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Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurating the 39th edition of the India

International Trade Fair

IndianOil inaugurates IT Learning Center

Shri Arvind Singh, Chairman, AAI recently

visited AAI patairport

Maharatna Status for POWERGRID & HPCL

Monthly Magazine of CPSE happenings

EVENTS

HPCL accorded �Maharatna� status

s per notification from MoHI, Hindustan Petroleum

ACorporation Ltd (HPCL) has been accorded the

status of a ‘Maharatna’. As a ‘Maharatna’, the HPCL

Board can now incur capital expenditure on purchase of new

items or for replacement without any monetary ceiling. The

company is also free to enter into joint ventures or strategic

alliances.

WCL organises Skill Development

Program for PAPs

Government accords 'Maharatna' status to PowerGrid Corporation

WC L i s

organising a

month long

'Mobile Repairing' Skill

D e v e l o p m e n t

Programme for Project Affected People

and unemp loyed you th a t Sk i l l

Development Centre, S.T.I. Chhindwara,

Western Coalfields Ltd. This program will

help open up career opportunities as

mobile phone repair technicians. This is a

CSR initiative of Western Coalfields Ltd.

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The government on Wednesday accorded 'Maharatna' status to Power Grid

Corporation of India Limited.

A statement from PGCIL said that RK Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, New

& Renewable Energy had announced this at its 30th Raising Day Celebrations of the company.The Maharatna status provides enhanced powers to the Board of PowerGrid to facilitate the

expansion of operations, both in domestic as well as global markets, the statement added.

02November 2019


CIL discourages use of Plastic Bags

IL is running a campaign to

Ceducate and discourage people

from using single use plastic

bags. This campaign is being run at

Asansol & Singrauli by Central Mine

Planning & Design Institute (CMPDI) by

distributing cloth bags to discourage the

use of plastic bags.

Single-use plastics or disposable plastic

damages the environment and causes

land, water and air pollution. Plastic

does not biodegrade. Instead it slowly

breaks down into smaller pieces of

plastic called microplastics.

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REC organised Shramdaan for plastic waste collection

he Shramdaan for‘Plastic Recycling’,

Tled by CMD Shri Ajeet Agarwal, Director

(Technical) Shri S.K. Gupta and Chief

Vigilance Officer Ms. Sunita Singh, saw

participation from the company’s employees.

Close to 500Kg of single-use plastic waste

was segregated, collected and sent for

recycling during the week-long drive which

was concluded on Gandhi Jayanti.

MCL to restore 9 ponds in Sundergarh

Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) has sanctioned Rs 1.42 crore under CSR

for rural development in Sundergarh district of Odisha, including restoration

of nine water bodies in the peripheral areas.

On recommendation of the Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC), MCL has sanctioned Rs 1,42,05,808 for

10 developmental projects in the tribal district, including restoration of 9 water bodies atvarious places .



MoUs

OIL Signs MoU with Piramal Swasthya Management and Research InstituteIL signed a MoU with Piramal Swasthya

OManagement and Research Institute (PSMRI),

Guwahati for implementation of OIL Sparsha, a

Mobile Dispensary Project under OIL’s CSR at OIL FHQ,

Duliajan.The MoU was signed by Shri Bimal Dutta, ED (HR

& Admin) OIL and Smt. Devika Chaddha, GM (CSR).

Sparsha have been one of the most significant community

welfare projects of Oil India Ltd under health started in

1980s by catering to the primary health care needs of the

people from OIL’s operational areas and in last 9 years, the

project has impacted around 13 lakhs beneficiaries

across 9,351 nos. of camps.

SCOPE to work on Climate Change and Finance

n MoU to seeks align Public Sector Enterprises with the national mission of environment

Aprotection and enhance their capacities in various areas and approaches related to

climate change including identifying alternatives for Single use Plastic , was signed

between Shri Atul Sobti, Director General, SCOPE and Dr. Julie Reviere, Country Director (India),

GIZ, a federal enterprise of the German Government, to work on climate change, carbon markets,

Sustainable Development Goals and climate finance.

04November 2019



CCL to Construct Toilets on 200 Rly Station in Jharkhand

CCL will construct toilets on

200 railway stations spread

across Jharkhand. Central

Coalfields Ltd. has signed a

tripartite MoU with South Eastern Railways

and RITES to this effect, in a new CSR

initiative at a cost of Rs. 44 crores.

RITES Signs MoU with Ghana for Infrastructure Development

hri Rajeev Mehrotra, CMD, RITES Ltd. Signed a MoU with

SHon’ble Minister of Railway Development, Shri Joe

Ghar tey, Republic of Ghana, at International Rail

Conference 2019 by IREE in New Delhi (India). This MOU has been

signed to promote long term bilateral co-corporation in transport

and infrastructure development projects in Ghana.

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MoUs

November 2019


MoUs�Signs�between�India�and�Nepal

MoU has been signed between

ARINL – VSP and National Research Development Corporation for

rendering consultancy services to RINL in the fi l ing of Patents, Copyr ights, Trademarks and Design Applications both in India and abroad and also for licensing of said technologies on case to case basis for commercial exploitation.

