In a bid to serve the society at least 2097 employees of Bokaro Steel Plant have registered for Voluntary Philanthropist Activities (VPA).
The scheme named ‘SAIL Employee Rendering Voluntarism and Initiatives for Community Engagement (SERVICE)’ was launched on 22 January this year. The aim behind this scheme is to promote and facilitate philanthropic activities by the employees in a structured manner, said a PR official of BSL.
A portal named ‘SAIL Service’ for the employees to register for the scheme was also launched and the last date of registration was 29 February, he said, adding, "All total 2097 BSL employees have registered under the scheme. The figure includes 1036 executives and 967 non-executives."
As many as 24,478 employees from different units of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) have registered for the scheme, he informed.
It is a great initiative of SAIL to encourage its employees and their families to give back to society.
There are about 70,000 regular and 60,000 contractual employees in various plants of SAIL. Under this scheme, all these employees and their families will be encouraged to undertake VPA preferably under the identified thrust areas under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), said the official.
These include education and health, women empowerment, sustainable income generation, assistance to differently-abled people, access to water and sanitation, rural development, environment sustenance, sports coaching, and traditional arts and culture, he said.