TAMRALIPIHouse Journal of Hindustan Copper Limited | Vol. 72 | July 2015-Feb 2016 From the Chairman's Desk

My dear Colleagues, The current financial year 2015-16 is drawing to a close. During the year, on production front, we have recoveredthe ground lost in FY 2014-15. However, gains in production have been offset due to sharp decline in LME prices of Copper and the year has been a tough one for all of us. The fiscal 2015-16 will go down in the annals of HCL's history for acquisition of Jhagadia Copper Ltd. (now named as Gujarat Copper Project) as our fifth Unit and for initiating Malanjkhand Underground Expansion Project which is flagship expansion project of the Company. Both of these measures are vital for the long term sustenance of the Company. As you are already aware, our bottom line and our earnings are greatly influenced by the LME Copper prices and Exchange Rates. In the next fiscal, the global market will continue to remain sluggish, therefore the need of the hour is to reduce our cost of production by all possible means. To help tide over the crisis all are welcome to come up with suggestions, innovations for improvement of systems/ procedure/process etc. particularly in the areas focused on reducing cost of production, reducing wastages, maximizing revenue and generating fund. As they say, a chain is as strong as its weakest link. Hence, the need of the hour is to improve upon each of our operational processes and to plug all the gaps that may make the Company bleed. Each and every individual has the capacity of making a difference to the organization. Therefore, here and now we ought to tighten our seatbelts and put in our best possible efforts. It is needful to have the courage and conviction to overcome all the roadblocks and march ahead. As the going gets tough, the tough gets going. We, as a Company, have shown exemplary strength in the past to overcome all the odds. So I am sure that, come what may, we will do it in future. Our commitment will see us through all headwinds. And succeed we must. Wishing you all good times and prosperity!

Kailash Dhar Diwan Chairman cum Managing Director

2 CORPORATE NEWS

Mines Secretary visits Corporate Office

Shri Balvinder Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Mines visited the then Director (Operations), V. V. Venugopal Rao, the Corporate Office on 05.08.2015. He had an interactive Director (Finance) and other senior executives of the session with S/Shri K. D. Diwan, Chairman-cum-Managing Company. He was also apprised of the current scenario of Director, Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), S Nanda, the organisation.

Shri Balvinder Kumar, Secretary, Mines, interacting with Shri K.D. Diwan, CMD, HCL, and S/Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations), V.V.Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance) and other senior executives of the Company.

New Joint Secretary, MOM joins

Shri Nikunja Bihari Dhal, an IAS Officer Odisha. As a Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, he of 1993 batch (Odisha cadre), took over successfully transformed the functioning of the Commercial as the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Tax Department, Government of Odisha, by introducing in September, 2015. He joined the Indian various business-centric e-governance services. Administrative Service (IAS) after As the Vice-Chairman of the Bhubaneswar Development graduating in Production Engineering Authority, he guided the preparation of a futuristic and from IIT, . He also has an MPA environment friendly Building Standards Regulation for (Master of Public Administration) Degree the city of Bhubaneswar. During his tenure as the Collector from Syracuse University, New York, USA. of Koraput, Sundergarh and Angul districts, he initiated Prior to his current posting, he was the Joint Secretary, various innovative measures for empowerment of women Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, since January, 2013. and tribal communities and the Panchayati Raj Institutions. He also held the post of Director, Cabinet Secretariat. He has also worked in Education, Rural Livelihood & He worked in various capacities in the Government of Industrial Development Sectors.