Sri KV Vidya Sagar, Executive Director (Works) I /c , RINL-VSP, and Dr H Purushotham, CMD, NRDC inked the MOU. This will provide the necessary thrust to RINL in supporting and improving upon its innovation activities.

n MoU was signed between DFCCIL

Aand CRWCL for utilizing the services of the latter for upgrading and creating

Multi-Modal Logistics Parks and Integrated Warehousing Complexes along or near DFCCIL rail network. The MoU was signed by Shri Anurag Kumar Sachan, Managing Director, DFCCIL and Shri Narinder Kumar Grover, Managing Director in presence of Shri Arun Kumar Shrivastava, Managing Director, Central Warehousing Corporation . This association is bound to reduce logistics costs and thereby attract more traffic from other modes.

DFCCIL�Signs�MoU�with�CRWCL

he 7th Meeting of Joint Working Group (JWG) and

TJoint Steering Committee (JSC) on Indo-Nepal

Cooperation in Power Sector was held in Bengaluru.

The meeting was attended by officials of Ministry of

Environment, Water Resources & Irrigation, Govt. of Nepal

and officials from Ministry of Power, Central Electricity

Authority, POWERGRID, MEA, and SJVN. Two MoUs were

signed between India and Nepal during the two day meet on

various issues related to Power.


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RINL�Signs�MOA�with�NRDC

MoUs

November 2019



SKFDC signed MoA with GAIL

NI n d i a f o r i m p l e m e n t i n g Recognition of Prior Learning

programme for 750 sanitation workers of Jaipur and Ajmer Municipal Corporation under CSR initiative of GAIL.

NSKFDC�Signs�MoA�with�GAIL�India

il and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Limited has signed a MoU

Owith US petroleum giant EXXON-Mobil. This MoU will enable the

two petroleum companies to undertake joint technical studies

and cooperate in frontier areas like deep water and other Petroleum

Exploration Licence (PEL) blocks of ONGC in east and west coast and

open acreages for joint bidding.

The MoU was signed ONGC Director (Exploration) Mr R K Srivastava

and EXXON-Mobil CEO, South Asia Mr William P Davis in the presence of

Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, Mr. Dharmendra

Pradhan, Petroleum Secretary, Dr. M M Kutty and ONGC CMD Mr. Shashi

Shanker.

ONGC�Signs�MoU��for�study�in�PEL�offshore�blocks

ndianOil handed over the Phaco

IMachine and Autoclave Machine to

Padmashri Dr. R V Ramani and

signed an MoU for conducting eye care

camps across Coimbatore based

IndianOil locations. Dr. Ramani

mentioned how rural India cannot

always afford quality eye-care but

IndianOil is making it possible.

MoU�for�conducting�Eye�care�Camps�at��IndianOil�locations

07November 2019

WCL�and�MOIL�Signs�MoU�for�supply�of�Sand�� MoU was signed between WCL

Aand MOIL Ltd supply of 1.0 Lakh M3 of Segregated Sand from

mines of Nagpur Area @ Rs 797.06 per M3 (excluding Royalty, other applicable taxes & Transportation charges) and is valid.

MoUs



Adopt�a�Heritage�Scheme

PCPL signed MoU for the

ADis t r ibu t ion o f A ids and

Assistive devices to Divyangjan

valuing approx 2 crores at Jhajjar and

Charkhi Dadri Districts of Haryana

under the CSR initiative of APCPL at

New Delhi in presence of Shri D.R.

Sarin, CMD , ALIMCO & Shri Krishna

Moorty G , CEO, APCPL.During the

MoU signing ceremony CMD ALIMCO

presented a Jute bag and a Plant to CEO

APCPL as a green gesture.

APCPL�Jhajjar�Signs�MoU�with�ALIMCO

he 26th MoU under the ‘Adopt a Heritage’ Scheme of the Ministry

Tof Tourism for development of Tourism Amenities at Gol Gumbad,

Delhi was exchanged between the Govt. of Delhi and Resbird

Technologies. The exchange of MoU took place at a ceremony presided

over by Shri Yogendra Tripathi, Secretary, Tourism, in the Presence of

Ms. Usha Sharma, Director General, Archaeological Survey of India

(ASI), Ms. Meenakshi Sharma, Director General (Tourism), Ms. Rupinder

Brar, Additional Director General (Tourism), Ms. Manisha Saxena,

Principal Secretary, Urban Development, Tourism, Art & Culture, Govt. of

Delhi and Shri Ankur Bhatia, Executive Director, Resbird Technologies.

NBCC�&�CSDC�Sign�MoU

An M o U

has been

s i g n e d

between NBCC

(India) Ltd. and Construction Skill

Development Council for engaging

Apprentice Trainees in NBCC. In

presence of Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union

Minister for Road Transpor t &

Highways of India, Shipping and

Minister of MSME & Shri Mahendra

Nath Pandey,Union Minister of Skill

Development and Entrepreneurship,

Shri Manas Kaviraj, Executive

Director (HR), NBCC and Col. Anand

Kumar Singh, CEO, CSDC signed the

MoU. Other officers of NBCC & CSDC

were also present.

08November 2019

MoUs



Boards of directors

of companies will

have to provide

shareholders details on

the integrity, exper tise

and experience of independent

directors hired during the year,

according to new rules the Centre has

introduced.

Independent directors should also

have passed a self-assessment test

conducted by the Indian Institute of

Corporate Affairs (IICA),

T h e o n l i n e p r o fi c i e n c y s e l f -

assessment test to be conducted by

the IICA will evaluate the candidate’s

knowledge of the Companies Act,

securities law, basic accountancy and

of other subjects that are required for

the individual to per form as an

independent director.

s Usha Padhee, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, said

Mthat the government will continue with privatisation in the

aviation sector and more airports will be privatised soon.

