Tuesday, May 1, 2012


CSR Activities of Coal India





              As per CIL’s Corporate Social Responsibility Policy the following provisions have been made for the people and development of the Areas within the radius of 15 Kms. for every project.

·         Education

·         Water supply including drinking water

·         Health care by providing indoor medical facilities and medicines

·         Environment

·         Social empowerment

·         Infrastructure for village electricity/solar light/pawanchakki etc. ( Recurring expenditure to be borne by the beneficiaries)

·         Sport and culture

·         Generation of employment and setting up Co-operative society

·         Infrastructure support

·         Grant/donation/financial assistance/sponsorship to reputed NGO’s of the society/locality doing/involved in upliftment of the standard of the society

·         Heritage sites in the CSR purview ensuring involvement of employee’s representatives in this project

·         Empowerment of women for education, health and self employment

·         Relief of victims and natural calamities like Earth Quake, cyclone, Drought and Flood situation in any part of country

·         Disaster Management activities including those related to amelioration/mitigation

·         Collection of old cloths from the employees and distribution in the nearby village by utilizing the platform of MahilaSabha of the Company, club (executives and non-executives) and Women in Public Sector

·         Development of smokeless fuel out of coal and also arrangement for distribution of efficient Chula to the villagers



·         Adoption of village for carrying out the activities like infrastructural development i.e. road, water supply, electricity and community centre etc.



Funds for the CSR activities is being allocated based on 5% of the retained earnings of previous year subject to minimum of Rs.5/-per tonne of coal production of previous year. Out of the total CSR budget 15% and 8% is being collected separately for undertaking developmental works for Scheduled Cast and Scheduled Tribes populations respectively. 



  This was informed by Shri  Pratik Prakashbapu Patil , Minister of state  in the Ministry of Coal  while replying a written question in Rajya Sabha today.  


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