Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

As part of its initiatives under “Corporate Social Responsibility’, Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd (RCF) has undertaken several projects in the areas of promoting health care, rural development, Skill Development and education aimed for the benefit of needy and for general good of the society. These projects are in accordance with Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Company’s CSR policy. RCF has spent Rs.4.21 Crore on CSR activities in the year 2020-21. The activities, in brief, are as under:

Education

a.       PM Care Fund :

RCF has provided Rs.50.00 lakhs to PM care fund. This is a dedicated fund with the primary objective of dealing with any kind of emergency or distress situation, like posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

b.       Supply of drinking water to the villages

RCF has been providing drinking water for last 25 years to seven villages around Thal unit through pipelines laid down from the water reservoir in the unit. More than 17,900 residents of the villages got benefited of the scheme.

c.     Financial Assistance for Medical Equipment for Civil Hospital, Alibag Dist. Raigad, Maharashtra:

RCF has been provided financial assistance to District Government Hospital for procurement of Medical equipments like X-Ray Machine, CT scan machine, medical Testing kits etc. the beneficiary of this facility of all needy patients of Raigad District.

d.     Livelihood enhancement projects

RCF has supplied paddy, fruit saplings and free fertilizers to needy villagers near Thal.

e.     Rural Development- Road Repairing:

RCF has repaired local Roads from Thal Palthi to Navgaon creek near and local Road from Chondhi Naka to Kihim ThalUnit .

f.     Garbage Vans to Villages:

RCF has provided 2 Garbage Vans, one each for Kurul & Navgaon Gram Panchayat in Raigad District.

g.     Distribution of Oxymeter and Thermal Thermometers in slum areas:

RCF Company provided financial assistants to M/s. Shri Radha Foundation for purchase of Oxymeter and Thermal Thermometers for distribution in slum areas in Chembur for controlling covid cases. This will help to check and monitor and diagnose people for likely symptoms such as fever and lack of oxygen so as to prevent likely spread of the corona virus from people with symptoms.

h.     Treatment of OPD Patients:

RCF has provided financial Assistance to Sushrut Hospital for treatment of poor out door patients. RCF is providing this facility since more than 15 years. 

i.     Women Empowerment:

RCF been provided financial assistance Asmita Mahila Mandal for distribution of mini flour mills and sewing machines to the underprivileged women of slums in Chembur.

This will help these women to learn their livelihood and support their family.

j.      Aspirational District (Osmanabad)

Government of India has issued guideline to CPSEs related to utilization of CSR funds in a focussed manner towards national priorities by adopting a theme based approach. As per the DPE guidelines common theme identified for the year 2020-21 was Health Care & Nutrition.

RCF has been selected Osmanabad which is one of the Aspirational district in Maharashtra RCF has implemented following schemes in Osmanabad.

  1. Financial Asst. Grampanchyat Barul, Dist Osmanbad for procurement of Medical equipments for Primary Health Center.

2)    Financial Assistance to PHC Rugn Kalyan Samiti , Bembli Tal & Dist Osmanabad for purchase of Medical Equipments

3)      RCF has been provided financial support to Optimal Skills and Solutions Foundation (OSSF) to train graduating students in their final year to become them skilled manpower through suitable training programme. From this programme OSSF will be trained total 100 selected students for 15 collages in Osmanabad District.