Speaking at the ‘Smart Safe Secure Skies’, organised by FICCI jointly

with Thales, Padhee said that the Indian civil aviation sector is growing at

a rapid pace and is attracting a lot of investment, particularly from the

private sector.

We have already privatised some airports and more airports are in line.

Three have been awarded, few more are in line. It is a continuous trend,”

she said.

Online�proficiency�test�for�independent�directors

More�airports�to�be�privatised,�says�MoCA�Joint�Secretary

ecretary, Power ( the then ) Shri

SS.C. Garg visited NLDC-POSOCO

Sh. KVS Baba CMD, Sh. P.K.

Agarwal (Director-Market) Operations,

Sh. R.K. Shrivastava, Director-Finance,

Sh. S.R. Narasimhan, Director-System

Operations, and Sh. S.S. Barpanda,

Executive Director, NRLDC, welcomed

Shri Garg.

Secretary��Power�Visits�POSOCO

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09November 2019



Secretary�Coal�Visits�Coal�India

hr i Ani l Kumar Ja in, IAS,

SMinistry of Coal, visited Coal India (CIL) headquar ters in

Kolkata. He paid oral tributes at the Martyr’s memorial. He later chaired a review meeting of CIL. Shri. Anil Kumar Jha, Chairman, CIL, Shri. S.N.Prasad, Director - Marketing, CIL, Shri. Binay Dayal, Director - Technical, CIL, Shri. R. P. Srivastava, Director - P&IR, CIL, Shri. Sanjiv Soni, Director - Finance, CIL, Shri Saroj Kumar Sadangi, CVO, CIL, and CMDs of various subsidiary companies were present at the review meeting. Shri. Jain was accompanied by senior officials of the Ministry of Coal.

Sh r i E . S .

Rangana than ,

M a n a g i n g

Director, IGL, performed

ground breaking ceremony for setting

up India’s first plant to convert paddy

straw into Compressed Bio Gas (CBG)

for Natural Gas Grid, in Karnal. Shri Amit

Garg, Director (Commercial), IGL, Shri

Ajay Bansal, Chairman, Ajay Bio –

Energy Pvt. Ltd. and other senior

officials of IGL were also present on the

occasion

This unit will have the capacity to

convert stubble generated from 20,000

acres of farmland in a year into gas,

which will then be sourced by IGL for its

City Gas Distribution (CGD) network in

Karnal.

IGL�plant�to�convert�paddy�straw�into�Compressed�Bio�Gas

Coal�Minister�Visits�CCLhri. Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal

Sand Mines, visited Central Coalfields Ltd. He paid oral tributes at

the Martyrs Memorial and addressed the employees of Central

Coalfields Ltd. He reviewed the Vehicle Tracking System of CCL and

chaired a review meeting of Central Coalfields Ltd. in Ranchi. Shri. Joshi

also inaugurated ‘CCL Bhawan’, a green building with a 4 star GRIHA

rating. Shri. Gopal Singh, CMD, CCL and other senior management of

CCL were present on the occasion.

PSU�News

10November 2019

oal Minister reviewed RFID based Vehicle Tracking System at

CCCL HQ.The company has deployed a new surveillance system to curb coal pilferage.With its command areas spread across 8

districts, CCL is keeping a close eye on its coal transportation by installing this system.

Coal�Minister�reviewed�surveillance�system�to�curb�coal�pilferage



PSU�News

MMTC�Festival�of�Gold�in�its�25th�Shining�Year

25th edition of the Festival of Gold was inaugurated by CMD, MMTC Shri Ved Prakash, who reiterated MMTC’s commitment to promote the consumer’s

interests and fulfill their demand for quality- assured gold, high-quality silverware, and medallions.

Adding sheen to the legacy of twenty five successful years of its agship event, MMTC has added lightweight jewellery, coloured medallions, and new silverware items to its popular array of hallmarked gold and studded jewellery, Sanchi sterling silverware, rashi stones, gold and silver medallions, as well as the Indian Gold Coin, the country’s first sovereign gold coin offered a discount of 3% on the Indian Gold Coin.

s Priyanka Dewan, Senior

MManager (Law), Kudgi

represented India at the

Woman of the Universe beauty

pageant held at Santo Domingo,

Dominican Republic.The pageant had

par ticipation from 32 countries

across the globe and Priyanka has

been adjudged among top 5 and

crowned as “Top Asia”.

NTPC's�Priyanka�Dewan�Senior�Manager,�Law�

Kudgi�represented�India

11November 2019

Airports�Authority�Planning�to�Monetise�759�Acre�of�Land�

Near�Eight�Major�Airports

The AAI is planning to monetise 759 acres of land near

eight major airports so that private companies are able to establish warehouses, hotels or restaurants, and the money generated i s u t i l i sed to deve lop a i rpo r t infrastructure, a senior official said.

"The AAI has identified the following land parcels of airports for city side development: 145 acres near Kolkata airport, 45 acres near Amritsar airport, Bhubaneswar airport, 35 acres near Jaipur airport, 60 acres near Varanasi airpor t, 217 acres near Lucknow airport, 80 acres near Raipur airport and 117 acres near Tirpuati airport," a senior AAI official clarified.



hri. Rakesh Kumar (CMD), Shri.