1 New Director (Mining) takes over Shri Sanjay Kumar Bhattacharya Shri Bhattacharya has 34 years of diversified work assumed charge as the Director experience in Copper mining out of which 15 years at HCL, (Mining), HCL, on 15.09.2015. Prior to eleven years in Iron Ore mining at the National Mineral this, he was posted as General Manager Development Corporation (NMDC), in Bauxite mining (Mines) at Malanjkhand Copper Project for three years at BALCO and in construction activities for of Hindustan Copper Limited. infrastructure developments like State Highways, mining An Engineering graduate in Mining of Rock-Phosphate & Bauxite Minerals for State Govt. and from the Govt. College of Engineering & Technology, State Mining PSUs through private participation for five (currently NIT Raipur) and a qualified Mining years. Person under the Mines Act 1952, Shri Bhattacharya has He has also taken part in Government delegation to a First Class Mines Manager Certificate of Competency to Argentina, Republic of Syria, Senegal and Tunisia for manage Open Cast Metalliferous Mines. He also obtained an resourcing of fertilizer minerals to India. MBA in International Business from Annamalai University, , through correspondence. New Director (Operations) joins Shri Santosh Sharma has taken over as the in mines and plants and benchmarking and specific Director (Operations),from 01.03.2016. consumption of Energy. He piloted the conduct of a Shri Sharma had joined Hindustan Copper systematic health study of the plant by an expert agency. Limited, Corporate Office, as the General Prior to joining Hindustan Copper Limited, he was DGM Manager (Operations) on 26.04.2013. (Projects) in , where he was the recipient of Thereafter he became the Executive Director Jawahar Award for outstanding performance. He was also (Operations) and also assumed charge as the Unit Head of with Limited (SAIL). the recently acquired Gujarat Copper Project in June, 2015. An electrical engineer by profession of 1982 batch, Shri Shri Sharma’s contribution to the Company has been Sharma has an L.L.B and an MBA in Marketing. He had pioneering in the areas of energy conservation, cost joined Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) of Steel Authority of India control, ISO implementation, increasing by-product credit, on 16.03.1983 as a Management Trainee and had worked systematization of ‘Preventive / Predictive’ maintenance his way up.

New part-time non-official Directors

Shri Hemant Mehtani has been appointed Shri Mehtani is the Governing Council Member of National part-time non-official Director on the Board Institute of MSME, Govt. of India, for 2014-16. He was the of Directors of Hindustan Copper Limited ZRUCC Member of Western Railway, , as well as with effect from 17.11.2015. the President of Association of Industries, , An industrialist by profession, Shri a State-Level SME organization of MP, from 2013 to 2015. Mehtani has a Masters in Commerce from Devi Ahilya He has been awarded the Best Intermediary Association Vishwavidyalaya, erstwhile Indore University. A first for SME for the country in July 2014 and also for Highest generation entrepreneur and a social figure, he was born Membership Association in March 2015. and brought up in Indore. He started his business in the Apart from these, he has been the Vice-President, Federation year 1984 with a manufacturing unit of One Time Carbon of Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Bhopal, and is Paper extensively used in computers. He later diversified associated with a number of academic institutions, clubs, the business into Warehousing & Constructions. industrial and autonomous bodies and business fora in various honorary capacitates. Shri Mehtani is married and has two children.

2 Smt Simantini Jena has been appointed part- He has held various positions in key economic Ministries time non-official Director on the Board of under both the State and Central Governments of India. Directors of Hindustan Copper Limited with Before joining as Secretary, Ministry of Steel, he was effect from 17.11.2015. Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises. An M.A. in History, B.Ed and LLB from Utkal His hobby is bird-watching and touring the wilds. University, Smt Jena also has a Multimedia Shri Niranjan Pant has been appointed Diploma from NIIT. She has been a citizens’ and civil liberty part-time non-official Director on the Board activist, has taken part in human rights awareness camps, of Directors of Hindustan Copper Limited constitutional awareness workshops, health programs and with effect from 01.12.2015. legal awareness programs, relief & rehabilitation programs A retired Deputy Comptroller & Auditor as well as educational programs (some in participation with General of India and a member of the the Government). Smt Jena had conducted programs for jail Indian Audit & Accounts Service, Shri Pant is also a inmates and had played a significant role in formation of Fellow of the International Auditor Fellowship Program Self-help Groups. of the Government Accounting Office, United States, now Her body of work also includes serving several legal cells, renamed as the Government Accountability Office (GAO). educational trusts and foundations, welfare associations, He has a vast exposure in strategic overall management of civil liberty fora and media groups in various honorary CAG’s audit of Local Bodies, State Governments, Central capacities. She has a number of published works to her Government, Public Sector Enterprises, Railways in the credit as well. Smt. Jena is a Rashtriya Akta Awardee by CAG’s HQ as well as in various field offices. State , Odisha in 2004, for working on a near- extinct Adivasi language “KWI”. Earlier he has been Chairperson (ex-officio), Government Accounting Standards Advisory Board (GASAB), Principal She had also been a teacher in the past and is presently Accountant General in Gujarat, CAG’s Team Leader of teaching History and English part-time in Pokhariput Govt. Audits of International Organizations, and has held many Minor School. She is married and has a daughter. other positions of prominence. Dileep Raj Singh Chaudhary has been He has also been Team Leader in the World Bank sponsored appointed as a part-time non-official Director Public Finance Management Project in Afghanistan (post on the Board of Directors of Hindustan retirement) and Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor in Copper Limited with effect from 01.12.2015. Ministries of Government of India. He was posted as Secretary, Ministry of Steel, He has a number of published articles in eminent journals prior to his retirement on 31.08.2013. He joined Indian Administrative Service in 1977 after majoring such as Economic & Political Weekly, Business Standard in Economics and Political Science from St. Xavier's College, and Business Line to his credit as well. Mumbai. HCL signs MOU with NSDC Hindustan Copper Limited signed a Memorandum-of- Understanding (MOU) with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) for Collaboration to support skill development initiatives. The MOU was signed between Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), HCL and Shri Dilip H.M. Chenoy, MD and CEO, NSDC, in the presence of Shri Rohit Nandan, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, in New Delhi on 14.09.2015.

Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), HCL and Shri Dilip H.M. Chenoy, MD and CEO, NSDC, exchange the MOU documents after signing the MOU in the presence of Shri Rohit Nandan, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

3 CMD at the India Copper Forum 2015

Shri K.D. Diwan, CMD, HCL delivered a Special Address as the Guest of Honour at the inaugural session of the India Copper Forum 2015 at the Hyatt Regency, Mumbai, on 25.11.2015. The Copper fraternity of India was brought together to congregate and deliberate the opportunities and challenges faced by the industry over this exclusive platform by the International Copper Association India (ICA India) in association with Ltd and Vedanta Ltd.

Shri K. D. Diwan, CMD, HCL delivering Special Address at the India Copper Forum

Annual General Meeting The 48th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Hindustan The Board of Directors of HCL had recommended payment Copper Limited was held on 17.08.2015 from 10.30 a.m. to of dividend @ 3% on equity, i.e., Re 0.15 per share of Rs. 5/- 2.30 p.m at the registered office of the Company in . face value for the financial year 2014-15 and the same was S/Shri K. D. Diwan, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Smt. approved by the shareholders in the 48th Annual General Bulbul Sen, Independent Director & Chairman, Shareholders’ Meeting of the Company. Relationship Committee, Shri A. K. Singh, Independent The outgo on this account was Rs. 13.88 crore for dividend Director & Chairman, Nomination & Remuneration and Rs 2.83 crore towards tax on dividend, aggregating to Committee, also representing Chairman, Audit Committee, a total outgo of Rs 16.71 crore. The amount later paid to S/Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), S Nanda, the the Ministry of Mines, Government of India was Rs. 12.48 then Director (Operations), V. V. Venugopal Rao, Director crore (Rs. 12,48,32,769/-) based on a holding of 89.95% in (Finance), and C S Singhi, GM & Company Secretary were Hindustan Copper Ltd. present and interacted with the members of the Company. The meeting was attended by 1529 members.

S/Shri K. D. Diwan, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Smt. Bulbul Sen, Independent Director & Chairman, Shareholders’ Relationship Committee, Shri A.K. Singh, Independent Director & Chairman, Nomination & Remuneration Committee, also representing Chairman, Audit Committee, S/Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), S Nanda, the then Director (Operations), V. V. Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance), and C S Singhi, GM & Company Secretary interacting with the members of the Company

4 Centralized Induction Program for Management Trainees 2015

Shri K. D. Diwan, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, S/Shri K. D. Diwan, Chairman-cum-Managing The recruits introducing themselves addressing the new recruits Director, Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), S Nanda, the then Director (Operations), V. V. Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance), Shri S. K. Bhattacharya Director (Mining) and other senior executives of the Company interacting with the new recruits

