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CSR News: Cornitos serves up nachos for ‘Feed the Migrant Workers in Transit’ campaign

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The country is in the midst of a crisis, and in this current situation, migrant workers in transit are in a soup. Cornitos joins hands with India Food Forum for ‘Feed the migrant worker in transit’ campaign. The initiative in association with Zomato Feeding India aims to help India’s migrant workers in transit who don’t have access to a reliable supply of meals in the absence of immediate employment opportunities.
Vikram Agarwal, Managing Director, Cornitos said, “With this campaign, we aim to support migrant workers by giving products from the brand. This initiative is part of our CSR strategy and we hope to bring smiles to the struggling families. It is our way of giving back to society.”
‘Feed the Migrant Worker in Transit’ initiative aims to support one million needy families through this CSR programme.
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Environment Friendly Start-ups in India

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Hency Thacker
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Atmanirbhar Bharat and its easy money components are encouraging more youth to startup their own businesses, in an effort to solve the problems that are faced by our society in an innovative way. India being a tropical country faces a major brunt of environmental degradation and global warming. Considering this, many startups have shaped their businesses around this and figured out alternatives to be environment friendly. Let us look at some of these green start-ups.

e-BikeGo

The COVID-19 outbreak has instilled fear among Indians of travelling in public transport. With easing lockdown restrictions, many people are needed to start going to work and have no option but to rely on public transport. E-BikeGo is offering an affordable alternative to people in Mumbai, Pune and Bengaluru.
E-BikeGo is an electric bike rental company that has come up with a subscription model for e-scooters. The monthly subscriptions start from Rs 3,600, which is perfect for individuals as well as for companies who provide delivery services. With this, the individuals do not have to invest in a private vehicle of their own, nor do they have to spend heavily on fossil fuels. Not only are these bikes light on the pockets of people, but are also easy on the environment.

Bluecat Paper

Paper is one of the most essential commodities in running the world. While many things are now moving to digital, paper still dominates in most of the interactions. About 3.3 million hectares of forests are cleared every year to make paper from trees. This not only renders wildlife in dense forests homeless but also has adverse effects on the ecosystem.
Bluecat Paper founded by entrepreneur Kavya Madappa, produces paper using secondary agro- and industrial waste like cotton rags, flax, lemongrass, mulberry, rice stubble, coffee husk, banana stumps, coconut husk, and even elephant faeces. Through their operations, startup collects about 20 tonnes of secondary waste from 100 farmers and five factory units each month. In making tree-free paper by upcycling the waste, they also save about 30 tonnes of wood per month and a minimum of 55,000 litres of water a day.

EcoBuddy

Driven by the idea of encouraging people to reduce the use of non-biodegradable products in daily life and a desire to provide alternative products for the same, EcoBuddy came up with environment-friendly products. The company sells items like bamboo toothbrushes, cotton bags, among others, that are sustainable solutions for daily use objects. The products are manufactured by 7 vendors and through them, the company is supporting over 250+ livelihood.

Boss Lady

Makeup is an integral part of women’s lifestyle today. It has now become equivalent to a way of expression for women. Women feel confident and beautiful while wearing makeup. This has given rise to many makeup brands that often resort to cruel testing of products on animals.
With a desire to have a good yet humane and responsible makeup products in the market, Mumbai-based entrepreneur Kajol Mahendra Bafna founded ‘Boss Lady’, a vegan, natural and cruelty-free cosmetics brand in February 2019. Her products are made using ingredients like jojoba oil, sunflower wax, almond oil, calendula wax among others. Since they began their operations, Boss Lady has launched about 15 products that comprise different shades of lipsticks, eyeliners, and highlighters, that provides perfect cruelty-free makeup alternatives to women who can express themselves while feeling the guilt of hurting nature.

