Member National Commission for Scheduled Tribes Interacts With Top Management Of RINL
Member NCST lauds various measures being taken at RINL towards the welfare of SC&ST Employees
In a meeting held at Nagarjuna, centre for HRD at Visakhapatnam steel plant, today, Jatothu Hussain, Member, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, New Delhi, interacted with Atul Bhatt, CMD, RINL, Directors, CGMs and other senior officials of RINL.
During the meeting, Atul Bhatt, CMD, RINL briefed the Hon’ble Member that in every domain of activities, RINL is committed to follow Presidential directives in letter and spirit for the welfare of SC&ST both within the Company and also in surrounding communities.
Atul Bhatt, CMD, RINL said that RINL is immensely benefitted by the guidance of the Hon’ble National Commission for Scheduled Tribes from time to time.
Atul Bhatt also informed that RINL has been organising awareness programs to SC&ST Employees Welfare Association, Medical Camps’ and ‘Eye Screening’ camps in the tribal villages of Visakhapatnam District (Araku etc.) on regular basis.
“An exclusive SC&ST Cell is established at RINL with a Liaison Officer in the rank of a Deputy General Manager to monitor reservation in recruitment & promotions as per Presidential Directives and RINL established ‘Dr BR Ambedkar Merit Recognition’ for pursuing professional courses for children of SC & ST employees of RINL.
Various awareness programs are conducted exclusively for SC&ST employees on the subjects like ‘The Constitution of India’, for the women on ‘women health care’, RINL also provides Free Coaching for Recruitment of Management Trainees & Junior Trainees for SC&ST candidates whenever recruitment schedule is announced and also conducts ‘Computer Training’ Programmes for the children of SC&ST employees.”, Atul Bhatt added.
Atul Bhatt CMD RINL also informed that RINL has also been contributing significantly for the Socio-Economic Development of the Scheduled Tribes especially in the area of Health, Education, Drinking Water Sanitation Environment, Sports and Rural Development etc.
Especially in the Tribal Areas of erstwhile Visakhapatnam District in the agency area, RINL provided gravity based drinking water supply in the name of ‘Jaladhara’ to 35 Tribal villages of erstwhile Visakhapatnam District.
Nearly 10,440 tribal population have been benefitted from this CSR activity and also installed RO water plant in the surrounding villages of Mines benefitting ST communities.
Shri JATOTHU HUSSAIN, Hon’ble Member National Commission for Scheduled Tribes appreciated the sustained efforts of the RINL management in working towards the welfare of SC&ST employees of RINL.
Hussain, Member, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes also interacted with the representatives of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant’s (VSP) SC&ST Employees’ Welfare Association and discussed the issues of SC& ST employees and received memorandum from VSP SC&ST Employees’ Welfare Association.
Earlier, the process of steel making was explained by the senior officials to Shri JATOTHU HUSSAIN, Hon’ble Member, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes at the Visitor’s gallery located in Executive director(Works) building.
Hussain expressed satisfaction at the neatness, greenery and the technological highlights of Visakhapatnam steel plant.
AK Bagchi, Director ( Projects) and additional charge Director( Operations), Dr SC Pandey, Director (Personnel), Ch SRVGK Ganesh, Director (finance), GVN Prasad, Director(Commercial), CGMs, senior officials also participated in the interaction with the Hon’ble Member, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes(NCST).