The Centralised Induction Programme for the newly The schedule of induction programme was extensive and recruited Management Trainees (MTs) in both Technical designed to provide the new comers with a fair amount of and Administration streams was organized between 16th learning about the organization, its systems and ethos along and 27th November, 2015 at Kolkata. with theoretical and experiential insights in all aspects of On 16.11.2015, the inaugural session was chaired by Shri K functional management streams that would prepare them .D. Diwan, CMD, HCL, wherein he addressed the twenty to effectively discharge their duties as frontline managers. three MTs and congratulated them for selecting Hindustan A group of facilitators were identified for the programme Copper Limited as their employer while welcoming them both from HCL and across premiere business schools into the Copper Family. considering their experience and knowledge in their respective professional fields. He further briefed the MTs on instructions, rules, discipline etc. that are to be followed in organisation as well as in The program concluded on 27.11.2015 with the Valediction their respective departments. This was further followed by Session chaired by Shri Anupam Anand, Director an interactive session in the presence of all the Functional (Personnel) and Shri V. V. Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance) Directors and senior executives wherein a general wherein they gave the trainees a brief summary on the orientation was given to the MTs. road ahead at HCL.

HCL Awarded for Hindi implementation

Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) has received the “Protsahan Puraskar” for the year 2014-15 from Nagar Rajbhasha Karyanwayan Samity (Upkram), Kolkata, for achieving excellence in implementation of the Official Language in day-to-day office work. Shri Keshari Nath Tripathy, the Honourable Governor of , handed over the trophy and the citation to S/Shri Kamlesh Soni, DGM (HR), HCL and Ved Prakash Pandey, Dy.M (OL), HCL in a prize distribution ceremony on 29.08.2015.

Shri Keshari Nath Tripathy, the Honourable Governor of West Bengal, S/Shri Kamlesh Soni, DGM (HR), HCL, and Ved Prakash Pandey, Dy.M (OL), HCL with the trophy and citation during the prize distribution ceremony

5 NJCC Meeting A meeting of the National Joint Committee for Copper Suggestions received from the Union representatives, (NJCC) was convened on 28.12.2015 at ICC, Ghatsila, where based on field reports, on improvement in production, detailed daylong discussions were held on various issues productivity and equipment maintenance were noted. The relating to ‘Production and Productivity’. Unit Heads also gave their Unit-wise feedback on the ways S/Shri K. D. Diwan, CMD, HCL, Anupam Anand, and means to improve production and productivity. Director (Personnel), S. Nanda, the then Director CMD emphasized on improving the productions and sales (Operations), V. V. Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance), in the remaining period of this financial year to come out S K Bhattacharya, Director (Mining) were present. The of the challenging situation being faced by the Company. Unit Heads, Unit HR heads and representatives of Unit-wise time frame has been fixed for various activities recognized Unions also attended the meeting. From for improving the production and sales. Corporate office, senior officers and HR executives were present.

S/Shri K. D. Diwan, CMD, HCL, Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations), V. V. Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance), S K Bhattacharya, Director (Mining) interacting with Unit Heads, HR Heads and Union representatives during the NJCC Meeting.

Mining Mazma 2015 The Mining, Exploration Convention & Trade Show Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Mines and other executives (MINING MAZMA 2015) was held from 24.09.2015 to from the Ministry. Shri K. D Diwan, CMD, HCL received 26.09.2015 at the International Exhibition Centre the Minister and the other dignitaries at HCL pavilion on (BIEC), Bengaluru. 24.09.2015 and also handed over a dividend cheque of Rs. The HCL pavilion was visited by Shri Narendra Singh 12.48 crore (Rs. 12,48,32,769/-) based on a holding of 89.95% Tomar, the Honourable Minister of Mines, Shri Balvinder in Hindustan Copper Ltd. to the Union Minister of Mines.