UN forum calls for greater investments in statistics to ensure no one, nowhere is left behind post COVID-19

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The CSR Journal
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Increasing investments in official statistics as well as empowering users will be a crucial factor to support post-pandemic socio-economic recovery in the Asia-Pacific region, underscored delegates at the close of a United Nations meeting today.
The Asia-Pacific Statistics Week, organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), brought together more than 1000 participants representing governments, national statistics offices, central banks, academia and international organisations. 85 papers from 18 countries and eight international organizations were discussed at the four-day virtual forum.
“Official statistics provide governments, businesses and civil society with the indispensable information they need to make good decisions. And they give people and their representatives the tools to have informed debates, to make choices and to hold decision-makers to account. The Asia-Pacific Statistics Week is a wonderful example of the reach of official statistics in Asia and the Pacific,” shared President of the International Association for Official Statistics John Pullinger.
The forum focused on progress made towards the Asia-Pacific Collective Vision and Framework for Action for advancing official statistics for the 2030 Agenda under five action areas. It discussed empowering national statistical systems to meet urgent and evolving statistical needs by strengthening statistical skills, modernizing statistical business processes, legal and institutional structures, and engaging users.
While the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has placed greater demand for a wider scope of statistics, many countries in the region continue to struggle with getting the basics such as population and economic statistics right. Participants highlighted the increasing need for regional substantive support in this area, and for more data integration to support analysis of sustainable development issues. They also underscored the importance of engaging users to make national statistical systems more responsive and able to develop strategies for better-informed policy decisions.
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CSR News: Coca-Cola and Care India provide immediate food security to 1.5 lakh people

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With a focus towards supporting relief operations during the COVID-19 pandemic and making a difference, Coca-Cola has partnered with CARE India to provide immediate food security and other essentials to underprivileged and vulnerable groups.
As a part of the CSR initiative, Coca-Cola and CARE India will provide dry-ration kits with meticulously curated food items to meet specific nutritional needs of various marginalized groups such as migrant workers, daily wage earners and people living with HIV/AIDS across various parts of the country.
The three-month-long programme aims to benefit over 1.5 lakh people starting from the month of June. This CSR initiative is a part of Coca-Cola’s commitment of INR 100 crores towards various COVID-19 relief programmes meant to benefit and positively impact over 10 lakh lives across the country.
The programme will be rolled out across Delhi & NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Bihar and West Bengal to distribute dry ration amongst people with meagre resources and affected by food crises. The ration kits include many essentials including wheat flour, rice, pulse, cooking oil, spices, sugar, salt, soy chunks, poha, peanuts, protein powder, milk powder and soap bars.
Due consideration has been given to meet the nutritional requirements of women and girls, and especially vulnerable groups such as people living with HIV/AIDS to help them deal better with these challenging times. Coca- Cola and CARE India acknowledge that people in distress also need to be treated respectfully and are committed to following safe and respectful distribution practices.
Ishteyaque Amjad, Vice-President, Public Affairs, Communications & Sustainability, Coca-Cola India and South West Asia said, “We are privileged to collaborate with our partner CARE India in providing food and essential item support to the most vulnerable communities. We hope that our joint efforts help assuage the state of the most vulnerable people of our society and that through our collective efforts as a country, we will be able to steer ourselves out of these testing times.”
Manoj Gopalakrishna, Chief Executive Officer, CARE India said, “The nationwide lockdown for fighting COVID-19 has disproportionately affected the poorest and marginalised population in our country. We have responded to Tsunami, Odisha Super Cyclone, Uttarakhand Floods, Chennai floods and others. In these difficult times, we need to ensure that they have access to high quality nutritious food to overcome the challenges posed by this pandemic and provide them with the necessary support. With the support of Coca-Cola, we hope to make a difference to the vulnerable and marginalised.”
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Visionary e-learning CSR programmes of Endress+Hauser and Nayara Energy

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Kasmin Fernandes
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) recognised the scope of e-learning long before coronavirus compelled urban schools to take heed of it. Here’s how the visionary e-learning CSR programmes of two companies—Nayara Energy and Endress+Hauser—have transformed education for thousands of students.

What are e-learning CSR programmes about?

e-learning CSR programmes make use of various electronic technologies to give students access to quality education outside a traditional classroom. The beneficiaries comprise children or adults who are otherwise unable to educate themselves either due to poverty or lack of resources.