SPrabhakar Chowki (Director ,

Mines), Shri. K. Mohan Reddy

(Chief General Manager) of NLC INDIA

Ltd. visited China recently to attend China

Mining Conference & Exhibition 2019.

CMD has participated in the inaugural

function as a special delegate, and also

made industrial visit and discussions

with various Industrial experts to explore

Lignite to Methanol related opportunities.

CMD,�NLC��Visits�China EESL�Joins�Hands�With�NIIF�for�Smart�Meter�Program�in�India

The National Investment and

Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) and

Energy Efficiency Services

Limited (EESL), have announced a

new joint venture called Intellismart

Infrastructure Private Limited or ‘IntelliSmart.’ This joint venture has

been formed to implement, finance and operate the smart meter roll-

out program of power distribution companies.

Smart meters will play a transformational role in bringing efficiencies

and generating significant commercial benefits for power distribution

companies, while at the same time empowering end-consumers to

make informed choices regarding power consumption. According to

the company, “Smart meters will lay the foundation for smart grids,

which will be crucial to meet the challenges of the evolving energy mix

and the government of India’s target of providing uninterrupted 24×7

power supply to every Indian.”

Shri Saurabh Kumar, Managing Director, EESL, stated, this venture

will support the ambitions of ongoing government programs, such as

UDAY and National Smart Grid Mission.

SECL�eyes�better�Coal�evacuation�

South Eastern Coalfields

L i m i t e d ( S E C L ) i s

expected to produce

262 million tonnes (MT) by

2025 -26, contributing 26 per

cent to the one billion tonne coal

production target of Coal India, officials.

Th SECL aims at playing a lead role to

meet the production goal with its new rail

corridor being built at a cost of Rs 3,055

crore, the officials said."The 136 km East

Rail Corridor from Kharsia-Korichapar -

Dharamjaygarh-Korba will play a key role

to meet the production goal, Coal India

officials said. The SECL had also decided

to procure rakes of its own to expedite

supplies of the fuel through the mode of

railways. In 2018-19, SECL had produced

153 million tonne of coal and the new

railway tracks will help coal evacuation

from greenfield and existing mines, the

miner said.

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PSU�News

November 2019


entral Coalfields limited (CCL) took

Cover Damodar Valley Corporation's Bermo Mines situated in Bokaro

District of Jharkhand in presence of CMD CCL Gopal Singh and Member Secretary, DVC, P K Mukhopadhyay.

The mine has reserve of around 124 MT of washery grade coal. CCL will also acquire more than 400 acres of land with the mine. The transfer of Bermo mines is expected to boost the coal production.

Central�Coalfields�takes�over�DVC's�Bermo�Mines

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) has 27 projects worth Rs 87,000 crore which is on stream and will be completed in the next 3-4 years. As many as 27 projects worth Rs 87,000 crore are on stream. These projects will be completed in

the next 3-4 years.

We are on track. We are hopeful that these projects will be completed on time," ONGC Executive Director Shri N C Pandey said after attending a meeting with the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) secretary Shri Atanu Chakraborty and Expenditure Secretary, Shri G C Murmu at North Block.

On payment issues, he said, it was emphasized in the meeting that endeavors should be made to make payments ahead of the scheduled date.

SCOPE�and�IOE,�Geneva�to�work�together�

ONGC�plans�to�complete�27�projects�worth�Rs�87,000�crore�over�3-4�years


irector General, Standing Conference

Dof Public Enterprises , Shri Atul Sobti

welcomed Shri Rober to Saurez

San tos , t he Sec re t a r y Gene ra l o f

International Organization of Employers

(IOE), Geneva at SCOPE Headquarters. IOE is

the representative of global employers in ILO,

across the UN, G20 and other emerging

forums advocating in the areas of business in

social and employment policy.

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November 2019


CMD,�NTPC�Meets�Chief�Minister�of�Gujarat

hri Gurdeep Singh, CMD, NTPC met Shri Vijay

SRupani, Chief Minister of Gujarat recently in

Gandhi Nagar.NTPC's plans to invest in the State

in the area of setting up Renewable projects and e-

mobility were discussed on the occasion.Shri A.K.

Gupta, Director ( Commercial), Shri Mohit Bhargava,

ED(RE) and other officials were present.

PFC�obtained�the�CO-branding�rights�of�entire�Barakhambha�Metro�Station

As part of its ongoing image-

building efforts, PFC obtained

the CO-branding rights of

entire Barakhambha Metro Station Kevadia

(Narmada) . Sale of SJVNL would be a loss to

Himachal Pradesh, says official.


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h. Anuj Aggar wal the than

SChairman, AAI and other AAI officials visited ATC Complex and

took part in the Cleanliness March to spread the message of Swacch Bharat among everyone.

New RADAR facility for air traffic mgmt Chairman AAI Shri Ajuj Aggrawal dedicated new RADAR facility for air traffic mgmt at CSIA Mumbai. It will strengthen redundancy for air traffic surveillance over Mumbai airspace.

