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RIL's contribution to the community are in areas of health, education, infrastructure development (drinking water, improving village infrastructure, construction of schools etc.), environment (effluent treatment, tree plantation, treatment of hazardous waste), relief and assistance in the event of a natural disaster, and miscellaneous activities such as contribution to other social development organizations etc. RIL's CSR teams across its manufacturing divisions interact with the neighboring community on regular basis.
Education
A network of nine schools caters to 13,251 students spread across geographies in India. CSR teams from RIL's manufacturing divisions and E&P operations work ardently to support the educational requirements of the community and schools in the neighboring region benefiting thousands of students from the underprivileged section of the society. RIL plays a pivotal role in supporting Government's initiative towards education of girl child with projects such as "Kanya Kelvani". RIL has created a platform for computer learning in many villages. Their manufacturing divisions have provided computers to primary and secondary schools under the Company's computer literacy
initiative. RIL's CSR teams continue to provide uniforms, books etc, to students of neighboring villages of manufacturing divisions and E&P operations. Further, continuous monitoring is done in local schools for improving the performance of students. Regular counseling sessions are also arranged with experts in personality development and psychology for motivating the children to achieve better results. RIL also has other projects such as Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Protsaham Scheme and Mumbai Indians Education for All Initiative for promoting education in the Indian society.
Tata Steel
The purpose of Tata Steels business has, since its inception, extended well beyond just steel making. Since the beginning of operations, Tata Steel envisaged its Steel Works, mines and collieries as symbols of nation building and an endeavor to improve the quality of life of its people, with a special interest in the communities where it operates. The Tata Steel Vision aspires to make it the global steel industry benchmark in Value Creation and Corporate Citizenship. As its operations have expanded to new geographies, the Tata Steel Group has retained a collective focus on the various areas of corporate sustainability that impact the people, the environment and the society at large.
Formation of Self-help groups. Employment opportunities for members of displaced families in the Company plant or associate companies. Customized training programmes to improve the employability of local youths. Micro-credit and micro-enterprise projects, especially for women. Basic health and hygiene services Culture preservation schemes and educational scholarships.
Mahindra Group
Spark the Rise
At Mahindra, the core purpose is to drive positive change in the lives of their stakeholders and communities across the world to enable them to Rise. Spark a fire start a movement. Spark the Rise is a platform whose core purpose is to drive positive change in the lives of Mahindras stakeholders and communities across the worldto enable them to Rise. Spark the Rise enables lots of people to drive positive change by bringing them together behind innovative ideas and awarding the grant money needed to put them into action. This platform enables public to raise funds, expertise and help via volunteers for their Project.
Mahindras Rise philosophy is part of a bigger movement. People all over the world are full of ambition to shape their own future and in India today, there is a growing spirit and determination to take responsibility for the way forward. They launched Spark the Rise to give people a platform for achieving those ambitions. Mahindra will give 8 grants each month, plus 4 grants during the Grand Finale. In total, they will award 52 grants. The monthly grants are each for 4 lakh, the Grand Finale winner will receive 40 lakh, and the three runners-up will each receive 20 lakh.
Education
Jointly managed in partnership with the Naandi Foundation, Nanhi Kali is the flagship program of the KC Mahindra Education Trust. They select students based on multiple criteria, and then create a comprehensive sponsorship to address both learning and financial challenges. Nanhi Kali offers academic support classes to help students master math, science, and language concepts, and defray the hidden costs of education, including uniforms, school bags, clothes, shoes, and more. Anand Mahindra founded Nanhi Kali in 1996 out of the conviction that empowering women through education would have a tremendous positive impact on the nation in the long run. Girls education correlates with a reduction in child and maternal mortality, improvements in child nutrition and health, lower fertility rates, better economic production, and female empowerment. Individual or corporate donors sponsor each girl and receive regular progress reports in return, helping to promote understanding and empathy. Through Nanhi Kali, Mahindra hopes to play a small but significant role in shaping Indias future by empowering girls through education.
Social Entrepreneurship
An initiative to train the women of the Sunderbans as entrepreneurs in solar power is opening new doors on Mousuni, an island with 4,500 to 5,000 households and 20,000 voters. This program is about more than the women it trainsit empowers entire communities. Shopkeepers can stay open longer with solar systems that make operation about 20 percent cheaper than diesel. Solar-operated video parlors are providing affordable entertainment. Doctors can offer more comprehensive service to villagers by keeping their practices open past dark. Coaching centers run at night on solar power, increasing the number of people who can obtain education and improving profits due to energy savings. The pilot program offers women training and capacity building on several techno-commercial aspects of solar power. The projectwhich has thus far helped six women become solar entrepreneursenables them to take solar PV-based services to remote and interior villages and to repair and maintain existing products and systems. Their activities vary, and include everything from renting/charging solar lanterns daily to designing/assembling small electronic items and repairing home solar systems.