Issue 57-58, JuLY-AuGusT, 2016

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SCOPE Academy of Public Sector completes the first programme

SCOPE Academy of Public Sector completes the first programme

DG, SCOPE Welcomes Mr. Guy Ryder, DG, ILO

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The first batch of 25 participants drawn

from various public sector enterprises

completed two-week capacity building

programme under the aegis of Academy

of Public Sector Enterprises (APSE). Dr.

Madhukar Gupta, IAS, Additional Secretary,

Department of Public Enterprises inaugurated

the first programme. Highlighting the

objective of the Academy, Dr. U.D. Choubey,

Director General, SCOPE informed that the

two-weeks programme was structured to give

micro and macro aspects of various issues

in public sector enterprises, both in India

and abroad. The Academy is different than

the captive training centers in various public

sectors where specified training is imparted

exclusively for the area of functioning of a

particular public sector whereas the APSE

will give broad picture of all the public

sector enterprises under one roof which will

cover different sectors like oil & gas, power,

manufacturing, construction, communication

etc. The participants were subjected to

vigorous training programme with proper

system of evaluation of their performance.

This will be a continuous process and second

batch will start shortly.

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SCOPE organized a two-days Corporate Communication Summit on the theme

“Learning New Strategies – Scaling Newer Heights” which was attended by a large number of participants from PSUs. On this occasion SCOPE Corporate Communication Excellence Awards were also presented.

Mr. Nirmal Sinha, Chairman, SCOPE in his inaugural address said that good work done by public sector should be effectively

projected by corporate communication professionals. He advised PSUs to give top most importance to corporate communication departments.

Dr. U.D. Choubey, Director General, SCOPE advised PSUs to develop a blue print document on Communication Strategy for effective communication to build a brand image of the organization. He announced that SCOPE will shortly organize an exclusive

programme on Media Spokesperson in Public Sector.

The outcome of the two days Summit shall help PSUs to further strengthen their corporate communication departments. Among others, Padma Shri Dr. K.K. Aggarwal, Honorary Secretary General, IMA, Mr. Sudhir Chaudhary of Zee News and Mr. D.D. Mishra, Director (HR), ONGC also spoke in the inaugural session.

SCOPE Summit on Corporate Communication

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Winners of SCOPE Corporate Communication Excellence Awards 2016

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Winners of SCOPE Corporate Communication Excellence Awards 2016

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SCOPE organized a two-day Workshop on “Preparing for Global Climate

Change and Sustainable Development Goals” here today which was attended by a large number of senior executives of public sector enterprises.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Nirmal Sinha, Chairman,SCOPE said that climate change is the greatest environment threat mankind has ever faced. Mr. Sinha said the Millennium Development Goals that were in place earlier have been replaced by the Sustainable Development Goals with the aim of guiding the international community and national governments on a pathway towards sustainable development for the next fifteen years.

Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad, IAS, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change in his address informed

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that the UN General Assembly adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and its 169 Targets in September 2015 as part of 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development. To monitor the implementation of SDG Targets, indicators are being developed at the global level. In order to achieve SDGs, global

community needs to provide finance, technology and capacity building avenues. Incremental finance required to implement SDGs is crucial, he added. Mr. Damandeep Singh, Director, CDP India & Lead Resource Person shared the programme perspective.

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SCOPE Organizes Conference on Labour Law Reforms

Two-days Conference on Management of Contract Labour and Labour Law Reforms was organized

by Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) where large number of representatives from public sector enterprises participated. Several aspects of contract labour and possible reforms for their minimum wages and social security were discussed. On this occasion, dignitaries also released the Special Issue of Kaleidoscope Magazine on Labour Law Reforms.

While speaking in the inaugural session, Dr. U.D. Choubey, Director General, SCOPE complimented Government of India for their attempt to build on over 40 number of the laws and regulations with regard to labour to practically four regulations in line with the speech delivered by Prime Minister on the occasion of Independence Day celebrations last year wherein he emphasized for “clear and precise” law.

