity up to 250 MW. NHL has
entered into a Memorandum of understanding with
the Government of Uttaranchal for development of
162 MW Lata-Tapovan Hydel Project and with the
Government of West Bengal for implementation of 90
MW Rammam Stage-Ill, subject to techno-economic
viability.
9.0 CONSULTANCY SERVICES : The Consultancy
Wing (CW) of NTPC Ltd. has surpassed all previous
records in order bookings and has secured 55 Orders
valued at Rs. 187.86 Crores as on 30/11/2005. This
Wing has bagged its largest ever single order, of
Rs. 55 crore, from Konaseema Gas Power Ltd. for
O&M Management services for 445 MW CCPP at
Devarpalli, A.P for a period of ten years. Currently,
it is involved with providing consultancy for projects
totaling approximately 22,250 MW and major orders
received are related to:
• O&M Management systems
• Project Management & Construction supervision
A policy was framed to conduct computer simulated
business games competition across the company
named “Business Minds”. A Total of 166 teams
participated in the competition.
The orientation program of the Executive Trainees
selected commenced with inauguration by Minister
of Power, Govt. of India and other VIPs from Central
Power Sector. This was followed by a gala get-together
of all the inductees with CMD, Directors & other senior
executives & their families. This has been a great
integrator of new entrants to the family of NTPC.
Benchmarking Activity was taken up from 2003 in HR.
In the year 2004-2005, 04 areas were benchmarked
and the recommendations are being implemented,
these areas are:
a. Training impact assessment and adoption of
Training evaluation Model.
b. Leadership Development Model & Systems
c. Executive Recruitment Systems & Processes
d. Customer Orientation in HR Systems &
Processes.
For all these benchmarking projects world class
companies like GE, ICICI, Wipro, TISCO, ONGC,
INFOSYS, ITC, HDFC, TATA TELECOM, Bharati
Telecom, Aditya Birla group etc were taken as
benchmark partners.
During the year the Leadership Development initiative
called Leads was also launched. All AGMs and
GMs were covered in leads centre-Assessment and
Development centers wherein their competencies
were assessed through multiple exercises by multiple
external assessors. The Leads circle-3600 assessment
is presently on-going for EDs and GMs. The Leads
system has been launched with a view of developing
the future leaders of the organization from within.
10.0 REHABILITATION & RESETTLEMENT : NTPC
is committed to help the populace displaced for
execution of its projects and has been making efforts to
improve the Socio-economic status of Project Affected
Persons (PAPs). In line with its social objective, the
company has focused on effective resettlement and
rehabilitation (R&R) of PAPs and also community
development works in and around the projects.
During the year “NTPC Resettlement and Rehabilitation
Policy” was revised in June 2005 in light of experience
and learning gained over the last 25 years in the
field of Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R) and
aligning with GOI “National Policy on Resettlement
and Rehabilitation for Project Affected Families-2003
(NPRR-2003)” after an intensive consultation exercise
with various stakeholders including representatives
from the Government, international financing institutes
and sister PSUs.
Implementation of approved Rehabilitation Action
Plans (RAPs) for Anta-ll, Koldam, Sipat and Barh
projects is in progress. Socio-Economic Survey
(SES) for North Karanpura, Nabinagar, Loharinag-
Pala, Tapovan Vishnugad and Unchahar Stage-Ill has
been completed. Formulation of Rehabilitation Action
Plan for additional ash dyke for Talcher-Thermal,
Unchahar Stage-Ill and Loharinag-Pala projects is
under progress. SES for Pipavav, Korba Stage-Ill and
Pakri Barwadih mining project is Likely to be awarded
by March 2006. Further, Social Impact Evaluation
(SIE) for Simhari project where R&R activities have
been completed is likely to be awarded during this
financial year to evaluate the impact of R&R activities
undertaken by NTPC.
11.0 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY : NTPC
brought out its Corporate Social Responsibility -
Community Development (CSR - CD) Policy in July
2004 for expanding its horizon and social vision to