Water Management : CSR Initiatives

Project Sarswati launched in 2005

To discover deep acquifers left by mythical river Sarswati in North west Rajasthan

Aims to locate fresh water unexploited deep ground water resourses

Sarswati-1 near Jaisalmer town was drilled upto 500m. Water Reservoir located

Project in Progress to bring water to people in draught prone areas

Corporate Social Responsibility in ONGC

As a public sector enterprise, ONGC has a long and cherished tradition of commendable initiatives, institutionalized
programmes and practices of Corporate Social Responsibility which have played a laudable role in the development
of several underdeveloped regions of the country. The vision of sustainable growth drives both business decisions as
well as our Corporate Social Responsibility works. Our CSR activities are essentially guided by project based
approach in line with the guidelines issued by the Department of Public Enterprises and Ministry of Corporate Affairs
of the Government of India. The CSR initiatives of ONGC were marked by unrelenting commitment to several large
scale key projects as well as initiation of several new projects
identified under the 12 focus areas of ONGC i.e.

1.

Education including vocational courses,

2.

Health Care,

3.

Entrepreneurship (self-help & livelihood generation) schemes,

4.

Infrastructure support near ONGC operational areas,

5.

Environment protection, ecological conservation, promotion,

6.

Protection of heritage sites, UNESCO heritage monuments etc.

7.

Promotion of artisans, craftsman, musicians, artists etc. for preservation of heritage, Art & Culture,

8.

Womens Empowerment, Girl Child Development, Gender sensitive projects,

9.

Water Management including ground water recharge,

10.

Initiatives for Physically and Mentally challenged,

11.

Sponsorship of seminars, conferences, workshops etc.

12.

Promoting Sports/sports persons; supporting agencies promoting sports / sports persons.

ONGC, in its quest for oil and gas, charters remote rural locations and is in a constant interface with underprivileged
local communities which results in better understanding of the community and consequently an enhanced sense of
responsibility and accountability to the communities whose lives we touch.A well-defined set of objectives, clearly
delineated beneficiaries, strategy and project activities characterize CSR projects undertaken to yield discernible,
long-term, sustainable benefits for the communities in question Major CSR projects undertaken during the year are
enlisted below.

1.VaristhajanaSwasthyaSewaAbhiyan: ONGC along with

HelpAge India continues its efforts to take healthcare to the
doorsteps of the elderly through Mobile Medicare Units. In 201112, all the 20 MMUs were launched and almost 1.9 lakh
treatments were provided across the eight States and one Union
Territory.
2. ONGCGICEIT
Computer Centre: Under this initiative, implementing partner
BharatiyaVidyaBhavan operates five computer centres providing
employment-related computer training to underprivileged youth
across different operational areas of ONGC. In 2011-12, more
than 1400 students have received free employability training
through these centres.
3. Project Utkarsh- Livelihood Project in Sibasagar: Initiated
in 2011-12, this project seeks to expand livelihood opportunities
for 400 households in one year through training of women in skills like tailoring, soft toy making etc. with linkages for
income generation as well as training the elderly in vocations like goatery, piggery, mushroom cultivation etc. while
establishing adequate forward and backward linkages.
4. Harit Moksha: This unique CSR venture with MokshdaParyavaranEvam Van
SurakshaSamiti (Mokshda PEVSS) has led to the development of an energyefficient and environment friendly wood based crematorium with a system called
Mokshda Green Cremation System (MGCS) which is capable of reducing wood
consumption by 60% besides minimizing air and water pollution in a significant
manner. Now, there are 10 such MGCS units across the cities of Vadodara,
Cambay, Ahmedabad and Delhi.
5. ONGC-NSTFDC HathkarghaPrashikshan: The CSR project was aimed at
economically empowering the women tribal handloom artisans in Assam to facilitate
cluster development for economically marginalized tribal populations. In 2011-12,
around 100 tribal handloom artisans were provided on-the-job training in the improvised looms by master craftsmen
that included training in intricate designs for catering to wider markets.

6. ONGC-Eastern Swamp Deer Conservation Project in

Kaziranga National Park: The project aims at successfully
conserving the species of the Eastern Swamp Deer.
Understanding the species and the habitat, developing stringent
conservation action initiatives that could prevent extinction and
examining the possibility of translocation of the species to
additional areas to conserve species and habitat will be important
project activities. The project is in the first phase which consists
of gathering information on the species.
7. ONGC Hospitals: ONGC will be setting up multispecialty
hospitals at Sibsagar, Assam and Ankleshwar, Gujarat and a
Community Hospital at Lakhimpur-Kheri, Uttar Pradesh.

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MUMBAI, JAN. 15:
Upstream giant ONGC will be executing 44 mega projects in the current Plan period, at an
investment of about Rs. 86,862 crore, said Sudhir Vasudeva, Chairman and Managing Director, on
Tuesday at an event in Mumbai.
Vasudeva said that of the mega projects, 16 would be on-land projects and 28 offshore. Most of the
projects are lump-sum turnkey contracts (LSTK).
Although the LSTK is an easy way of awarding contracts, it is not the most efficient. The company is
looking at other ways to award such contracts. One of the ways is the open book method for
awarding contracts, a cheaper and more efficient route of executing a contract, he said.
In an open book contract, the company and contractor agree on the costs that are remunerable and
the margin that can be added in the contract.
NEW OPPORTUNITIES

Vasudeva said the company has about 250 on-land installations, about 220 offshore platforms, over
5,500 km of submarine pipelines and over 15,000 km of on-land pipelines. Most of these were
constructed many years ago and they are up renewal.

The maintenance and renewal of these huge installations at logistically challenging locations itself
requires contractors to possess unique project management skills and innovative EPC management,
he said.
He added that under the ONGCs perspective plan 2030, the company wants to increase the capacity
of the Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals from the present 15 million tonnes to 18 million
tonnes. This capacity addition will come about in the present Plan period.
rahul.wadke@thehindu.co.in

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