The programme was inaugurated by Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu, Information Commissioner, Central Information Commission. Mr. Bipin Mallick, IAS, Additional Secretary & DG (Labour Welfare), Ministry of Labour & Employment also addressed the inaugural session. Mr. S. B. Borgohain, Director (HR), NEEPCO proposed the vote of thanks.

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Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) organized a two-day Conclave on RTI Act, 2005 of Appellate Authorities & PIOs of CPSEs

here today. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. U.D. Choubey, Director General, SCOPE said that RTI Act has improved transparency and accountability and PSU brand in domestic and international market. He said RTI Act has empowered the people of the country to secure information under the control of public authority.

Mr. H. Sekhar Das, Assam State Chief Information Commissioner and Mr. S.B. Borgohain, Director (HR), NEEPCO addressed the Opening session of the Conclave. The Conclave was attended by a large number of PIOs/CPIOs of public sector enterprises. Mr. O.P. Khorwal, Convener, SCOPE Steering Committee on RTI also addressed the gathering.

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SCOPE for development of villages under CSR

Speaking in a National Seminar on “Is CSR Working in India?”, organized by Mature Media Pvt. Ltd at the Constitution Club, Dr. U.D. Choubey, Director General, SCOPE

emphasized for better implementation of CSR funds allocated by Central Public Sector Enterprises to NGOs. He mentioned that 2% mandatory CSR provision has been taken by PSEs in letter and spirit. Public sectors are implementing it through a robust mechanism which include inter alia Board approved policy. They take up baseline survey, identify the needs but the real issue comes with regard to implementing agency. Dr. Choubey mentioned that in order that the benefits of CSR fund reaches at the end point, it would be better that all allocated funds from CPSEs should be subjected to accountability check for NGOs under RTI, CAG and social audit.

SCOPE organized Seminar on Cyber Security in Public

Sector Enterprises which was addressed by Dr.

Gulshan Rai, National Cyber Security Coordinator & Special

Secretary, PMO, Dr. U.D. Choubey, Director General, SCOPE

and Ms. Rama Vedashree, CEO, DSCI.

SCOPE Organizes Seminar on Cyber Security in PSUs

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Pattern of investment in terms of Gross Block(2013-14 and 2014-15)

Source: Public Enterprises Survey 2014-15

Note: This is inclusive of capital- work-in-progress (including intangible assets).

Sl No. Sector Investment in Terms of Gross Block as on Growth rate over theprevious year

Gross Block as % oftotal as on 31.3.201531.3.2015 31.3.2014

1 Agriculture 1004.91 871.02 15.37 0.05

2 Electricity 529103.46 468197.18 13.01 27.75

3 Manufacturing 522551.94 484618.47 7.83 27.40

4 Mining 507165.71 469992.59 7.91 26.60

5 Services 317078.14 308123.09 2.91 16.63

6 Under Construction 29892.15 24728.45 2 0.88 1.57

Total 1906796.31 1756530.80 8.55 100.00

(` Crore)

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Gross Block in top 10 Enterprises as on 31.3.2015

Top Steel Importers in 2015

(` Crore)

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CPSE Name Investment in terms of

Gross Block

Share in TotalGross Block

(%)

1 Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. 29004 2.1021.60

2 NTPC Ltd. 184971.08 13.77

3 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 172366.88 12.84

4 Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. 171188.41 12.75

5 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. 157966.95 11.76

6 ONGC Videsh Ltd. 115928.85 8.63

7 Steel Authority Of India Ltd. 94401.19 7.03

8 Nuclear Power Corpn. Of India Ltd. 54888.24 4.09

9 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. 51649.34 3.85

10 Bharat Petroleum Corpn. Ltd. 49475.31 3.68

Total 1342878.35 70.43

Grand Total 1906796.31 100

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Source: Public Enterprises Survey 2014-15 Source: Public Enterprises Survey 2014-15

Source: World Steel Association

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Source: Public Enterprises Survey 2014-15

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Public Sector Celebrates International Yoga Day

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CONCOR

MCL

IndianOil

MDL

KIOCL

NFL

yoGA DAy

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NLC

POWERGRID

NBCC

NMDC

RCF

NSIC

NaLCO

BDLSECI

yoGA DAy

OIL

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Heads of Missions and Representatives of 19 African countries visited NSIC Incubation Centre at Okhla, New Delhi recently.

