Annual Report - 2005-06 - GAIL (India)

CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVES
Your Company has set high standards
of discharging corporate social
responsibilities. Your Company has made
laudable efforts to recruit physically
challenged persons as per the provision of
the Persons With Disability (PWD) Act,1995.
Your Company has been serving the cause
of community development and to name
a few, following initiatives have been
undertaken:
• Provided computer, sewing
machines, knitting machines,
embroidery machines, furniture,
instructor and consumable along
with raw material to build self
esteem of war widows and also
imparted training in arts and craft
for value added life to them.
• Distributed Long Lasting
Insecticide Impregnated Mosquito
Nets (LLIN) in malaria prone and
tsunami affected areas.
• Proactive initiative of your
Company for setting up of APRDCs
in 23 cities has been successfully
accomplished.
• Sponsored 350 reconstructive surgeries of
leprosy patients through Leprosy Mission Trust,
Delhi, Kolkata, Allahabad and Mirag.
• Donated 11 nos. of motorized tri-wheelers to
the physically challenged persons.
• Contributed for training in screw pine craft
and mushroom cultivation to orthopaedically
challenged women in Kerala and M.P.
respectively.
• Supported the Centre for Open
Door Education towards the
empowerment of Autistic children.
• Donated Rs.7 Lakhs to Bhagwan
Mahavir Viklanga Sahayta Samiti,
duly engaged in making Jaipur
foot which is the world’s largest
prosthesis provider, with more than
16,000 prosthetic fittings per year
for calipers appliances, and other
aids fabricated by GAIL polymer.
• Contributed to Directorate of
Ex-Servicemen Affairs for special
scholarship scheme to render
educational assistance to the wards
of naval personnel who died during
the active service.
A one day workshop on CSR activities
was organized for HR in-charges of all
the work centers for understanding of
CSR in modern context and approach
for implementation of CSR schemes in
your Company.
The dedication, commitment and
initiatives shown by your employees
to implement CSR activities have been
applauded and your Company has
received “Silver Plate” award from Help
Age India.
Your Company’s CSR’s efforts were
well recognized by Oil Industry
Development Board and it had
approved Rs.20 Lakhs towards drinking
water project of IPS, Nasirabad and
Rs.5 Lakhs towards sanitation project
at Usar.
Womenfolk have been highly benefited by
this as the distance for fetching the water
has drastically reduced by installation
of water tanks in 75 villages in drought
affected areas of Rajasthan District.
CSR
REPORT
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