The Jindal Steel and Power limited (JSPl) is building a 6-MTPA integrated steel plant along with an 810-MW captive power plant here.
For the first time in the world, it has already established a coal gasification-based DRI Plant of 2 MTPA in Angul which uses the locally available, high ash content non-coking coal to produce synthesis gas for use in the DRI Plant. The Plant has adopted a zero discharge model and has set up an online pollution monitoring system for reporting emission on real time basis to the regulatory authorities.
The company has made significant contribution towards socioeconomic development of people at Angul. Through its responsible social development arm, ‘JSPl Foundation’, the company has taken up sustainable development projects in 34 revenue villages with a population of approximately 70,000 based on a well-documented Base line Survey, Need Profile Analysis and Participatory Rural Appraisal.
A special project in partnership with the National Health Mission and the district administration on adolescent anemia control has encompassed 321 villages in two revenue villages benefiting 24,000 adolescent girls. The company, with dedicated CSR professionals, whose expertise ranges from medical, agriculture science, engineering, sociology and management, considers community participation as a critical indicator for successful project implementation.
The JSPl Foundation is chaired by the Director of the Company, Shallu Jindal, a Kuchipuddi dancer of international repute.
For various socioeconomic development initiatives, the company has spent more than Rs 60 crore till March 31, 2014.
One of the major interventions of JSPl’s CSR programme is Kishori Express - an adolescent anaemia control drive on wheels. The Van is equipped with HB testing facility, an inbuilt touch screen-audio-visual awareness generating quiz system and nutrition kit supplement facility.
More than 50,000 hemoglobin tests have been conducted on 25,000 adolescent girls in 321 villages encompassing two revenue blocks of Angul.
Also for the first time in the industrial map of Odisha, the JSPl is developing two watersheds in collaboration with the Nabard to benefit 1,783 households across five villages over a topography of 3500 acres.
For women development, the company is promoting micro-entrepreneurship among rural women. At present, 529 women through Self-Help Groups are now networked and supported by the micro entrepreneurship promotion measures of JSPl.
linked with the ORMAS, ITC and other similar agencies, the women entrepreneurs are now earning up to `3,000/pm individually.
The Company has collaborated with NABARD and Andhra Bank in forming Farmers’ Clubs to facilitate Farmers’ capacity building on various new and profitable farming. Also it works with the State Government to introduce poly-house farming, Systematic Rice Intensification (SRI) over 400 acres, organic farming, cultivation of exotic vegetables, pisciculture and other high cash return avenues.
The JSPl has taken initiatives to provide health services through mobile health units and health camps to more than 20,000 individuals every year since 2006. It has also been taking measures to control HIV & AIDS in partnership with NACO & OSACS in Angul. JSPl has set up a full-fledged Integrated Counseling and Testing Centre (ICTC) that has covered 81,711 under its counseling and 75,227 through voluntary HIV/AIDS testing services.
A total of 2,700 youths have been trained with various industry appropriate vocational programmes by the company.
The company has engaged 96 voluntary community teachers at the vernacular medium schools reducing the student-teacher ratio from 1:76 to 1:40. It has been rewarding meritorious students under the OP Jindal Rural Merit-cum-Means Scholarship programme.
The CSR Impact Study report and the Socio Economic Impact Study of the Pre and Post land acquisition for the Project by Nabard Consultancy rate the improvement of income of project displaced families by 183 per cent.
Innovative CSR approach and strategic interventions have earned several awards and laurels like the Golden Peacock Award in Dubai, Green Tech CSR & HR Platinum Awards, Women Empowerment Award, Think Media INC Award, Odisha INC Best Inclusive Business Award and the Think CSR leadership Award for consecutive 6 years.