Mr. Ravindra Nath, CMD, NSIC briefed them about NSIC’s activities in promoting & developing MSMEs. Dr. Neena Malhotra, JS (E&SA), Ministry of External Affairs along with Under Secretary (E&SA) and Mr. P.Udayakumar, DPM were also presenton this occasion.

NSIC organizes Interactive Meet

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A Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) was signed between NTPC Limited and Coal India Limited (CIL) for formation of a Joint

Venture Company to take up the revival of Fertilizer Plants of Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL) at Sindri, Bihar and Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh by setting up an Ammonia urea plant at each location.

The Joint Venture Agreement was signed by Mr. Arun Kumar Gupta, General Manager (BD) from NTPC and Mr. T. Bandopadhyay, General Manager (Coal Videsh) from Coal India Limited in the presence of Mr. A. Panda, Director (Finance), South Eastern Coal Field Limited (SECL). Mr. M. Viswanathan, Company Secretary, CIL and Mr. Murari Prasad, AGM (BD) were also present on the occasion.

NTPC and Coal India Join Hands to Foray into Fertilizer Sector

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Indian Aviation Academy (IAA), a joint venture of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and Bureau

of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has achieved one more milestone. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a body of United Nations, has awarded Full Member Status to IAA under TRAINAIR PLUS Program. Mr. Anuj Aggarwal, Member (HR), Airports Authority of India had been the driving force in achieving this goal.

Bharat Electronics Ltd has established an 8.4 MW wind energy power plant at Hanumanthappa site, Harappanahalli, in the

Davangere district of Karnataka for captive consumption of energy for its factory at Bengaluru.

The wind energy plant, installed by the Engineering Services, Bangalore Complex, BEL, in collaboration with Suzlon Energy Limited, was inaugurated recently by Mr. S. K. Sharma, CMD, BEL.

Indian aviation academy (Iaa) acquires Full Member Status of prestigious ICaO

TRaINaIR PLUS Program

BEL wind energy power plant at Harappanahalli inaugurated

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Mr. Siddaramaiah , Chief Minister of Karnataka, inaugurated the commencement of works for the 370 MW Yelahanka Combined Cycle Power Plant (CCPP), to be

executed by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), in the presence of the Minister of Energy, Govt. of Karnataka, Mr. D. K. Shiva Kumar.

Mr. Atul Sobti, CMD, BHEL, and other dignitaries, including officials from Govt. of Karnataka, KPCL and BHEL, were present on the occasion.

CSL delivered “ICGS Aryaman”, the Eighteenth vessel in the series of twenty Fast

Patrol Vessel under construction for the Indian Coast Guard, 95 days ahead

of the contractual schedule. The Protocol of Delivery and Acceptance was signed

between Mr. Suresh Babu NV, Director (Operations), CSL and Commanding Officer

(Designate) of the vessel Cmdt. Neeraj Singh. DIG T.P. Sadanandan, Principal

Director (Materiel), CGHQ, DIG G. Devanand, CGRPS (KOC) and other senior officials

of ICG and CSL were present on the occasion. The vessel will be operated from the

Coast Guard Station at Kochi.

