Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd or Tata Power-DDL is a joint venture between Tata Power Company and the Government of NCT of Delhi with the majority stake being held by Tata Power. It distributes electricity in North & North West parts of Delhi catering to a population of over 50 lakh. The company started operations on July 1, 2002 post the unbundling of erstwhile Delhi Vidyut Board. With a registered consumer base of around 12 lakh and a peak load of around 1350 MW, the company’s operations span across an area of 510 sq kms.
Tata Power-DDL has to its credit several firsts in Delhi: SCADA controlled Grid Stations, Automatic Meter Reading, GSM based Street Lighting system and SMS based Fault Management System. As a step towards captive generation, Tata Power-DDL has also established a 108 MW gas based combined cycle power generating facility at Rithala, North Delhi in its distribution area.
CSR Spent in FY 24
The Company is committed to promote social wellbeing and bring more compliments to the business. In the FY 2023-24 Tata Power-DDL spent Rs 12.56 crore as CSR expenditure as against a total CSR obligation of Rs 12.25 crore.
Major Focus Areas for CSR
Tata Power-DDL is committed to ensuring the social wellbeing of the residents of JJ Clusters/ resettlement colonies/ villages in the vicinity of its operational areas through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives in alignment with Tata Power-DDL 2.0 strategy. These clusters also have a very high representation of SC/ST communities which further emphasises the need for inducing various developmental initiatives therein.
The Company’s CSR programmes have been restructured and rebranded under the mother brand SAATHI with the Guiding Principles being UNNATI (Women & Youth Empowerment), UJJWAL (Support to SC/ST Communities), SANJEEVANI (Health) and CLUB ENERJI (Environment) which are meant to serve marginalised societal sections and communities falling in its licensed area of supply and its geographical locations of business development projects.
As per the company’s annual report, a total of 10.33 lakh beneficiaries have been helped and supported through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives of Tata Power-DDL such as Ujjwal (over 0.14 lakh), Sanjeevani ( over 5.92 lakh), Unnati (over 3.49 lakh), Club Enerji (over 0.70 lakh), and Disaster Management & Unforeseen Contingencies (Covid-19 Response/Activities – over 0.08 lakh).
Several initiatives have been taken in FY 2023-24 such as CSR Effectiveness Index, distribution of Aids & Appliances to the differently abled, NGO Scorecard Assessment, Board of Directors Visit, I Love Science Project, Inauguration of Community Library, set up of Jacquard Machine at Handloom Unit, Relief Work during Delhi Floods and CSR support for the rural belt under the licensed area of the Company. Some of the existing CSR initiatives are Women Literacy Centres, ABHAs, Self- Help Groups (SHGs), Vocational Training Centres, Mobile Dispensaries, Potable RO Water Plants, Energy Conservation Sensitisation Sessions and Tree Plantation.
ABHAs are female brand ambassadors promoting TATA Power-DDL’s CSR programmes and assisting their communities, with 841 women currently serving in these roles.
TATA Power-DDL CSR Programmes for Education
Women Literacy Centres
TATA Power-DDL set up Women Literacy Centres in North and Northwest Delhi, where local educated women teach functional literacy from their homes. Computer Based Functional Literacy is one of the primary features of this initiative.
Entrepreneurship Development Programme
The Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) empowers women through Self-Help Groups (SHGs), linking them to financial institutions and exploring livelihood opportunities based on their skills and interests.
Vocational Training Centres
TATA Power-DDL operates 21 Vocational Training Centres (VTCs) including Tutorial Programme to provide employable skills to unemployed youth and school dropouts respectively and a special centre for Persons with Disability namely Shad Training Centre.
Soft Skill Development Training Programme
The Soft Skill Development Training Programme for adolescent girls from underserved communities is conducted in 18 Government TAAP-associated schools in Delhi.