Gramshiksha (CSR of Nayara Energy)

Nayara Energy owns and operates India’s second-largest single-site refinery. Its education CSR project Gramshiksha aims to ensure inclusive, equitable quality education as well as promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. Most of the children are first-generation learners, and there is a pronounced gender gap with increasing dropout rates for girls. Around 48% of the adolescents drop out and do not study beyond the 8th grade. Through multiple interventions, the project Gramshiksha works towards improving access to education in 15 villages in Gujarat to both, children and adults, covering an age group of 6-35 years.
The CSR project endeavours to improve the quality of primary education through enrolment drives like Shala Praveshotsav, remedial teaching, attendance monitoring, ICT education, and building capacity of teachers and school officials. After the establishment of 16 National Institute Open Schooling (NIOS) centres, providing scholarships (with 75 students given scholarships so far) and promoting ICT education, the project works towards improving access to quality secondary education. It aims to reach out and engage with the community through Gramshiksha centres, awareness campaigns and adult literacy classes to ensure equitable access to functional literacy.
Gramshiksha adopts a multi-pronged approach to improve the level and overall quality of education of the students, teachers as well as community members. Over 1,800 students and 100 teachers have been engaged in programmes for primary education, with all the 18 schools having provisions of computer labs and smart classrooms as part of e-learning CSR programmes.

Free web-based training (CSR of Endress+Hauser)

Endress+Hauser is a Swiss-based globally operating process and laboratory instrumentation and automation supplier. The company has been running e-learning CSR programmes since 2012. It aims to provide free web-based training to engineering students to familiarise them with the latest technologies and principles used for measuring physical parameters such as level flow pressure temperature, water quality analytics etc., for enhanced understanding and implementation of technical training. General classes include classroom teaching of technologies, but there is an imbalance observed in the application of such programmes.
The programme is based on a self-learning process, where various web-based training modules on different technologies, principles, and their applications in major industries such as chemical, life science, food and beverages, oil and gas, power, mining etc., are made available to the students. Students can self-learn through the programme according to their convenience and sit for an online test after completing the module. After completing all the modules, the students receive a certificate from Endress+Hauser. This training method helps them to enhance their knowledge about the latest technology, and use it in future.
The programme has helped students understand how new developments can be practically implemented. The students are also provided with the opportunity to visit the factory to witness manufacturing processes and get to know the application of various technologies. The certifications have helped more than 1,200 engineering students from various institutes in Aurangabad avail a larger pool of job opportunities.

Tata Motors provides holistic support to frontline hero truckers and fleet operators

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Tata Motors has been comprehensively supporting the transport ecosystem to ensure all necessary supplies remain uninterrupted and seamless, nationwide. Closely working with frontline her truckers, small transporters, mid-size transport operators and fleet owners amidst the unprecedented times, Tata Motors identified the existing and emerging pain points in every link of the transport value chain and partnered it to address them in the most effective and efficient manner.

Partnering truck drivers and transporters

– For frontline hero truckers transporting goods across the country, supplies of food, masks and sanitisers have been arranged at numerous ‘Saarthi Aaram Kendras’, across the entire Tata Motors operations network, and many other Indian Oil facilities located on the busiest national and state highways across the country. Several thousand truck drivers benefitted from the facilities and services offered.
– During the lockdown, a dedicated, 24×7 helpline 1800 209 7979 was set-up for truck drivers and transporters across the country. To speedily address the requests received, 900 emergency response teams were created and meticulously located in key transport hubs and corridors. These teams were manned by 4,000 trained and experienced technicians selected from Tata Motors extensive network of 1400 workshops nationwide and supported by 21 well-stocked warehouses with spare parts quickly accessible for fast turnaround of vehicles. Over 10,000 requests received for vehicle-related assistance were promptly addressed to keep the wheels of supplies running.
– To provide requisite repairs and servicing support, workshops were made operational at the earliest possible with a new set of standard operating procedure (SOPs). These defined minimal interactions, maintaining prudent social distance, vehicle contact and sanitisation etc. while engaging with customers.
– Warranties of commercial vehicles expiring during the period of national lockdown have been extended. Similarly, timelines of Tata Suraksha annual maintenance contracts have also been extended for the benefit of customers
Speaking about the initiatives undertaken, R. Ramakrishnan, Global Head – Customer Care, CVBU, Tata Motors Limited said, “Truck drivers and transporters are frontline heroes as they have played a stellar role in ensuring that the wheels of the nation are kept running with seamless transportation of all supplies. Being India’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturer, a majority of them use our vehicles and we are their first port of call for assistance. In these unprecedented times, we are the committed partner, providing all possible support to them and their vehicles. We have focused our efforts with a holistic approach to making their tough tasks and lives a little easier.”