CM , Karnataka Inaugurates commencement of work of 1x370 MW

Yelahanka CCPP, being set up by BHEL

Cochin Shipyard Limited delivers the Fast Patrol Vessel (BY 518) to the Indian Coast Guard

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The Defence Minister Mr. Manohar Parrikar witnessed the inaugural flight of India’s

own indigenous HTT 40 (Basic Trainer Aircraft - BTA) designed and developed by HAL recently at HAL airport. The aircraft was flown by Gp. Capt. C. Subramaniam and Gp. Capt. Venugopal for about 10-15 minutes .

Indigenous Trainer aircraft Makes

Inaugural Flight

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Mr. Sanjiv Singh, Director (Refineries) inaugurating the Perimeter CCTV

System. Mr. SK Dhar Gupta, Executive Director was also present during the ceremony. During his recent visit to Gujarat Refinery, Mr. Sanjiv Singh, Director (Refineries), inaugurated Naphtha Firing Facility for Gas Turbines 4 & 5 at Co-generation Plant-II and Perimeter CCTV System. He was accompanied by Mr. S.K. Dhar Gupta, ED, and other Senior IndianOil officials.

Defence Minister, Mr. Manohar Parrikar inaugurated the newly constructed

Submarine Assembly Workshop at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL), Mumbai recently. With the commissioning of the state of the art workshop, MDL has acquired unique capability of second construction, assembly line for Submarines.

Director (Refineries) inaugurates new facilities

at Gujarat Refinery

Submarine assembly Workshop at MDL

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India gears up for CNG in two wheelers Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan & Mr. Prakash

Javadekar launch Pilot Programme Project supported by IGL and GaIL

In a major step to curb rising air pollution in Indian cities, Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Petroleum and Natural Gas and Mr.

Prakash Javadekar, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Environment, Forest & Climate Change launched first of its kind Pilot Programme in the country to run two wheelers on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) here today in the presence of Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi, Member of Parliament, Dr. Bhure Lal, Chairman, EPCA, Mr. B.C. Tripathi, CMD, GAIL (India) Ltd., Mr. Ashutosh Jindal, Joint Secretary, Ministry Of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Mr. E.S. Ranganathan, MD, Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL), officials and media persons.

The first consignment comprising of 60 MT Type-II Paraffin Wax was flagged off to Rok Industries,

Kenya from Numaligarh Refinery Marketing Terminal by Mr. S. R. Medhi Director ( Technical), NRL in the presence of senior officials of the Company.

Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi dedicated NRL’s Wax Plant to the Nation on 5th February’16 at a public function in Dibrugarh, Assam. The 50,000 Metric Tonnes (MT) Wax Plant commissioned in March 2015 at a cost of Rs. 676 crores is the country’s largest Wax producing unit with indigenous technology developed by IIP Dehradun, EIL and NRL.

NRL sends first consignment of Wax to Kenya

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NTPC-Kudgi and South Western Railways signed an agreement for the Doubling of Hotgi-Kudgi section of South Western Railway under Customer Funding

Concession. NTPC has agreed to finance the cost of construction of the Rail System under the Customer funding model of Ministry of Railways Policy of participative model for rail connectivity. NTPC has deposited Rs. 946 crore with South Western Railway towards the cost of doubling of railway section between Hotgi – Kudgi (134 km).

The agreement was signed by Mr. A.S.Rao, CTPM (Chief Traffic Planning Manager) on behalf of SWR and by Mr. Harbans Singh, Group General Manager on behalf of NTPC-Kudgi in the presence of Mr. P.K. Saxena GM-SWR. Senior officials of NTPC and SWR were present on the occasion.