Meri Pathshala
TATA Power-DDL started the “Meri Pathshala” programme with the objective to bring every underprivileged out-of school child into formal schooling. Under the programme, the company has supported 20 STCs in 17 government schools by converting them into Gyan Loks.
Career Counselling programme
Under the Career Counselling programme, scholarship recipients received one-on-one counseling, and open workshops were conducted for all Class X and XII students to help them identify prospective career and educational paths based on their interests and preferences.
Lakshya Classes
With the aim to give young minds a competitive edge, make them equipped for future challenges and to help them in achieving good ranks in competitive exams to qualify for IIT-JEE & NEET, Tata Power- DDL in collaboration with Ex-Navodayan Foundation has started Lakshya Classes (Special coaching Centre) for the needy and meritorious students of Class-XI of government schools associated with its TATA Affirmative Action Programme (TAAP).
Total 200 students of Class-XI enrolled in the FY 2022-23 are getting benefitted through this programme, as per the company’s annual report.
School Scholarship Programme
TATA Power-DDL has implemented several initiatives in this area for the benefit of students in Government Schools one such initiative is Scholarship Programme. Under the Scholarship Programme the targeted number of students (SC/ST, Women and PWD categories) of Class-XI was provided educational kits, which consists of school bags, reference books, stationery etc. In the FY 2023-24, total of 430 students from 40 government schools were felicitated with scholarships.
National Urja Mela
Under the aegis of Club Enerji, Social Impact Group, organised National Urja Mela, on December 14, 2023, at TATA Power-DDL Learning Center, CENPEID, Sector-11 Rohini. Urja Mela is a concluding event of year-long events conducted throughout the year.
Before the Urja Mela, Mini Urja Melas were held across 12 districts to sensitise the students on topics such as Energy Conservation, Cimate Change, Air Pollution, Renewable Energy, Safety, Ethics, Health and Hygiene which witnessed an overwhelming participation of more than 100 schools.
After conducting Mini Urja Melas, the company hosted National Urja Mela at pan India level and invited other TATA Power subsidiaries (Club Enerji Programme beneficiaries) to participate in the competitions. Teams from Gujarat, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Mumbai, Odisha, Bhopal, and Jharkhand participated in the same. The Event witnessed participation of more than 800 children and teachers from over 100 member schools.
I Love Science
I Love Science is a unique education model conceptualised to help children develop an interest in science through fun, practical experiments. These experiments are conducted with kits designed using low-cost, upcycled material instead of expensive and delicate laboratory equipment. The workshops are designed to ensure that children understand the scientific concept by relating the topics at hand with everyday life.
TATA Power-DDL CSR Programmes for Healthcare
Mobile Dispensary
TATA Power-DDL operates six Mobile Dispensaries providing free basic healthcare, including consultation, medication, and health education, at locations lacking permanent facilities. Each unit has a doctor, pharmacist, attendant, and driver.
The Mobile Dispensary teams of both the NGOs conduct health camps dedicatedly for pregnant women, lactating mothers, adolescent girls and children in the age groups of 0-5 years and camps are held for cancer and cataract patients as well.
SIG-Sanjeevani Programme
Under its SIG-Sanjeevani Programme, TATA Power-DDL organises multiple blood donation camps annually with Lions Blood Centre and the Indian Red Cross Society to benefit Thalassemia-affected children and the communities.
CSR for Community Benefit
In order to address the challenges faced by JJ Cluster which were its neighbourhood community as well as lowend customers TATA Power-DDL has installed 101 Industrial Ultra Filtration Plants in the JJ clusters (slums), resettlement colonies, Government Educational Institutions and Delhi Metro stations for the benefit of the inhabitants, students and metro commuters.
CSR for Tree Plantation
Under TATA Power-DDL’s “Harit Ek Pehal” mega plantation drive, around 12,500 saplings were planted in FY 23-24 at various schools, RWAs, parks, employee residential areas, and office locations, with saplings sourced from private nurseries and the Forest Department of Delhi.
