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Chairmans Address
26th
Bhubaneswar
September 2015
Valued Shareholders,
It gives me immense pleasure to welcome you all to
the 34th Annual General Meeting of your Company. On
behalf of the Board of Directors, it is an honour and
privilege for me to present the performance of the
Company during 2014-15, the Companys Financial
Statement, along with Directors Report, Auditors
Report, etc. for the year ended March 31, 2015 that have
been circulated to you. With your permission, I take
them as read.
Before taking up the agenda for todays meeting, I
would like to share with you some of my thoughts on
the economic scenario in general, the aluminium
industry in particular and your Companys present
position, plans and prospects. I would also like to take
this opportunity to congratulate all the stakeholders on
allocation of Utkal D and E Coal Blocks to NALCO by
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improvement
in
Indias
economic
register
the
highest
increase
in
production
increasing
investment
by
the
Central
of
environment
and
prevention
of
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location
in
India
at
an
estimated
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was
implemented.
Security
as
well
as
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enhanced
productivity,
profitability
and
credibility.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)
Today, CSR has become a buzzword in the
corporate world and it is the social accountability and
sustainability that determine the corporate image. You
will be pleased to know that while your Company has
been taking up periphery development activities and
CSR activities since inception, it is one of the few
companies in India having a voluntarily Board approved
CSR Policy & Guidelines prior to issue of guidelines and
New Companies Act. Present CSR Policy is compliant
with DPE Guidelines and New Companies Act, 2013.
Your Company has adopted all the thrust areas
identified in the Schedule-VII of the Companies Act,
2013.
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water,
communication,
environment,
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Company
actively
participated
in
the
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NALCO Ki Ladli
You will be pleased to know that your Company has
launched NALCO ki Ladli Scheme, under the Beti
Bachao, Beti Padhao programme, initiated by Govt of
India recently. Under this scheme, NALCO shall promote
meritorious girl-students from BPL families studying in
the periphery schools of Companys production units at
Angul and Damanjodi in Odisha.
Mobile Health Units
Your Company continued the operation of the
Mobile Health Units (MHUs) 4 MHUs in Damanjodi
sector (covering 142 villages) and 3 MHUs and 1 OPD in
Angul sector (covering 43 villages). These services at
Damanjodi are being operated through Wockhardt
Foundation and at Angul through Lions Club. During the
year, total 2,254 camps were conducted and total
1,06,272 number of patients from periphery villages of
Damanjodi and Angul were treated free of cost.
Sponsoring formal education of children living in
periphery villages of Damanjodi
Keeping in view the importance of education for
future generations, your Company continued the unique
scheme of sponsoring children predominantly belonging
to SC/ST of peripheral villages of Damanjodi, to
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Governance
is
an
institutional
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An
enlightened,
well-informed
and
have
strengthened
the
governance
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(T.K. Chand)
Chairman-cum-Managing
Director
Bhubaneswar
September 26, 2015
Note: This does not purport to be record of the
proceedings of the Annual General Meeting.
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