The Jindal Steel & Power (JSP) has been honoured with CSR Excellence Award for its multidimensional initiatives in supporting community and Government to fight the Covid-19 pandemic in India.
The award was presented by Governor of Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshyari to President & Group Head (CSR), JSP Prashant Hota at Mumbai on Sunday. Editor in Chief, CSR Journal Amit Upadhyay was present.
Since the day of lockdown in March 2020, the JSPL Foundation launched ‘Mission Zero Hunger’ across three States (Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand) to provide food to the needy. The mission spread its services to Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. The foundation served over one million meals during the three waves of COVID.
During the second wave, the company also provided two cryogenic tankers to the Odisha Government for transportation of LMO.