Satyagraha�se�Swachhaagraha�Tak

November 2019



The Indian National Centre for Ocean I n f o r m a t i o n

Services (INCOIS), in collaboration with the Airport Authority of India ( A A I ) , l a u n c h e d t w o m a r i n e information dissemination products recently to enhance the livelihood of fishermen and increase their security from extreme weather

INCOIS regularly provides information, advisories, ocean data, weather forecasts, potential fishing zones (PFZ) data to beneficiaries l ike fishermen, Indian Navy, marine industries, shipping etc. But due to the limited range of mobile networks and VHFs, the erstwhile information system was not able to communicate disaster warnings to the fishermen if and when they moved away from the coast beyond 10-12 km.

AAI INCIIS Launchs Satellite-based advisory service

Director�NSIC�interacting�with�Shri�Pramod�Sawant

h r i P . U d a y a k u m a r ,

SDirector(P&M), The National

Small Industries Corporation

Ltd.-NSIC interacting with Shri Pramod

Sawant, Chief Minister of Goa during

the Vibrant Goa 2019 held recently.

h. Anurag Sachan, MD DFCCIL delivered a keynote address at the

SInternational Rail Conference 2019 which coincided with IREE

2019 as well as participated in a Panel discussion on "Logistics –

Enhancing Freight Share." He also visited the DFCCIL stall.

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MD�DFCCIL�addresses��International�Rail�Conference

PSU�News

November 2019



ousing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd.

H(HUDCO) organized in-house Training Programme,

which aimed to meet the requirements on Finance for

Non Finance Executives: Essential of accounting /budgeting,

taxation and audit etc.

Shri Rakesh Arora, Director, Finance, inaugurated the training

program. Shri Muniappa Nagaraj, Director, Corporate Planning

graced the occasion during the Valedictory Session.

NTPC�Singrauli�team�emerged�as�the�winners�of�the�Vigilance�

Quiz�2019�

HUDCO�organized�in-house�Training�Programme

TPC Singrauli team emerged as the

Nwinners of the National Finale of ‘NTPC Vigilance Quiz 2019’ held at

NTPC Dadri . Team from DBF & Hydro region (NTPC Dadri) emerged as the 1st runner up while team from Corporate Centre grabbed the 2nd runner up position. The NTPC ‘Vigilance Quiz 2019’ covered questions on aspects of vigilance and general studies which was appreciated by the participants.

Shri Rajit Punhani, Chief Vigilance Officer ,NTPC,, Shri Rakesh Prasad, ED (HR), Shri A.K . Das, CGM, Dadri, Ms. Vijaya Lakshmi Muralidharan, Head of HR (Dadri) presented the awards to the winning teams.

NBCC�implements�Prior�Learning�Programme�under�Skill�India�MissionBCC has implemented the

NRecognition of Prior Learning

[RPL] Programme throughout the

country. Over 2000 Workers have been

a s s e s s e d a n d c e r t i fi e d b y t h e

Construction Skill Development Council of

India [CSDC]. Workers in 39 Job Roles

assessed through written test & practical

demonstration by NBCC Engineers with

co-ordination of CII.

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November 2019



LC India Limited organized various

Nprograms as part of Vigilance Awareness Week 2019 . Shri P. Daniel, Addl.

Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission, visited NLCIL to give a lecture on this year’s CVC’s theme “Integrity –A way of Life” to its employees.

Students�organises�Entrepreneurship�Orientation�Programme�at�NSIC

NLCIL��opens�integrity�shop�at��Jawahar�Matric�School

amia Millia Islamia’s Business Club

Jand Department of Commerce and

Business Studies jointly organised an

Entrepreneurship Orientation Programme

and a visit of nearly 100 students to the

incubator facility at National Small

Industries Corporation (NSIC), Okhla, New

Delhi. The purpose of the visit was to

familiarize students with various aspects

related to setting up a business and provide

an insight to the various issues of

entrepreneurship.

NBCC�CMD�warns�employees�of�stern�action�against�corruption

n the occasion of Vigi lance

OAwareness Week for the year 2019,

Shri P K Gupta, CMD , NBCC India

(Ltd), has sent out a strong message to the

entire employee fraternity of the company

against indulging in any sort of corrupt and

unscrupulous activities while discharging

their duties at work place or outside. He

reaffirmed that there would be no tolerance

for any corrupt practices in NBCC or in the

name of NBCC.

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PSU�News

November 2019



i r e c t o r ( F i n a n c e ) , B D L S h r i S .

DPiramanayagam, administering the Vigilance

Pledge to employees of BDL on the eve of

vigilance awareness week inaugurated at BDL. Chief

Vigilance Officer, BDL Dr. Vennam Upender, Director

(Technical), BDL Shri N P Diwakar and other senior

executives of the company were present.

NHPC�organizes�Vigilance�Awareness�Week�

Vigilance�Awareness�Week�at�BDL�

HPC Limited commenced the

Nobser vance of Vig i lance Awareness Week 2019 at

Corporate Office, Faridabad and its various power stations/ projects/ regional offices and field units.During the inaugural function, Shri Balraj Joshi, CMD, NHPC also released the latest issue of the Vigilance Journal ‘Chetna’. A special highlight of the inaugural function was a talk by Shri Rama Nath Jha, Executive Director, Transparency International India on ‘Prevention of Corruption and Tools of Good Governance”.

IREDA�observes��Vigilance�Awareness�Week�uring the ‘Vigi lance

DA w a r e n e s s W e e k

2 0 1 9 ’ , a n I n t e g r i t y

P ledge tak ing ceremony,

administered by Shri S K

Bhargava, Director (Finance)

and Shri Philip Bara, CVO to the

employees at Corporate Office,

N e w D e l h i . D u r i n g t h e

campaign various activities like

vendors meet, workshops,

s e m i n a r , s p e e c h

competitionetc.were organized.