NTPC signs Agreement with Railways

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The States / UTs of Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli signed the ‘24x7 Power For All’ documents in the august presence of

Mr. Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy during the two-day Conference of State Power Ministers held recently in Goa. Ms. Jyoti Arora, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power signed these documents on behalf of the Govt. of India

Conference of Power, Renewable Energy & Mines Ministers held in Goa

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Indian Consortium, led by Oil India Limited (OIL), along with, IndianOil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and Bharat PetroResources Limited (BPRL), a

100% subsidiary of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), signed definitive agreement to acquire upto 23.9% shares from Rosneft Oil Company (Rosneft), NOC of Russia in JSC Vankorneft, a company organised under the law of Russian Federation which is the owner of Vankor and North Vankor Field licenses. The acquisition is subject to relevant Board, Government and regulatory approvals and is expected to close by September 2016. The agreement was signed recently during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) held in St. Petersburg in the presence of Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of State –Independent Charge, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and the Minister of Energy of Russia Alexander Novak by Mr. Biswajit Roy, Director (HR & BD), OIL, Mr. B Ashok, CMD, IOCL, Mr. D Rajkumar, MD, BPRL, and Mr. Igor I Sechin, CEO, Rosneft.

Oil India, IndianOil and BPRL sign agreement with Rosneft of Russia

Power Flow Commences at World’s highest voltage 1200kV National Test Station (NTS)

of POWERGRID at Bina

World’s highest voltage 1200 kilovolt (kV) has seen the light of dawn in the history of power sector in India with the commencement

of power flow at POWERGRID’s National Test Station (NTS) developed indigenously at Bina, Madhya Pradesh. This landmark has been achieved with the help of Indian Manufacturers under Public-Private-Partnership (P-P-P) model with active support of Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and Ministry of Power.

The commencement of power flow for the 1200kV National Test Station (NTS) was inaugurated by Mr I. S. Jha, CMD ,POWERGRID. He congratulated all the Indian Manufacturers and agencies associated in the development and stated that this will be mile stone in introduction of Ultra High Voltage Alternative Current (UHVAC) technology in Indian Power Sector and such initiatives should be taken in future also for the benefit of the Country.

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Responding to Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi's call for 'Swachh Bharat' and to realise Mahatma Gandhi's dream of

a clean India, BEL cleanliness campaign, titled ‘Swachh Bharat Pakhwada’ recently. At BEL’s Bangalore Complex, the programme was inaugurated by Mr Girish Kumar, Director (Bangalore Complex). Around 750 employees participated along with their families and organised a march past at the BEL Township in Bengaluru to create awareness on cleanliness, displaying placards and banners.

BEL launches 'Swachh Bharat Pakhwada’

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BEML celebrated ‘Swachh Bharat Pakhwada’ recently at its HQ and Divisions. The Swachh Bharat Pakhwada (Fortnight) was celebrated

across the Company to comply with the policies of the Government.

In BEML, Mr. P. Dwarakanath, CMD, alongwith Mr. D.K. Hota, Director (HR) and Mr. B.R. Viswanatha, Director (Mining & Construction) administered the Pledge of Swachh Bharat amongst Executives and Employees of the Company and later lead all for a cleaning drive of the Company’s premises.

BEML celebrates Swachh Bharat Pakhwada

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On the advice of Defense Minister, Mr. Manohar Parrikar, Mazagon Dock Limited initiated activities to help drought affected farmers in

Marathwada region of Maharashtra.

RAdm R.K. Shrawat, CMD, MDL along with Cmde Rakesh Anand, Director (CP&P) visited Parner village, Tal Patoda, District Beed recently to review the initiative taken by the MDL’s CSR team to bring in relief to farmers and their cattle, affected by successive droughts in the area. The initiative is expected to benefit 1000 farmer families.

Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL) and NALCO had agreed to set up a 1-lakh TPA Titanium Slag Project in Joint Venture, at Chhatrapur in

Ganjam district of Odisha, with an investment of Rs.750 crore. For this, a pre-feasibility report was prepared and IREL had floated Expression of Interest for technology supply. However, since no global technology supplier evinced interest, now NALCO has taken the lead in attracting global technology suppliers. This was discussed between Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand, CMD, NALCO and Mr. D. Singh, CMD, IREL, in presence of senior officials of both the companies recently.