Shri K.D. Diwan, handing over the Dividend Cheque to Shri Narendra Singh Shri K.D. Diwan, CMD, HCL with Company executives at the Pavillion Tomar, the Hion'ble Minister of Mines, in the presence of Shri Balvinder Kumar, Secretary, Mines

6 HCL Quality Circles

Quality Circle Forum of India (QCFI), Kolkata Chapter, Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), congratulated organized the Chapter Convention on Quality Concepts each Quality Circle team member individually for this huge (CCQC) on 22.09.2015 at the Taj Bengal, Kolkata. success and said that HCL was proud of their remarkable performance. All the four teams namely, ‘Dinkar’ and ‘Sahyog’ from ICC, ‘Pragatisheel’ and ‘Sudhar’ from KCC Unit, had presented He urged all the members to be actively involved in all their case studies and were awarded in the Gold category in the activities of Quality Circle and keep the flag of Quality the Convention. Circle flying high.

Shri Anupam Anand, Director Personnel, congratulating the Quality Circle Team Dinkar team members on their performance, at the Corporate Office

Team Sahyog Teams ‘Pragatisheel’ and ‘Adarsh’

Names of CCQC team members are as under: Sr OB Optr, Member, S K Jha, AGM(Mech), Facilitator, R S Pragatisheel, KCC : Abhishek Kumar, AM(Mines) Leader, Choudhary, AM(HR), Coordinator. Vikash Kumar Singh, JM(Mines), Dy Leader, Mahendra Sahyog, ICC : J K Upadhyay, STS, Leader, B D Menon, STS, Singh, Loco Optr., Member, Om Prakash Yadav, Blaster Dy. Leader, Subhash Dutta, STS, Member, Ashok Singh, Asst., Member. Sr Chargeman, Member, Saket Kumar Sinha, JM(R&D), Sudhar, KCC : Vinayak Sahoo, M(Mines), Leader, K S Member, Yatiswar Anand, Mgr(Chem), Facilitator, P. N. Gahlot, M(Mines), Dy Leader, Vir Prakash, Mining Mate, Sinha, AGM(MS), Coordinator. Member, Bansi Lal, Hauler Optr., Member. Dinkar, ICC : A K Majhi, STS, Leader, P K Banerjee, JM(Mech.), Dy Leader, N K Rai, STS, Member, M K Yadav,

7 Lecture at Corporate Office

Dr. U.D. Choubey, Director General, SCOPE and Independent Director, HCL, interacting with S/Shri K D Diwan, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), S Nanda, the then Director (Operations) and S.K. Bhattacharya, Director (Mining)

Dr. U.D. Choubey, Director General, SCOPE and "Responsibilities of CPSEs in the changed business scenario". Independent Director, HCL, delivered a lecture at Corporate He highlighted need for further reforms in CPSEs. Office, Kolkata on 21.01.2016. While talking on various reforms required for CPSEs, he The programme was inaugurated by Shri K.D. Diwan, stressed the importance of corporate governance, ownership CMD, HCL, and welcome address was delivered by Shri policy and corporate social responsibility. Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel). He emphasized that policy of governance has become the Dr. Choubey having a rare blend of experience earlier as most important policy today. When providing advice to Chairman & Managing Director of Gas Authority of India senior officers, he urged them to adapt to changes, focus on Limited (GAIL) and Chairman of M/s. Brahmaputra their out of the box thinking and communication skills. He Cracker & Polymer Limited, shared his reflections on wished HCL all success.

Mining Indaba 2016

The Company took part in the Mining Indaba 2016 held at comprising of Ministry of Mines, Coal, Steel, Geological Cape Town, South Africa from 8th to 11th February 2016. Society of India, NMDC, NALCO, HCL, , The Indian Delegation was led by Shri Balvinder Kumar, National Lignite Corporation and Mineral Exploration Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Government of India. Other Corporation Limited showcased their capabilities and notable delegates from India were Shri K. D. Diwan, CMD, investment opportunities. The Indian pavilion received HCL, Shri Syedain Abbasi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of a positive response from delegates from other countries. Steel and Shri Vivek Bharadwaj, Joint Secretary, Ministry Visitors to the pavilion showed interest in opportunities of Coal, and Directors of National Mineral Development in India as well as the possibilities of Indian Companies Corporation (NMDC), National Lignite Corporation (NLC), investing in the African Continent. Limited (CIL). In an exercise to open the gates to India with respect to Shri Balvinder Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Mines, scientific and collaborative development of its mining Government of India inaugurated the Indian Pavilion on 8th sector, Shri Balvinder Kumar held several bilateral meetings February 2016. The theme of the pavilion was to highlight on the sidelines of Mining Indaba 2016. the mining strength of the country. Nine organisations

