Lok Sabha Question No. 2333 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-15
Subject: Corporate Social Responsibility
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: P. Ravindhranath

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2333

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2023

## Corporate Social Responsibility

2333# Shri P. Ravindhranath

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- a.  the  status  of  implementation  of  Corporate  Social  Responsibility  (CSR)  activities  by Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) in the State of Tamil Nadu;

b. whether medical care facilities apart from staff and workmen to people living within radius of  25  kms  of  coal  mines  area  are  provided,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  during  the  past  three years including current year;

- c.  the  details  of  dispensaries,  hospitals,  ambulances,  duty  doctors  and  para-medical  staff, working there for providing the said medical care; and
- d.  the  details  of  the  procedural  steps  being  taken  by  the  said  public  sector's  full-fledged medical department for disposal of biomedical waste from their medical setup?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, COAL AND MINES (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

- a.  Under  Corporate  Social  Responsibility  (CSR),  NLCIL  is  carrying  out  various  CSR activities/ Programmes/ Projects choosing from Schedule VII items of Companies Act 2013, as  per  its  CSR  Policy  formulated  in  accordance  with  the  above  Act  and  subsequent guidelines.

The details of various CSR activities implemented by NLCIL in the state of Tamil Nadu from FY 2018-19 to FY 2021-22 are furnished below:

| Rs. in Crore   | Rs. in Crore                                                                     | Rs. in Crore   | Rs. in Crore   | Rs. in Crore   | Rs. in Crore   |
|----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| Sl No.         | CSR Focus area                                                                   | 2018-19        | 2019-20        | 2020-21        | 2021- 22       |
| 1              | Health Care, Family Welfare and Sanitation                                       | 9.45           | 21.87          | 22.66          | 15.94          |
| 2              | Providing Drinking Water Supply Facilities                                       | 1.51           | 1.59           | 1.40           | -              |
| 3              | Providing Education including Special Education, Vocational skills, Scholarships | 16.79          | 9.65           | 14.69          | 12.85          |

| 4     | Women Empowerment / Gender Equality                                                   | 0.33   |   1.71 | 0.02   | -     |
|-------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|-------|
| 5     | Environmental Sustainability                                                          | 2.29   |   1.06 | 0.24   | -     |
| 6     | Measures for welfare of Armed Forces                                                  | -      |   0.05 | -      | -     |
| 7     | Promoting Sports in Rural Areas                                                       | 1.18   |   0.9  | 0.18   | 0.30  |
| 8     | Water Resource Augmentation, Irrigation and Flood Control Works for Rural Development | 13.77  |  11.09 | 4.25   | -     |
| 9     | Providing Link Roads/ Access for Rural Development                                    | 1.28   |   1.83 | 0.63   | 0.69  |
| 10    | Heritage, Arts and Culture                                                            | 0.14   |   1.91 | 0.33   | -     |
| Total | Total                                                                                 | 46.74  |  51.66 | 44.40  | 29.78 |

- b. Medical care facilities extended by NLCIL for the people living around Neyveli region are as furnished below:

Medical Camps for Rural people residing within radius of 25 kms

| Year    | No of Medical Camps                     | No of Beneficiaries other than staff and workmen   | No of villages covered within radius of 25 kms   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 2020-21 | Fever camps - 5 Nos during Covid Period | Fever camps - 5 Nos during Covid Period            | Fever camps - 5 Nos during Covid Period          |
| 2021-22 | 5                                       | 2602                                               | 25                                               |
| 2022-23 | 10                                      | 8627                                               | 48                                               |

Providing  emergency  care  services  to  the  rural  people  residing  in  and  around  Neyveli (Emergency care services & OP treatment)

| Year                  | No of Rural People treated   | No of Rural People treated   | Total No of Beneficiaries   |
|-----------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Year                  | Emergency lifesaving Dept    | OP Dept                      |                             |
| 2020-21               | 16106                        | 28596                        | 44702                       |
| 2021-22               | 18850                        | 39754                        | 58604                       |
| 2022-23 (Upto Feb 23) | 25668                        | 63486                        | 89154                       |

- c.  NLC  India  Hospital  is  available  within  the  township  area  with  ambulance  facility.  The surrounding  village  people  come  to  this  hospital  to  take  treatment  either  as  OP  or  for emergency  life-saving.  There  is  no  separate  dispensary  run  by  NLCIL  in  the  surrounding villages. Only medical camps are organised in the surrounding villages.
- d.  NLC  India  Hospital  has  entered  into  an  agreement  with  Common  Biomedical  Waste Treatment  Facility  (Outsourced  agency)  approved  by  the  Tamil  Nadu  Pollution  Control Board  for  the  disposal  of  Biomedical  waste.  NLC  India  Hospital  is  complying  with 'Biomedical  Waste  Management  &  Handling  Rules,  2016  for  the  disposal  of  Biomedical waste. A valid authorisation has been issued by Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to NLC India Hospital for the disposal of Biomedical waste.

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