Partnering supplier, dealers and fleet owners

With the entire logistics sector hit hard due to a significant reduction in overall economic activity, Tata Motors Finance (TMF), a subsidiary of the Tata Motors Group engaged with 3,000 of its customers, across segments and vehicle applications, to understand the key issues being faced by them and accordingly extend assistance. Getting stranded vehicles operational, low fleet utilisation and challenge of operational viability due to minimal cash flow, emerged as the major areas of concern.

Extending moratorium on loans

Understanding their difficult situation and cognizant that these were exacerbated by the unprecedented disruption caused by COVID-19, TMF extended the RBI moratorium on payment of EMIs to all its retail and corporate customers who opted for it. While it was amongst the first financiers to do so, additionally TMF has also developed and is offering a rich portfolio of customised options for its customers to avail basis their need and ability. These include:
– Opex Funding to maintain liquidity in the value chain by taking care of fixed expenses for 3-4 months and service claims financing for dealers and suppliers.
– Restructuring of loans of retail fleet customers for benefit from flexible EMIs by reducing current EMIs to a level in line with their current income levels and with provisions to step up EMIs once business normalises over next 6-9 months. This is for customers who come within the definition of MSMEs and are eligible under the prevalent scheme of RBI.
– Working capital solutions for large fleet operators meet their obligations for the next few months. Funding is made available against the collateral of their free vehicles or any other tangible collateral already available with TMF.
– Bill Discounting Solutions for fleet operators to take care of increase in payment cycle from an average of 45 days Pre-COVID days to an anticipated level of 90 days going forward.
– Developing Credit solutions that will be of immense benefit to retail fleet operators by providing much needed plying time liquidity and credit support. Customers can buy fuel, recharge their fastags, pay for scheduled expenses like vehicle service, insurance, permit-road tax etc.
– New vehicle loans with low EMI levels for first 12 months. Also, bundled working capital loans with new vehicle loans with requisite collateral. Customers can navigate easily through the initial few months taken for the operations of a new vehicle to stabilize.
Speaking about the novel financing solutions being offered, Samrat Gupta, CEO, Tata Motors Finance said, “Being one of the large NBFCs operating in the country and as a committed captive commercial vehicle financer, our primary focus is to ensure economic success of all our stakeholders, especially our customers. In the aftermath of COVID, we have extensively engaged with them to understand their immediate challenges better and accordingly develop a range of solutions to address their need of liquidity for immediate survival and near term sustenance.”
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CSR News: Axis Bank commits Rs. 1 crore to West Bengal govt. for Cyclone Amphan relief

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In an effort to support and provide financial aid to the West Bengal State Government, Axis Bank, India’s third-largest private-sector bank, announced its commitment of Rs 1 crore towards relief and restoration efforts in the areas affected by Cyclone Amphan.
To provide comfort and ease to the customers, the Bank has waived off charges for saving accounts, current accounts and prepaid card customers towards online IMPS and ATM financial and non-financial transactions till 30th June, 2020.
DK Das, Executive VP and Head of Government Business Group, Axis Bank said, “Axis Bank stands committed to the people of West Bengal at this hour of crisis and will provide all possible assistance to people in building back their lives from Cyclone Amphan. The Bank’s CSR team, employees and partners have been working relentlessly with the district and state-level authorities towards restoring critical and civil infrastructure, as also providing Micro-ATMs POS machines and mobile vans in the State for greater ease and convenience. We have ensured that our branches and ATMs are fully functional to provide banking support to all our customers in the state at this crucial juncture.”
Over the years, Axis Bank has been managing the government funds efficiently to ensure smooth processing of various government schemes meant for social upliftment. The Bank has also been managing paddy procurement across the State, liaising with various state-appointed agencies and is the only private bank to have handled the state disaster response fund under the agriculture department. It is also the Banker for state urban development department and ISGGP under Panchayat Raj. The Bank is fully integrated with the state finance portals – GRIPS and SBMS and has been mandated to collect state taxes and various ULB taxes.

Axis Bank will keep providing all banking and financial solutions through its vast network of 145 and 300 branches and 680 and 1511 ATMs in Kolkata and West Bengal State respectively.