8 Shri Balvinder Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Mines delivering his lecture at the Shri K.D. Diwan, CMD, HCL, with the Indian delegates at the Mining Indaba Mining Indaba 2016 2016

Shri Balvinder Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Mines, along with Shri K.D. Diwan, CMD, HCL, interacting with the dignitaries at the pavilion.

The office of the Consular General of India at Cape Town the session and clarified many key issues during the had organised a dedicated session alongside Mining Indaba discussion. All the presentations were relevant to the Conference where a presentation was organised before the context of investment in Africa. Indian delegates led by Shri Indian delegation by M/s ENS Africa, reputed law firm, Balvinder Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Mines participated M/s Vedanta Group working in South Africa and Zambia, M/s Webber Wentzel, a law firm having excellent analytical in the lively discussion session. Shri Vivek Bharadwaj, Joint skill, and M/s Anglo American Platinum. Mr. Andrew Secretary, Ministry of Steel and Ministry of Coal also raised Robert Hinkley, Executive Head (Marketing) of Anglo many queries and they were instantly clarified by the team American Platinum explained in detail the market analysis of professionals. Shri Bharadwaj, invited the delegates of relevant to India. M/s Anglo American Platinum to India in order to meet The Indian High Commissioner of South Africa and Consul the Minister so that the possibility of investment in the field General of India Cape Town was also present throughout of platinum in Africa can be explored.

IME 2016 S/Shri Balvinder Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Nikunja Bihari Dhal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Mines, along with S/Shri K. D. Diwan, Chairman cum Managing Director, HCL and V.V.Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance), HCL, and other senior executives at the Company Pavilion at 6th International Mining, Exploration, Mineral Processing Technology , Metals & Machinery Exhibition.

9 MCP News

MTA National Seminar A national seminar on “Technological Innovations, He also added that although the demand of Copper in Indian Interventions and Challenges in Mining and Mineral market is increasing @ 6.8% annually and is estimated to Processing Industry”, organized under the aegis of increase @ 2-3% globally, it is not going to match up to the Malanjkhand Technical Association (MTA), a professional industry expectations. body of Malanjkhand Copper Project, was inaugurated by However, if the ambitious plans of the government in the Shri K.D.Diwan, CMD, HCL, on 29.11.2015. energy sector are implemented, a great extent of positive change is sure to come in favour of the Copper industry. But the challenges being faced by the metal industry today can be faced successfully only through innovative ideas and their implementation. It is imperative to cut the cost of production by adopting innovative means and methods with concerted efforts. As far as Hindustan Copper Limited is concerned, Shri Diwan said that the mantra could be “More out of Ore”, viz., extraction of Copper even from waste with highest possible efficiency.

Shri Diwan, CMD, HCL, inaugurating the Seminar accompanied by S/Shri S. On this occasion Shri Subhendra Nanda, the then Director Nanda, the then Director (Operations) and S.K.Bhattacharya, Director (Mining) (Operations) emphasized on the reduction in the energy consumption in the mining and beneficiation processes. Talking on the innovations and interventions, he uncovered the novel idea of searching and reviewing the age-old practices and processes. The occasion was also graced by Shri S.K.Bhattacharya, Director (Mining) who pointed out that in order to make “Make in India” a success, healthy mining activities is the need that has to be ensured.

