Gas Authority Of India Ltd or GAIL is India’s leading natural gas company with diversified interests across the natural gas value chain of trading, transmission, LPG production & transmission, LNG re-gasification, petrochemicals, city gas, E&P, etc. GAIL is a PSU under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, playing a crucial role in India’s energy sector.
GAIL is a major player in natural gas trading and transmission, commanding a significant market share in India. It owns and operates a vast network of around 14617 km of natural gas pipelines spread across the length and breadth of country. It is also working on execution of multiple pipeline projects to further enhance the spread.
In the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) market, GAIL has a significantly large portfolio. GAIL and its Subsidiaries have a formidable market share in City Gas Distribution. GAIL is also expanding its presence in renewable energy like Solar, Wind and Biofuel.
GAIL is involved in the production of petrochemicals, including a major integrated petrochemical complex in Pata, Uttar Pradesh.
GAIL has subsidiaries in Singapore and the US to expand its operations globally in areas like LNG, petrochemical trading, and shale gas.
GAIL CSR Spending in FY 2023-24
In the FY 2023-24, the PSU spent Rs 175.71 crores on CSR initiatives, which is a lot more than what it was obligated to spend as per the Company’s Act (Rs 142.45 crores).
GAIL has implemented CSR programmes primarily in the rural areas which are in close proximity to its major work centres or installations. It has identified seven broad areas of CSR intervention, each of which is titled by the objective they seek to achieve viz. Arogya – Nutrition, Health and Sanitation and Drinking Water projects, Ujjwal – Education initiatives, Kaushal – Livelihood Generation and Skill development initiatives, Unnati – Rural Development, Sashakt – Women Empowerment initiatives, Saksham – Care of the elderly and differently abled, and Harit – Environment centric initiatives.
Top CSR Projects of GAIL
CSR for Education – GAIL Utkarsh
GAIL’s Utkarsh programme provides free residential coaching, including boarding and lodging expenses for 11 months at Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Dwarahat (Uttarakhand) and Srinagar (Uttarakhand) to 160 students from underprivileged segments of society.
The CSR projects have consistently brought about significant positive changes over the years for numerous disadvantaged individuals touching more than 13 lakh lives in the last year itself., GAIL claims in its annual report for the FY.
Noteworthy examples include the Utkarsh project for economically disadvantaged students which witnessed 97% of students qualifying for the JEE Mains and 100% for NEET; numerous skill development programs that have improved employment opportunities for over 1,500 individuals; and the provision of medical services in remote areas through Mobile Medical Units (MMUs) under the Arogya project.
Under project GAIL Utkarsh, 210 students were provided free residential coaching for Engineering/Medical entrance examinations at 3 Utkarsh centres- Kanpur, Varanasi and Haldwani. For batch of FY 2023-24 beneficiaries, out of total 180 students enrolled for Engineering examination under the project, 174 students qualified JEE MAINS (97% batch result). Further, all the 30 girl students enrolled for Medical entrance examination coaching have qualified NEET (100% batch result). Vocational training and distribution of assistive aids, infrastructural and operational support was provided to approximately 1780 persons with disabilities (PwDs) under GAIL Saksham.
GAIL Bhavishya
GAIL has taken up CSR project Bhavishya in government schools in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand. Smart class solutions have been provided in these schools as a part of the project. Further, 10 schools have been provided with sanitary napkin vending machines and incinerators. 155 Smart classes have been set up in Dharwad (Karnataka), Khunti and Giridih (Jharkhand), Rudraprayag (Uttarakhand) and various districts of Assam.
GAIL Ujjwal
CSR initiatives under GAIL Ujjwal aided in providing and supporting quality education to over 11200 students by promoting education to underprivileged students in Government schools rural and urban slums through various infrastructure support, installation of smart classes, providing access to safe drinking water, setting up of STEM Resource centres, installation of sanitary napkin vending machines for adolescent girls and distribution of innovative school bags with educational desks.
CSR for Healthcare – GAIL Arogya
Over the years, GAIL Arogya project has become bigger and bigger and currently extends vital health care services through operation of 67 Mobile Medical Units (MMU), covering over 51 districts in 15 states of the country. The project primarily serves the underprivileged people who have limited access to the established Public Health Centre facilities.
Under GAIL Arogya, healthcare facilities were extended to underprivileged population through doorstep medical care facility provided through operation of Mobile Medical Units which has qualified team of professionals including a MCI Registered MBBS Doctor, Pharmacist and ANM, operation of STI clinics, and support for distribution of nutrition kits for malnourished women & children, health camps, procurement of medical equipment in Government Hospitals, clean drinking water and sanitation facilities.
CSR for Skill Development
GAIL is the nodal PSU for Skill Development Institute, Raebareli, the first skill academy set-up in the Hydrocarbon Sector in the state of Uttar Pradesh. It is currently supporting establishment and operation of 6 Skill development Institutes in Raebareli (UP), Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Kochi (Kerala), Vizag (Andhra Pradesh), Ahmedabad (Gujarat) and Guwahati (Assam), jointly promoting it with other PSUs.
As part of its collaborative initiatives, GAIL extended support towards six Skill Development Institutes over the years in Raebareli, Bhubaneswar, Kochi, Vishakhapatnam, Ahmedabad and Guwahati. These institutes have been set up through collaborative efforts of Oil PSEs under the aegis of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MOP&NG) and are in line with “Skill India Mission” of Government of India. In FY 2023-24, GAIL extended support of Rs 2.25 crores for Skill Development Institutes in Raebareli and Bhubaneshwar.
GAIL Saksham
Vocational training and distribution of assistive aids, infrastructural and operational support were provided to approximately 1780 persons with disabilities (PwDs) under GAIL Saksham. The initiative has helped in empowering the PwDs in gaining confidence level and sense of dignity, reduction in dependency on others as well as more access to livelihood opportunities
GAIL Kaushal
Under GAIL Kaushal, around 1500 individuals were provided skill training, in trades related to hydrocarbon sector, plastic product manufacturing, sampling tailor, vocational training to Persons with Disability (PwD) etc. Majority of these trained beneficiaries have been gainfully employed in various sectors with each of these beneficiary becoming agents of change, growth and better opportunities in their respective households.