CSR Initiatives by MDL in Beed District

NALCO assumes a bigger role in Titanium Slag Project

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Drawing inspiration from Prime Minister’s Appeal to the citizens

for participation in Organ Donation Movement, NBCC partnered

with PM`s vision in nation building exercise to create awareness for

the theme and motivate the employees of Organization for the purpose.

Under the guidance of Mr. Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD, NBCC took the

initiative to spread awareness amongst employees of the Company for

“ORGAN DONATION” and accordingly organized a Programme on the

theme recently at Corporate Office.

NLC always feels, service to the society and helping the people in the need is its responsibility. As part of this, NLC under its Corporate Social

Responsibility scheme, organized free Butter Milk Distribution Stalls (NLC DHARA) for the people in and around Neyveli to combat heavy summer heat .

One more Free Butter Milk Distribution Stall was inaugurated by Mr. N.Muthu, ED(HR), NLC in the presence of Mr. M.Karthi keyan GM (TA),NLC at Mandarakuppam Bus Terminus.

NBCC organizes Awareness Programme on “Organ Donation”

Inauguration of Free Butter Milk Distribution Stalls by NLC

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BEL constructed a new building for the Government Higher Primary School with 10 classrooms, staff room and HM room, separate

toilet blocks for boys and girls, kitchen and store room, facility for hand wash, borewell and a boundary wall apart from providing furniture for the classrooms and staff room, as part of its CSR activities. The entire project was completed in nine months at a cost of Rs.1.85 crores. The school houses 125 students, mostly from economically weaker families, and needed more classrooms as the student strength was on the rise.

The new building, located at Ballupet in the Sakleshpur taluq of Hassan district, was inaugurated on June 23, 2016, by Mr M L Shanmukh, Director (HR), in the presence of Mr H D Deve Gowda, former Prime Minister and Hassan MP. Mr A Manju, Minister for Sericulture & Animal Husbandry, Government of Karnataka, was the Guest of Honour.

BEL breathes life into Ballupet Govt School

SAIL observes Swachhta Pakhwada

Mr. H K Kumaraswamy, Sakleshpur MLA, presided over the function. Dignitaries from BEL included Mr Nataraj Krishnappa, Director (Other Units), and other senior officers.

Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) observed the Swachhta Pakhwada from June 16 – 30, 2016, under the Government of India initiative. On

this occasion, the Swachhta pledge was administered to SAIL employees by Mr.P.K. Singh, Chairman, SAIL . The event was attended by all the Directors and Chief Vigilance Officer and huge employee participation was witnessed.

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Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd. has ventured into the field of renewable energy sector by harnessing solar energy in various

parts of our country. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has devised an action plan for Andaman and Nicobar Islands towards achieving its programme of green initiatives. NLC has been assigned the establishment of solar based power plants in Andaman with a view to phase out the usage of the diesel generation sets.

As a part of the actions initiated jointly by NLC and Andaman & Nicobar Administration, the requisite land has been identified in Attam Pahar,

Garacharma and the site preparation activities are under way for installing 20 MW solar power project.

To mark the start of the project activities, Lt. Gen AK Singh, Lt. Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands laid the foundation stone for this 20 MW solar project in the presence of Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray, Member of Parliament, ANI, Mr. Sarat Kumar Acharya, CMD, NLC, Mr. Anindo Majumdar, Chief Secretary, ANI, Mr. P.Selvakumar, Director (Planning & Projects), NLC, Mr. Arun Baroka, Principal Secretary (Power), ANI.

NLC Forays into Hybrid Solar Power

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BEML has won two awards in the ‘Best Seller – Crawler

Dozers’ and ‘Best Seller- Rigid Dump Trucks’ at the 3rd

Equipment India Awards-2016. The awards were received by

Mr. B.R. Viswathana, Director (M&C) from Mr. Raghava Chandra,

Chairman, NHAI, at a function held at FICCI Auditorium, New

Delhi recently.

