Various CSR programmes of Gail:

Community Development

For the year 2010-11 under the thrust area Community Development, programmes worth Rs. 15.68 Crs are endorsed and the implementation of these projects is in progression. GAIL (India) Ltd. extended its support for reconstruction & renovation of numerous public utilities/building which provided a better condition of living for not only a person or family but whole of the villages where this project was implemented. For the sustainable development of the whole community GAIL is also supporting integrated livelihood programmes in villages especially for small and Marginal farmers. This would be considered as a drop in the vast ocean but GAIL along with other Oil PSUs is contributing towards provision of LPG connections to BPL families under Rajiv Gandhi Gramin LPG Vitrak Yojana. This collaborative combined effort of the Oil PSUs would be able to generate a huge wave in the ocean in UP region. GAIL believes that for providing better tomorrow for the community where it has its working the focus should be on the future of the community i.e. CHILDREN & STUDENTS. So in view of this belief GAIL is providing vehicles for distribution of Mid-Day Meal for underprivileged children of Government schools so as to encourage the young girls and boys to educate themselves for their better & secured life. GAIL in the miniscule of its efforts have tried to touch every aspect of life by providing Night shelters and blankets to villagers, adoption of destitute tribal children of the orphanage in the tribal area, generating Aids awareness & Behaviour Change Communication programme for truckers of national highways and providing school bus for physically challenged students.

Drinking Water & Sanitation

For the year 2010-11 under the thrust area Drinking Water/Sanitation, programmes worth Rs.1.52 Crs have been sanctioned and implementation of these projects is in progression. Recognizing that the availability of potable drinking water is a clearly identified need in many villages of rural India, GAIL has been taking up a number of programmes in this area. Providing bore-wells, tube-wells, hand-pumps, overhead tanks as well as storage facilities, are some of the efforts taken in this direction. GAIL has taken up head-on projects for improving local hygiene & sanitation practices by construction of nalas and improvement in drainage system at different rural areas where GAIL has its presence .GAIL is also extending its resources for the development of sanitation system including installation tube well, pipeline, sub-mercible pump, sanitary line etc.

Literacy Enhancement & Empowerment

For the year 2010-11 under the thrust area Skill Development/Empowerment, programmes worth Rs. 7.38 Crs have been embarked on and implementation of these projects is in progression. GAIL has attempted to address the issues of unemployability through skill development and vocational training programmes undertaken at several locations. Significant measures have been taken for the creation of livelihood opportunities and facilitating forums for effective empowerment and self-reliance. Empowerment of differently abled and physically challenged persons has also been promoted through several means, such as providing them with necessary medical aids, equipment and infrastructural support. GAIL with the help of its implementing partners gives Training (Sewing & tailoring training) & Special education (procurement of computer based visual speech training equipment & Audio Visual Projector) for the Neglected Disabled children and backward people. GAIL with the aim of providing self-sufficiency in the lives of the differently abled people distributes specialised motorized vehicle for making them self-reliant.With its project Padho-Badho GAIL envisages to mainstream at least 3000 rag picker children government schools through its Non formal Education Centres for out-of-school children .Emphasising on women empowerment GAIL has started projects for learning for women empowerment against poverty and imparting training on stitching and carpet weaving.

Environment Protection

For the year 2010-11 under the thrust area Environment Protection, programmes worth Rs. 5.66 Crs have been sanctioned and implementation of these projects is in progression. GAILs commitment towards the Environment forms an implicit part of its Vision statement and through its CSR initiatives it has promoted this cause through specific environmentfriendly programmes. GAIL is putting its tiny steps in the field of Environment protection by plantation of saplings and trees in various areas where it has its installation. Projects related to Rain water harvesting, water Recharging and Ground water reuse system have been supported aptly by GAIL. Outspreading its support for green energy GAIL is in the process of building a Gas based Crematorium at New Delhi and provision of solar lights in the rural areas where electricity is not yet reached. Congregating environment and hygiene factors together GAIL is also installing Sulabh Sauchayala & Bio Gas Plants and development of Environment Parks for thousands of poor labourers livings in slums where GAIL supplies gas. In just two years, more than 350 villagers have benefitted from the programmes under Environment Protection.

Health Care / Medicine

For the year 2010-11 under the thrust area Healthcare/Medical, programmes worth Rs. 8.25 Crs have been embarked on and implementation of these projects is in progression. Investment in Health Care programmes has also made a significant impact in terms of providing better health care to the marginalized sections of our society, especially women and

children in the villages adjoining our work centres. GAIL is up gradating of existing Telemedicine Centre, physiotherapy units as well as setting up a community hospital in the villages of U.P.Other small programmes that are carried out for the general awareness about health are the family planning camps, Eye-camps, health awareness/T.B., Thalassemia, cancer detection camps, camps for physically handicapped persons (distribution of artificial aids and appliance) in the numerous rural areas where the organisation has its existence.In the field of mobile connectivity, GAIL has supported various projects by providing ambulances, mobile health outreach programmes and distribution of medicines Nishulk Chikitsa Kendra, GAIL As part of its routine healthcare programmes in communities around its townships and projects, GAIL has undertaken several healthcare projects like Reconstructive surgery for leprosy patients, Eye care cataract surgeries with IOL implants, Cancer screening camps, family planning camps, T.B.eradication programmes, malaria camps with treatment and free medicines and, health check up camps. GAILs own hospitals & dispensaries in its townships extend medical care & treatment to the local villagers. In just two years, more than 67795 villagers have benefitted from the programmes under Health care/medicine.