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Vigilance�Awarness

November 2019



r. Nalin

DShinghal, CMD,

BHEL,

administered the

Integrity Pledge to

employees on the

inaugural day of the

Vigilance Awareness

Week at the Company’s

Corporate Office here.

Vigilance�Awareness�Week�at��Coal�India�

Awareness�Week�observed�in�BHEL

hri. Anil Kumar Jha, Chairman,

SCIL administered the ‘Integrity

Pledge’ to employees of CIL at

company headquar ters thereby

agging off the Vigilance Awareness

Week 2019 celebrations.

Shr i S. N. Prasad, Director -

Marketing, CIL, Shri. Binay Dayal,

Director - Technical, CIL and Shri.

Sanjiv Soni, Director - Finance, CIL

spoke on the occasion. They shared

their views on the importance of

integrity at the workplace.

19

NTPCians�takes�Integrity�Pledgehri Gurdeep Singh, CMD, Directors, CVO

Sand officials took the Integrity Pledge on

the occasion of Vigilance Awareness

Week at Corporate Center, New Delhi. Integrity

Pledge on theme ‘Integrity- A way of life’ was

also taken by employees at all locations of NTPC.

November 2019




hri Sanjiv Singh, Chairman,

SI n d i a n O i l , f o r m a l l y

i naugura tes V ig i l ance

Awareness Week by administering

the Vigilance Pledge at IndianOil’s

Corporate Office in New Delhi, in the

presence of Shri Vinod Kumar, CVO,

and Board of Directors of IndianOil.

Celebration�of�Vigilance�Awareness�Week�in�SJVN

IndianOil�observes�Vigilance�Awareness�Week

JVN has observed Vigilance

SAwareness Week. Mrs. Geeta

Kapur, Director (Personnel)

administered the Integrity Pledge to

the employees who gathered in large

number in Shimla . Shri D P Kaushal,

CGM (HR) read out the message of

the Hon'ble Vice-President of India.

While Shri Deepak Nakhashi, CGM

and Shri V. Shankranarayanan, CGM

read out the messages of Dr Jitendra

Singh, MoS, PMO and Shri N L

Sharma, CMD SJVN respectively.

20

Vigilance�Awareness�Week-�at�MCLetting in motion an Integrity Tableau for

Spublic awareness on corruption-free

society marked the beginning of Vigilance

Awareness Week 2019 at Mahanadi Coalfields

Limited (MCL).

Shri B N Shukla,CMD , unfurled the Vigilance Flag

at the corporate office and administered

“integrity pledge for citizens” to the employees at

headquarters.

November 2019




AWARDS

he Associat ion for Talent

TDevelopment (ATD) honored 59

organizations from Australia,

Canada, China, India, Korea, Russia,

S ingapore, Turkey, the Uni ted

Kingdom, and the United States as

winners of the 2019 BEST Awards.

Rosendin, headquartered in San Jose,

California, won the first-place ranking.

IBM, Tata Consultancy Services,

TELUS, and Wipro Limited received

ATD’s Best of the BEST Award, which

goes to organizations that have won

the BEST Award 10 or more times.

Companies were recognized during a

ceremony held at MGM National

Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland.

59 Organizations Win Prestigious ATD BEST Award

BPCL�receives�the�Express�Logistics�and�Supply�Chain�Leadership�Award

harat Petroleum receives the Express Logistics & Supply Chain

BLeadership award for ‘Best-in-Class Supply Chain / Procurement Diversity Initiative’ in Mumbai, during 12th edition of Asia’s Largest

End-To-End Logistics & Supply Chain Conference. Shri Suresh Nair, Executive Director (SCO) received the coveted award alongwith his team.

21November 2019

SBI�received�The�World�Best�Bank�Awards�2019

lobal Finance honoured State

GBank of India (SBI) with the

'Best Bank - India' award at the

World's Best Bank Awards 2019.

hri Vipin Kharbanda receiving

SHCFI K L Chopra Media Award

from Shri Radhey Shyam

Julaniya (IAS), Secretary (Sports),

Govt of India at 26th Perfect Health

Mela 2019.

Shri Vipin Kharbanda bags HCFI K L Chopra Media Award



DEVIDEND

PDIL�Pays�Dividend�to�Govt.�of�India

h Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma, CMD, PDIL presented Cheque of

SRs 11.80 crore for “Dividend, for the year 2018-19” to Union

Minister of Chemicals & Fertilisers Sh D V Sadanand Gowda

.PDIL achieved record Financial performance during FY 2018-19

including highest ever Profit after Tax (PAT) of Rs 30.36 crore.

hri Nand Lal Sharma, CMD, SJVN

SLimited has presented the final dividend cheque for FY 2018-19

of Rs. 156.22 crores to the Union Minister of State (I/c) Power and New & Renewable Energy, Shri R.K. Singh at New Delhi.

The cheque was presented in the presence of, Sh Subhash Chandra Garg , Secretary (Power) and senior officials of the Ministry of Power. On this occasion Shri A.S. Bindra, Director (Finance), Sh. S.P. Bansal, Director (Civil) and senior officers of SJVN were also present.

