Our Correspondent : 

 

ON WEDNESDAY, Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCSC), Antar Singh Arya, visited the headquarters of Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL). On this occasion, Chairman Arya appreciated NCL’s role in ensuring the nation’s energy security. He also praised NCL’s efforts to uplift the local community through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives.

 

Chairman Arya called for promoting education in villages predominantly inhabited by the Baiga community. During the meeting, NCL’s Director (Human Resources), Manish Kumar, highlighted the steps taken by NCL to safeguard the interests of Scheduled Tribes, presenting details of the transparent recruitment process, internal selection, streamlined grievance redressal system, employee welfare, and training and development programmes.

 

He also presented various CSR initiatives undertaken by NCL for the welfare of the tribal community. During his visit, the Chairman, along with other dignitaries, planted saplings in the NCL premises under the campaign ‘Ek Ped Ma Ke Naam’. Arya also distributed blankets to contract workers.

 

Present on the occasion were NCL’s Director (Technical Operations) Sunil Prasad Singh, Senior Deputy Director of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, R K Dubey, various heads of departments from NCL headquarters, and staff officers (Human Resources) from various projects. During the visit, Chairman Antar Singh Arya also reviewed a detailed presentation on NCL’s CSR and welfare activities for Scheduled Tribes. Earlier, he interacted with representatives of various Scheduled Tribe organisations associated with NCL