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भारत-चीन झड़प में 20 जवान शहीद, देश नहीं भूलेगा शहादत

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Rahuldeo Sharma
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कन्नौज हो या कानपुर, दिल्ली हो या मुंबई, हर जगह चीनी चालबाजी के खिलाफ समूचे देश में गुस्सा है, चीनी उत्पादों को जलाया जा रहा है, चीनी झंडों को आग के हवाले कर चीन के कायराना हरकतों का विरोध किया जा रहा है, भारतीयों में गुस्सा है, उबाल है। एक बार फिर से चाइना ने ऐसी हरकत की है जिसका बदला भारत जल्द लेगा। 1962 के युद्ध के समय चीन ने जिस तरह धोखा दिया था, वैसी ही दगाबाजी उसने 58 साल बाद फिर कर डाली। पूर्वी लद्दाख में गलवान घाटी में सोमवार दोपहर बाद बातचीत करने गए भारतीय सैन्य दल पर चीनी सैनिकों ने अचानक हमला कर दिया। भारतीय सैनिकों ने भी मुंह तोड़ जवाब दिया। कई घंटे चली खूनी झड़प में कर्नल सहित 20 भारतीय शहीद हो गये जबकि चीन के करीब चार दर्जन सैनिक हताहत हो गये।भारतीय सेना ने इस बात की पुष्टि की कि गत रात्रि हुई बिना गोलीबारी वाली इस हिंसक झड़प में 20 भारतीय जवान शहीद हुए हैं। दूसरी ओर चीन के कम से कम 43 सैनिक हताहत हुए हैं।

भारत चीन सेना के झड़प में एक भी गोली नहीं चली, लाठी-डंडों, पत्थर से हमला

भारत और चीन दोनों ही देशों की ओर से कोई गोलीबारी नहीं हुई। दोनों पक्षों में सेनाओं के पीछे हटने पर बनी सहमति के बावजूद पीछे जाने के बजाय चीनी सैनिकों ने भारतीय सैनिकों पर पत्थरबाजी की और लोहे की कीलें लगीं लाठियों से भारत की सेना पर हमला किया। हाल फिलहाल में LAC पर इस तरह से दोनों देशों के जवानों के बीच झड़प की ख़बरें जरूर आयी थी लेकिन हिंसक झड़प में 20 जवानों के शहीद होने की खबर सालों बाद आयी है। बहरहाल चीन की इस करतूत पर अब भारत कड़ा रुख अख्तियार कर रहा है।

भारत चीन सेना झड़प – प्रधानमंत्री मोदी ने तीन घंटे की बैठक, शाह भी मौजूद रहे

लद्दाख प्रकरण को लेकर नई दिल्ली में दिनभर उच्च स्तरीय बैठकें हुईं। पहले रक्षा मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह ने चीफ ऑफ डिफेंस स्टाफ बिपिन रावत और तीनों सेना अध्यक्षों के साथ बैठक की। इसके बाद रक्षा मंत्री ने प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी को हालात से अवगत कराया। कल देर शाम करीब 8 बजे से रात 11 बजे तक प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी के साथ बैठक करने गृहमंत्री अमित शाह पहुंचे। इस बीच भारतीय सेना ने फिर दोहराया है कि किसी भी कीमत पर भारतीय क्षेत्र की रक्षा की जाएगी और किसी को भी कब्जा नहीं करने दिया जाएगा। रक्षा मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह ने तीनों सेना प्रमुखों और विदेश मंत्री डॉ. एस जयशंकर और चीफ ऑफ डिफेंस स्टाफ जनरल बिपिन रावत के साथ बैठक की।

चीन की इस हरकत पर पीएम मोदी की नज़र, 19 जून को बुलाई सर्वदलीय बैठक

इस बीच भारत-चीन सीमा क्षेत्र में मौजूदा हालात पर चर्चा के लिए PM नरेंद्र मोदी ने 19 जून को शाम 5 बजे सर्वदलीय बैठक बुलाई हैं। इस बैठक में अलग-अलग पार्टियों के अध्यक्ष शामिल होंगे। इस बैठक में भारत-चीन के बीच सीमा विवाद पर चर्चा की जाएगी। इसके अलावा विभिन्न राजनीतिक दलों के अध्यक्ष इस वर्चुअल बैठक में हिस्सा लेंगे। बता दे कि इसकी जानकारी प्रधानमंत्री कार्यालय की ओर से ट्वीट कर दी गई हैं।