22

SJVN�paid�a�total�dividend�of�Rs.�844.91�crores

November 2019

NALCO�Pays�highest�Dividend�of�115�pct�for�FY�2018-19

r. Tapan Kumar Chand, CMD,

DNALCO ,has handed over two

Cheques, totaling Rs. 557.80

crore, consisting of interim and final

dividend to Shri Prahallad Joshi,

Union Minister of Mines, Coal &

Parliamentary Affairs, in New Delhi.



imachal Pradesh has turned

Hdown the Centre’s proposal to exit the Sutluj Jal Vidyut Nigam

(SJVNL), citing that it will lead to loss t o t h e p e o p l e a n d t h e s t a t e government.The state has informed the Centre that the status of SJVN should not be disturbed in the interest of Himanchal Pradesh. The state has taken up the matter with the Prime Minister as well.

Sale of SJVNL would be a loss to Himachal Pradesh,

says official

hri M V Gowtama, CMD , BEL, presented the final dividend

Scheque for Rs. 231.69 Cr to the Defence Minister, Shri Rajnath

Singh, at New Delhi . BEL has achieved a turnover of

Rs.11,789.22 Crs and registering a growth of 16.90% over the previous

year. The Company invested a total of Rs. 1,077 Crores in R&D last year

and achieved 96% sales revenue from indigenous technology. BEL also

invested Rs. 668 Crs on expansion and modernisation of its facilities.

23

BEL pays Rs. 231.69 Cr Final Dividend to Govt of India

Govt slashes medical claims of NPCC employees

n what has come as a shocker to the

Iemployees of National Projects Construction Corporation (NPCC),

the board o f d i rec tors o f the organisation passed an order that the claims under chronic and prolonged ailments to Rs 12,000 per year.

November 2019

Coal India to switch over to mechanised

transportation by Fy24

Co a l I n d i a w i l l

sw i t ch ove r t o

m e c h a n i s e d

transpor tation of coal

through piped conveyor belts in its

large mines by 2023-24, replacing the

existing road movement of the dry fuel.

Piped conveyor belt transportation is a

covered system for movement of coal

and thus promotes environment safety

and prevents possible coal pilferage.

The system is already operational in

some of the mines of Coal India Ltd

(CIL) , the company sa id in a

statement.

DEVIDEND



CSR

IndianOil�s�CSR�initiative,�Reaching�out�Touching�Lives

s a noble gesture, the members

Aof NALCO Mahi la Samit i

recently distributed mosquito

nets to all the inmates of Bhima Bhoi

School for the Blind in Bhubaneswar.

This will ensure the health and safety

of the children.

NALCO�Mahila�Samiti�distributes�Mosquito�Nets�

in�Blind�SchoolThe Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences ( I L B S ) i n

association with Water and Power Consultancy Services (WAPCOS) Limited organised 'I Pledge... (my suppor t)' activity at WAPCOS Limited Corporate office at Gurugram.

WAPCOS�with�ILBS�pledges�against�the�menace�of�Hepatitis�B�and�C

hri . Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra, Director (HR), IndianOil, handed

Sover Maruti Eeco Van to Silver Linings NGO, which runs a Shiksha

hostel & preparatory school in Delhi for the visually impaired

children. The van will help the student’s shuttle between hostel & school

and will facilitate their study & educational tours.

24November 2019

HPC signed an agreement to

Nacquire 500 MW Teesta VI hydro power project and

project would be completed in next five years, NHPC Chairman and MD Balraj Joshi said at a press conference here.

round 13 lakh jobs were created in August, lower than 14.49 lakh in

Athe previous month (July), according to the payroll data of ESIC. It

also showed that from September 2017 to August 2019, around 2.97

crore new subscribers joined the ESIC scheme.

NHPC's Teesta project in Sikkim to produce

500 MW power

13.08 lakh new jobs created in August



Mahanadi�Coalfields�Limited�has�organized�a�Health�Check�Up�Camp

umaligarh Refinery Ltd will

Npump in over Rs 60 crore in

various developmental projects

under its corporate social responsibility

(CSR) activities during 2019- 20.

Of the total spending under the CSR

head, the miniratna PSU in Assam's

Golaghat district has earmarked 60

percent funds for school education,

health and nutrition programmes.

"In 2019-20, our CSR budget is Rs 62

crore. In this fiscal, a few aspirational

districts are under consideration for

undertaking developmental activities

apart from other programmes," NRL

Managing Director Shri S K Barua told

here.

Numaligarh�Refinery�to�invest�Rs�62�crore�

in�CSR�activitieshe Confederation of Indian

TIndustr y (CII) said i t has

adopted over 100 villages and

100,000 acres of farm area in Punjab

and Haryana to enable zero crop

residue burning. The industry body

has adopted Ludhiana, Barnala and

Patiala districts in Punjab, and Rohtak,

Sirsa and Fatehabad in Haryana.

The CII has created an ecosystem to

engage stakeholders, including

e x p e r t s , c o r p o r a t e s , S t a t e

governments, village community and

farmer groups, to implement possible

solutions to the issue of stubble

burning, the chamber said in a

statement.

akhanpur Area of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited has organized a

LHealth Check-Up Camp at Kudaloi village under Kudaloi GP. In the

camp patients were registered, checked up by eminent doctors and

provided with medicines. A total of 185 beneficiaries have taken part in

this Health Camp, including a paralytic patient who had been checked up

at her house by (Mrs.) Dr. N.Nair for her paralytic condition. Patients were

given medicines on skin problems, fever, cold/cough, intestinal ailments,

eye, gynecological, contraceptive measures and other general physical

ailments.