BEML conferred with Equipment India Awards

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Mr K D Diwan, CMD, Hindustan Copper Limited, received the Industry Leadership Award – Base

Metals on behalf of the Company at the 2016Platts Global Metals Awards, held in London recently.

Hindustan Copper wins Industry Leadership Award

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Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) was honoured for

supply of quality Insulators by Power Grid Corporation of

India Limited (POWERGRID), by way of an Excellence Award. Mr.

Amitabh Mathur, Director (IS&P), BHEL received the Excellence

Award from Mr. I.S. Jha, CMD, POWERGRID.

Mr. Ashwani Soni, Director (Projects), EIL has been

conferred with the IIT-BHU Alumni Excellence Award

for 2016-17 for his contribution to hydrocarbon industry and

unparalleled professionalism. The award was bestowed upon

him recently at a function held in New Delhi.

BHEL honoured with Excellence Award

Director (Projects), EIL honoured by IIT-BHU

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NLC bags National Award for Outstanding Industrial Relations

NLC has been conferred with the ‘National Award for Outstanding Industrial Relations’ for the year 2014-15 by All India Organization of

Employers (AIOE) an allied body of FICCI, for its Industrial Relations.

Mr. Bandaru Dattatreya, Minister of Labour & Employment presented the award to NLC. Mr. Thiagaraju, GM,HR received the award on behalf of NLC at the Annual General Meeting of AIOE held recently in New Delhi .

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RCF bags IFA Award

Mr. C. M. T. Britto, Director(Technical), RCF., receiving International Fertilizer Industry Association(IFA)

Protect and Sustain certificate for Excellent product stewardship to RCF at the hands of Dr Abdulrahman Jawahery, Chairman, IFA and President, GPIC(Bahrain)during the annual conference of IFA at Moscow, Russia on 1st June, 2016 in presence of international dignitaries of fertilizers industry.

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Mr. Ravindra Nath, CMD, NSIC, received “ADFIAP AWARD-2016”

conferred by Association of Developing Financing Institution

of Asia & Pacific on NSIC in recognition of its contribution for SME

development through Raw Material Distribution- Benefit Cost

Project for SMEs by providing stable access to inventory of raw

materials at most competitive prices.

The Institute of Cost Accountants of India conferred the

Best CFO award to Mr. S. K. Barua, Director (Finance),

Numaligarh Refinery Limited for the year 2015. The award

was presented by Mr. Najib Shah, Chairman, Central Board of

Excise and Customs at a function held at Hotel Ashok, New

Delhi recently.

NRL Director Finance conferred best CFO Award

NSIC bags ADFIAP Award 2016

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Container Corporation of India Limited has been awarded under

the “Transportation & Logistics” sector of Dun & Bradstreet

Top 500 companies & Corporate Awards 2016. Mr. Anil K Gupta,

CMD, CONCOR received the award from Dr. Bibek Debroy, Member-

NITI Aayog, Government of India.

CONCOR win Dun & Bradsheet Award

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NBCC (India) Limited has won Gold Award in Construction

Sector, bestowed upon it at the 15th Annual Greentech

Safety Awards 2016 held in New Delhi recently. The company

was awarded by M/s. Greentech Foundation, for its Outstanding

Achievement in Safety Management for Redevelopment of

Kidwai Nagar (East) Project, New Delhi.

NBCC (India) Ltd. awarded at 15th annual Greentech Safety awards 2016

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Mr. Sarat Kumar Acharya CMD, NLC was conferred with the prestigious Shrikshetra Samman-2016 award during the

inaugural ceremony of “14th Folk Fair - 2016 & 7th Krishi Fair” a National Tribal Folk song and Dance Festival organized by Shree Srikshetra Soochana(SSS), a leading and prominent non-government voluntary organization at Jagannath Dham, Puri, Odisha recently.