राजनाथ सिंह बोले- सैनिकों की क्षति परेशान करने वाली

रक्षा मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह ने कहा है कि गलवान में सैनिकों की क्षति परेशान करने वाली और दर्दनाक है। हमारे सैनिकों ने अनुकरणीय साहस और वीरता का प्रदर्शन किया और भारतीय सेना की सर्वोच्च परंपराओं में अपने जीवन का बलिदान दिया। राजनाथ सिंह ने कहा कि राष्ट्र उनकी बहादुरी और बलिदान को कभी नहीं भूलेगा। मेरी संवेदनाएं जान गंवाने वाले सैनिकों के परिवारों के साथ हैं। राष्ट्र इस कठिन घड़ी में उनके साथ कंधे से कंधा मिलाकर खड़ा है। हमें भारत के बहादुरों की बहादुरी और साहस पर गर्व है।

चीन के खिलाफ बड़ा आर्थिक एक्शन ले सकती है मोदी सरकार

बुधवार को भारत और चीन के सैनिकों के बीच हुई हिंसक झड़प के बाद लद्दाख सीमा पर तनाव और ज्यादा बढ़ गया है। इस बीच खबर है कि भारत चीन के खिलाफ सख्त आर्थिक फैसले ले सकता है। कहा जा रहा है कि भारत उन चीनी प्रोजेक्ट को रद्द कर सकता है, जिनमें चीनी कंपनियों ने करार हासिल किया हुआ है। इनमें से एक मेरठ रैपिड रेल प्रोजेक्ट भी है। इस प्रोजेक्ट की बिड भी चीनी कंपनियों ने हासिल की है। कहा जा रहा है कि भारत सरकार ने चीन के साथ सीमा पर तनाव के बाद चीनी कंपनियों को दी गई प्रोजेक्ट की समीक्षा भी शुरू कर दी है।
इसमें दिल्ली-मेरठ आरआरटीएस परियोजना भी शामिल है। भारत सरकार चीन की बिड को रद्द करने के लिए सभी कानूनी पहलुओं को देख रही है। कहा जा रहा है कि इस बिड को सरकार द्वारा रद्द किया जा सकता है। दिल्ली-मेरठ RRTS प्रोजेक्ट के तहत दिल्ली-मेरठ के बीच सेमी हाई स्पीड रेल कॉरिडोर बनना है। इसमें दिल्ली गाजियाबाद होते हुए मेरठ से जुड़ेगी। इस परियोजना से खासकर उत्तराखंड और उत्तर प्रदेश जाने वालों को बहुत फायदा मिलेगा। यह कुल 82.15 किलोमीटर लंबा होगा। जिसमें 68.03 किलोमीटर हिस्सा एलिवेटेड होगा और 14.12 किलोमीटर अंडरग्राउंड होगा।

