NEW DELHI (INDIA): Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power company, has been relentlessly working towards creating social, capital and infrastructure initiatives to generate opportunities for development and upliftment of communities, in and around its operational areas.
In line with this commitment, Tata Power has reached out to 136 villages under its social capital and infrastructure initiative – Sanrachna, by creating 702 self help groups that have benefited over 84,502 people across locations.
The objectives of the Sanrachna initiative emanate from three key efforts aimed at overall community development namely – women’s empowerment, building infrastructure and, promotion of government schemes. The company drafted and implemented various programmes to develop communities and provide rural youth with employment, skill-upgradation and access to basic infrastructure.
To promote gender equality and women empowerment, Tata Power implemented income generation training and skill upgradation. Through these activities Tata Power succeeded in engaging 9,928 SHG members across locations which is a 37 percent increase in number of trained members since FY2015.
Identifying that the Khandke region of Ahmendnagar district, Maharashtra, is a drought prone region, Tata Power in association with Bosco Gramin Vikas Kendra NGO, constructed two check dams at Ranjani and Devgaon village. These check dams did not only provide irrigation to farms, but also recharged 30-40 individual and public wells along with water sources like ponds, streams, rivers, etc. Tata Power also provided technical assistance to the government of Maharashtra in setting up eight watershed management systems in Ranjani and Devgaon villages. More than 115 households from these two villages have been benefitted by these initiatives.
Tata Power familiarized 633 school students with the AABY scheme – Aam Adami Bima Yojana (AABY scheme); a social security scheme of the central government implemented through the Social Justice Department of Government of Maharashtra. Till FY16 the company impacted 2,180 lives through interventions aimed at securing lives through government schemes in Dherand.
Speaking on this achievement, Ashok Sethi, COO and ED, Tata Power, said, “We, at Tata Power have taken up the onus of developing the communities around our areas of operation as it gives us a great sense of gratification when we are able to take them a step towards development. We will continue to work towards creating positive impact on the lives of people and develop initiatives that promote gender equality and the social development of children.”
In FY16, Tata Power was ranked second in CSR by Economic Times and IIM Udaipur Survey for CSR initiatives in 2014-15, for the second consecutive year. The company, Tata Power, endeavours to bring goodness in the lives it touches through its promise of uplifting the communities living around it.