The award was presented by Mr. Giridhari Gamang, Former Chief Ministrer, Odisha-cum-Chief Patron of 14th Fair, Puri and Mr. A.V. Samy, Rajyasabha, MP during the inaugural function of the Fair. Mr. Pradeep Maharathy, Minister Agriculture, Fisheries & Animal Resources Department, P.K. Satpathi, Educationalists, Padmashree Mr. Halder Nag, Poet and Oriya Writer were also present during the occasion.

CMD, NLC honoured with Shrikshetra Samman-2016 Award

NTPC has been awarded the Best Performing Company of India in Power Sector at Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Awards function

held in Mumbai . The award was received by Mr. A.K. Rastogi, Executive Director & Company Secretary on behalf of NTPC from Dr. Bibek Debroy, Member – NITI Aayog and Mr.Anil Swarup, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Coal.

Best Performance Award for NTPC

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Further consolidating its leadership position in domestic mining exploration, NMDC is slated to be the first company under the

Ministry of Steel to use satellite based geological mapping for mineral exploration. An MoU was signed recently between NMDC and ISRO’s National Remote Sensing Centre opening up the possibilities for NMDC to use ISRO’s technology for mineral exploration and a host of other related ventures. Mr. L. N. Mathur, ED (Resource Planning & Safety) and Dr. P.G. Diwakar, Deputy Director, Remote Sensing Application Area, NRSC signed the MoU on behalf of NMDC and NRSC, respectively, in the presence of senior officials from both organizations and also academics from Osmania University.

NMDC to Identify Mineral Potential Areas using Satellite

Remote Sensing

NALCO signed an MoU with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, for Research and Development (R&D) cooperation in the

fields of mutual interest. Under the MoU, R&D projects like: Extraction of Gallium from Bayer liquor, Extraction of Rare earth elements from Red Mud and Development of Reference Standards would be taken up within the framework of this MoU.

The MoU was signed by Dr. B.K. Satpathy, Executive Director (Business Development), NALCO and Dr. Jagtap, Director (Chemistry Group), BARC in presence of NALCO CMD, Dr. Chand and Principal Scientific Advisor to Govt. of India and Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet, Dr. Rajagopal Chidambaram.

NALCO inks R&D Agreement with BARC

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NTPC Ltd.’s Power Management Institute (PMI) and Energy Efficiency Services Ltd. (EESL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding for continuous learning and training

for enhancement of competencies and skills of the employees of EESL for a period of two years.

The MoU was signed by Mr. S.N. Gaikwad, Director (Projects & Business Development), EESL and Mr. Ajit K. Bhatnagar, Executive Director (PMI) today in PMI, Noida. Mr. Ujjwal Banerjee, GM (HR), Niranjan Ghosh, GM (Finance), NTPC, Dr.Suneeta Singh, GM, Mr. Sunil Trivedi, GM of NTPC, PMI and Mr. A.K.Arora, Advisor (HR) and Mr. Pawan Kumar, GM of EESL along with other senior officials of PMI and EESL were also present on the occasion.

A tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed amongst Airports Authority of India, National Skill Development Fund (NSDF) and National Skill

Development Corporation (NSDC) recently at Hotel Taj Mansingh, New Delhi in presence of Mr. P. Ashok Gajapati Raju, Minister of Civil Aviation, Mr. Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (IC), Mr. Rajiv Nayan Choubey, Secretary, MOCA and Sr. Officers from MSDE, as also, representatives from various airline industries, government organizations apart from media.

Mr. A K Dutta, Member (ANS)/OPS), AAI, on behalf of AAI, Mr. Jayant Krishna, CEO, NSDC and Mr. Rajesh Agrawal, Jt. Secretary, MSDE, GOI signed the MoU. Under the MoU, AAI shall provide fund of Rs.525.00 lakhs for a period of three years starting from the year 2016-17.

MoU signed between AAI, NSDF and NSDC

MoU signed between NTPC-PMI and Energy Efficiency Services Ltd. (EESL)

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