Tech Mahindra Signs UN Global Compact Initiative Statement on Climate Action

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Tech Mahindra has joined 155 global companies in calling for policies that will build resilience against future shocks by supporting efforts to hold global temperature rise to within 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, in line with reaching net-zero emissions well before 2050.
The statement comes as governments around the world are preparing trillions of dollars’ worth of stimulus packages to help economies recover from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, and as they prepare to submit enhanced national climate plans under the Paris Agreement.
Tech Mahindra Ltd. has signed a joint declaration with UN Global Compact, urging governments to align their COVID-19 recovery efforts with the latest climate science. Tech Mahindra reaffirms the science-based commitment of achieving net-zero carbon emissions while calling on governments to “prioritize a faster and fairer transition from a grey to a green economy.”
By moving towards a zero-carbon resilient economy, Tech Mahindra aims to reduce carbon footprint, emissions and will conserve energy using new-age technologies like internet of things, artificial intelligence and blockchain. Furthermore, an internal Carbon Price of $10/ton CO2 has also been implemented by the company to boost green investments and have also adopted a low emission technology path to increase the use of renewable energy from 1.7% in 2016 to 18% in 2020. Moreover, Tech Mahindra has also taken targets to increase the renewable source of energy to 50% by 2025.
CP Gurnani, MD & CEO, Tech Mahindra, said, “COVID-19 has allowed all of us to reconfigure our priorities and understand the importance of building a sustainable world – by focusing on healthcare and leveraging technology to enable new ways of working. At Tech Mahindra, we are committed towards building a sustainable business with responsibility and by creating value for our stakeholders, while also keeping in mind the long-term impacts on the environment. It’s time to focus on and implement technology-led solutions that will help us reboot.”
The United Nations Global Compact has stated that the 155 signatories span across 34 sectors and have a combined market capitalization of more than $2.4 trillion, representing 5 million employees. The business voices are convened by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and its Business Ambition for 1.5°C campaign partners, the UN Global Compact and the We Mean Business coalition.
Sandeep Chandna, Chief Sustainability Officer, Tech Mahindra, said, “COVID-19 has made businesses realise the importance of adopting strategies which will deliver innovative solutions without adversely affecting the environment. Our commitment towards going carbon neutral, conserving, and deploying resources efficiently will enable helps us to accelerate our transition to a low carbon economy while creating sustainable value for our stakeholders. As part of our TechMNxt charter, we have incorporated reduction of emissions as a key aspect to every function’s mandate and our overall business strategy.”
Tech Mahindra also works closely with partners and customers to help them increase energy savings, digitize and automate operations and create collaborative work environments addressing the need for sustainable practices. This includes solutions like Micro Grid as a Service, Smart city solutions, Smart grid, Smart Data Hubs, Smart Street light, Smart bin, Smart Energy Management, Smart metering and analytics, IEVCS (Intelligent Electric Vehicle Charging System) and CAPE (Community Action Platform for Energy).
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CSR News: Tata Power launches ‘SaheliWorld.org’ – A Market place for its Rural Entrepreneurs

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Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power utility, has always been empowering a billion lives through sustainable living at the heart of its operations. The company has undertaken various initiatives to uplift and lighten up the lives of the country’s rural artisans by providing them with employable skills and employment opportunities.
Marching towards fulfilling this vision and keeping the current focus of Covid-19 response in mind, the company, today, announced the launch of ‘SaheliWorld.org’, a dedicated website which offers products made by our SHGs and farmers.
The plethora of products offered in the platform includes women’s apparels from Dhaaga, a social initiative & women SHG based microenterprise promoted by Tata Power. Additionally, it also includes handicrafts, home décor items, herbal & organic farm produce, dairy products, patchwork & embroidery from various parts of India along with Covid-19 Essential Products. Through this website, the company aims to improve the social status and provide them a sustainable livelihood.
These product lines include the world-famous embroidery by Tata Power’s Rabari artisans from Mundra, Kutch district (Gujarat) known for its use of delicate stitch, mirror work & bold colourful thread designs. It also includes the traditional hand woven crafts from the artisans of Dhanbad, Maithon made from Tiger grass, a perennial grass native to the Indian subcontinent along with produce from farmers & women SHGs from Maharashtra showcasing day-to-day products like women apparels, household & decorative items, herbal & organic products and others to customers. Customers can search, buy quality products made by these SHGs and also learn more about the artisans through this platform.
Keeping in mind our focus to the Covid -19 response, this website is another innovative approach to provide employment opportunities to our communities. Saheliworld.org reflects Tata Power’s sole aim of empowering its SHGs and farmers to be financially independent & empower them for life. All sales proceed will be channelled towards fulfilling the farmers/SHGs/artisan’s dreams and improving their socio-economic status.
 
Keeping the customers at the heart of this project, each product is reasonably priced with a customer-friendly exchange policy. The user-friendly website enables customers to navigate swiftly through a range of products, place orders and track their order as well. ShipRocket, with their extensive partnerships and linkages with all leading delivery partners, is the logistic partner of this project. To ensure the best purchasing and payment experience, a partnership has been formed with PAY U – Payment Gateway also.
Through ‘SaheliWorld.org’, the company aims to reach out to all potential rural entrepreneurs that can be covered under the purview of this vision and provide them with a platform to bring forth their skills and stand on their feet. From handicrafts to apparels, dairy products to eco-friendly herbal products to handicrafts. At present, Tata Power is engaged with over 14000 women members across 16 states in India.
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