SJVN gets ‘SCOPE Meritorious Award’ for its CSR activities

New Delhi: SJVN Limited has been conferred with 'SCOPE Meritorious Award' for corporate social responsibility and responsiveness. This award has been conferred upon SJVN for its outstanding contribution and initiatives in health & hygiene, education & skill development, Infrastructural development, and sustainable development under its corporate social responsibility. An eminent jury under the Chairmanship of Justice RC Lahoti (The former Chief Justice of India) decided the awards.

On this occasion, SJVN Limited's Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) Nand Lal Sharma said that till date more than 5,000 local youth have been trained in the vocational trades namely welder, electrician, site accountant, cutting & tailoring, hospitality, bed-side attendant etc. In health, SJVN is operating 14 mobile health vans in the states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra & Bihar and more than five lakh patients have benefitted from these health vans. In addition, SJVN has conducted around 1,000 specialised health camps in remote locations of its project areas. SJVN is also active in the construction of community assets like Panchayat Ghar, Mahila Mandal, Community Halls, and Playgrounds etc. and till date, SJVN has constructed more than 500 community assets.

Sharma further said that for combating the Corona challenge, SJVN has contributed Rs 25 crore towards the PM CARES Fund. In the fight against COVID-19, employees of SJVN have already contributed Rs 32,00,000 from salaries to PM CARES Fund and Rs 45,00,000 to CM Relief Fund/ HP Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund. He also said that the employees of SJVN have also contributed Rs 59,00,000/- from their salaries to Corona Warriors (Sanitation Workers of MC, Shimla) (@Rs. 5,000/- per warrior).

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He also informed that SJVN has provided financial support of Rs 3,20,00,000/- to the Government & Govt. Hospitals to procure ventilators, other medical equipment, personal protection equipment (PPEs), masks, sanitizers & gloves, beds, mattresses, three-ply masks, thermal scanners, food items to needy individuals etc.

Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) is an apex professional organisation representing the Central Government Public Enterprises. It has also some State Enterprises, banks and other institutions as its members. It is promoting excellence in organisations where public investment is involved, to enable them to be globally competitive.

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