CII�adopts�100�villages�in�Punjab,�Haryana�to�

curb�pollution

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CSR

November 2019



DVC�to�set�up�renewable�energy�facilities�at�Belur�Math

MD GAIL ( India) Limited,

CDr Ashutosh Karnatak has

inaugurated GAIL Asmita- Sale

–cum-exhibition event of the products

made by benefic ia r i es o f C SR

programmes of GAIL at GAIL Jubilee

Tower, Noida.

CMD�GAIL�inaugurates�GAIL�Asmita�exhibition�

he Damodar Valley Corporation has decided to install renewable

Tenergy facilities at iconic places in its command area to reduce the

carbon footprint. Accordingly, DVC under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

programme has dedicated a 164 kWp grid connected roof top solar

project to the Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math.The project

was inaugurated by Swami Divyanandaji, Secretary, Ramakrishna

Mission Saradapitha, Shri Sutirtha Bhattacharya, Chairperson, West

Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission (WBERC)in the presence of

Shri P.K. Mukhopadhyay, Member-Secretary& Shri R.P. Tripathi, Member

(Technical), DVC. The inauguration ceremony was attended by several

monks from Ramakrishna Mission and high officials of DVC.

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CSR

November 2019

Works�starts�NHPC�Limited's�2000�MW�Lower�Subansiri�

hydro�power�project

Al m o s t a f t e r

e i g h t y e a r s

, w o r k s h a s

started in the NHPC's 2000 MW

Lower Subansiri hydro power

project along Assam-Arunachal

Pradesh. Around 60 percent of the

work of the power project is almost

completed. Construction at the

project site started in 2005 and the

project was slated to start operating

2014.



Appointments

27

enior IAS officer Shri Sanjeev Nandan

SSahai ,a 1986-batch IAS officer of

union territories cadre, has taken over

as secretary, Power secretary in the Ministry

of Power.

hri Amitabh Banerjee ,an IRAS Cadre

Sofficer of 1988 Civil ServicesBatch,

has been appointed as the Managing

Director at Indian Rai lway Finance

Corporation (IRFC).

hri P K Gupta takes over as the CMD of

SNBCC (India) Ltd., Before taking over

the charge of CMD, NBCC, he was

Executive Director (Regional Projects) in

RITES Limited. Shri Gupta has 33 years of

Civil Engineering works experience, serving

in Railways and its constituents in various

capacities.

Shri�S�N�Sahai�is�Power�Secy �Shri��Amitabh�Banerjee��takes�over�as�Managing�Director�of�IRFC

Shri�P�K�GUPTA�takes�over�as�CMD�of�NBCC�

November 2019



28

hri Anil Kumar Gautam has taken over

Sas ;Director ( Finance), NTPC. Shri A.K. Gautam (aged 57 years) is CMA

LLB. Prior to current position he was holding the position of Executive Director (Fin), NTPC.

hri Rakesh Misri took over as Director-

SMarketing of HPCL. Prior to his

appointment as Director-Marketing,

Shri Misri was Executive Director-Marketing

Coordination in HPCL.Shri Misri has a rich

and varied professional exposure of over 36

years in HPCL.

s. Pomila Jaspal, has taken over as

MDirector (Finance), Mangalore

Refinery and Petrochemicals

Limited . She was serving as Executive

Director-Corporate Finance in ONGC before

being appointed in MRPL.

Shri�Anil�Kumar�Gautam�takes�over�as�Director�(�Finance),�NTPC

Shri�Rakesh�Misri�takes�over�as�Director�Marketing�of�HPCL

Ms.�Pomila�Jaspal�takes�over�as�Director-Finance,�MRPL

Appointments

November 2019



Shri��S�M�Vaidya�takes�over�as�Director�(Refineries)�of�IndianOil

hri Shrikant Madhav Vaidya has taken

Sover as the Director (Refineries) of

IndianOil. Mr. Vaidya now spearheads

the business & operations of nine refineries &

petrochemical plants of IndianOil. Now he has

been selected as chairman, IndianOil.

hri Anil Kapoor, ED, BHEL has

Sassumed charge as Director (Human

Resources) of BHEL. Prior to this, he

was heading the HR and Corporate

Communication functions of BHEL as

Executive Director

mde P. R . Hari, IN (Retd.) took charge

Cas Director (Personnel) of Garden

Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd.

�Shri��Anil�Kapoor�takes�over�as�Director�(HR),�BHEL

Cmde�P.�R�.�Hari�IN�Retd.�takes-over�as�Director�Personnel�of�GRSE

Appointments

29November 2019



Shri�Ashim�Kumar�Ghosh�takes�charge�as�CMD�,�BVFCL

hri Ashim Kumar Ghosh takes charge

Sas CMD of the BVFCL recently. hri D.S Rana has taken over as

SChairman and Managing Director

,Engineering Projects (India) Limited

(EPIL)

hri S C Mudgerikar has takenover as

SCMD of the Company.

Shri�D.�S.�Rana�takes�over�as��CMD�Engineering�Projects�

(India)�Limited

Shri�S�C�Mudgerikar�joins�RCF�and�takes�charge�as�CMD

Appointments

30November 2019



Tari�

31November 2019

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