Infrastructure

For the year 2010-11 under the thrust area Infrastructure, programmes worth Rs. 16.25 Crs have been embarked on and implementation of these projects is in progression. In the area of Infrastructure, construction of village roads, culverts, community toilets, & other facilities in identified villages have helped to bring a facelift to these villages and improve the quality of life of its people. For the past many years GAIL has been constructing Community Centres and approach roads with an aim to provide long lasting and permanent development for the villages surrounding GAIL installation.GAIL is also in the process of setting up of a specialized training centre at Assam and Guna.Majority of the infrastructure works are carried out in the field of Education and health with the sole objective of creating a long term impact. In just two years, more than 31000 families have benefitted from the programmes under infrastructure.

Skill Development / Empowerment

Out of all socio- economic interventions, education has always been considered the most powerful tool & GAIL has been regularly and consistently active in rendering contributions towards education, either by means of providing infrastructure support for classrooms, playgrounds, lab equipments to the under-equipped schools, or through direct scholarships, etc., it has taken this thrust forward by way of setting up a Trust to carry out the programmes in this area in a focused manner. The GAIL Charitable and Education Trust was set up in 2009 with a corpus of Rs.20 crore for dispensing scholarships and awards to

meritorious poor students on merit-cum-means basis. Sponsoring students belonging to the lower societal strata for specialized coaching for IIT & Engineering entrances under its project Utkarsh Superb-30 & setting up of 50 non formal education centres for slum children of Delhi & Noida under project Padho Aur Badho , E-Shiksha programme for computer literacy, participation in Mid-day Meal programme of Govt. of Delhi and Corporate sponsorship of orphan children of SOS homes at Ahmedabad, Chandigarh and Delhi are some of the very successful and satisfying programmes undertaken over this year for supporting & promoting education among the rural and urban poor One of GAILs most satisfying interventions in education has been the E-Siksha programme; wherein computer labs have been set up in a self sustained, power equipped mobile Vehicle along with one qualified instructor and teaching aids. This has been implemented in Vijaipur and Pata as a pilot project, reaching computer education to government schools and facilitating these students to accomplish their regular computer school curriculum through this mobile computer aided labs. After school hours, these computer vehicles were available to the villagers of Pata and Vijaipur for the adults to take up a course in typing and basic computer literacy with the assistance of a trained instructor. This programme has not only facilitated the school children and brought about computer awareness in them but has also empowered the village youth to undergo basic computer literacy at the end of which a certificate of completion was awarded to the youth by the NGO, which has helped them to gain employment with the local contractors as clerks or book keepers. These computer courses were registered with the Ministry of HRD. GAIL has undertaken several other projects in this area, for example, creation of infrastructure, providing equipment, furnishings, stationery, mid-day meals among other things. These support activities have not only helped to enhance creativity and independence among the students and improved the attendance of children in schools. Our support to special children through hearing aids and by providing computer with special software for visually challenged school children has also helped such special children to join the main stream of education.

Since when has GAIL been doing CSR: GAIL has been engaged in planned community and social benefit programmes, carried out under theSpecial Component Plan (SCP) and Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) since 1992. Subsequently in 2002, a comprehensive CSR policy was adopted by the Board, wherein 1% of PAT was allocated as annual CSR budget. CSR programmes are taken up at almost 36 work centers and Zonal offices located across the country, focusing at development and empowerment of the people belonging to socially, economically and under-privileged segment of the society, specially in the neighborhood of our operational projects. The annual CSR allocation has been increased to 2% of the PAT for the previous F/Y, with effect from the year 2009-10, by incorporating a change in the Policy, which also provisions for a carryforward of any unspent amount for utilization in the next year.

Sl Thrust Area No. 1. Infrastructure 2. Healthcare/Medical 3. Drinking Water 4. Environment Protection Literacy 5. Enhancement/Empowerment 6. Educational Aids 7. Community Development TOTAL

2007-08 106.19 185.28 155.91 188.2 249.87 684.85 95.77 1666.07

2008-09 (Rs. In lac) 125.33 2080.78 131.42 76.49 87.85 548.23 23.49 3073.69

2009-10 359.74 999.07 221.85 75.02 222.72

301.65 1251.88 3431.93 excluding contribution for C&E Trust, natural calamities & Studies

CSR Expenditure during the last 3 years

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