Shri Diwan, CMD, HCL, addressing the gathering at the MTA Seminar

The inaugural session started with the lighting of the ceremonial lamp by the Chief Guest, Shri Diwan, along with other dignitaries. Shri Diwan also released a souvenir published on this occasion. In his inaugural speech, Shri Diwan elaborated on the theme and pointed out that in order to ensure good economic health of mining industry, innovation in every operational The souvenir being released by Shri Diwan, CMD, HCL, in the presence of aspect is the need of the hour. the then S/Shri S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations),S.K.Bhattacharya, Director (Mining) and O.N. Tiwari, ED, MCP. Shri Diwan expressed his concern over the return of global recession after a very small interval of about seven years The Malanjkhand Copper Project, a flagship unit of HCL is which is evident from the fast decline in the prices of facing challenges in the areas of ore quality. On the other commodities as well as metals. hand, he added that with emergence of MMDR Act-1957

10 Amendment Bill, the mining industry has to put in additional Malanjkhand Ladies Club, Smt Amrita Kumar, Vice- amount of money against the Regional Development Fund. President, Malanjkhand Ladies Club; Shri Asis Deb, DGM Under these circumstances, he reiterated that technology, (Mech.), and Dr.V.K.Shukla, DGM(M&HS). work culture and other aspects of mining industry needs Addressing the valedictory session, Chief Guest Shri Diwan immediate relook and also alternative techniques and opined that this kind of seminars not only help to offer processes to overcome the crisis of the current recession. solutions of technical problems but also provide a unique forum to different stakeholders of an industry for mutual interaction that helps enormously to know the ideas and views of each other. Shri Adwait Kumar Saxena, AGM (Electrical), proposed the vote of thanks. The children of DAV-HCL Public School Malanjkhand had rendered a beautiful welcome song followed by a prayer at the beginning of the programme. The seminar concluded with a spectacular cultural program by the children with the help of Ladies Club in the evening.

Hindi Tamralipi Awarded A delegate at the seminar Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) has received the “Griha Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP, and Unit Head delivered the Patrika Protsahan Puraskar” for the year 2014-15 from keynote address as the Chairman of Malanjkhand Technical Nagar Rajbhasha Karyanwayan Samity (Upkram), Kolkata, Association (MTA). for the Hindi version of House Journal Tamralipi. Shri Umesh Kumar, DGM (Metallurgy) and Vice Chairman Shri Keshari Nath Tripathy, the Honourable Governor of of MTA received the guests and the delegates. The Activity West Bengal, handed over the trophy and the citation to Report was presented by Shri Sreekumar, AGM (Mines) and S/Shri Kamlesh Soni, DGM (HR), HCL, A.N. Singh, CM honorary secretary of MTA, while Shri R.N.Garai, honorary (Admn. & OL), HCL and Smt. Sampa C. Lahiri, CM (CC), treasurer of MTA, proposed the vote of thanks. HCL, in a prize distribution ceremony on 29.08.2015. The seminar was conducted in three technical sessions and six technical papers were presented therein. These include: Malanjkhand Underground Mine: A challenge before HCL by Shri P.K.Sharma, Ex-GM,HCL; Reclamation and Rehabilitation of Copper Mining degraded land in MCP by Dr. Ajay, Principal Scientist, Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal; Shaft Sinking Techniques & Indian Perspective by Shri P.Venkat, DCS Ltd.; Study on Construction Technology of 1000m Large Diameter Vertical Shaft and Selection of Mechanized Matching Operation Line authored by Mr. Xu Hui Dong and presented by Mr. Mao, China Coal Mine Construction Group; Controlled Blasting for Shaft Sinking Practices by Shri P.Balamadeswaran, Asst. Prof., Anna Shri Keshari Nath Tripathy, the Honourable Governor of West Bengal, S/Shri University; Insights on Mining & Mineral Processing by Kamlesh Soni, DGM (HR), HCL, A.N. Singh, CM (Admn. & OL), HCL and Smt. Heavy Equipment by Mr. Haijun Wu, Northern Heavy Sampa C. Lahiri, CM (CC), HCL, with the trophy and citation during the prize Industry, China. distribution ceremony The Inaugural Session was graced by Dr Smt Arti Diwan, Smt Sutapa Bhattacharya, Smt Nirmala Tiwari, President,

11 DAV Public School inaugurated at MCP

The DAV Public School at Malanjkhand was formally Smt Sutapa Bhattacharya, the then Vice-President, Ladies inaugurated on 05.07.2015 by Shri K.D. Diwan, CMD, HCL. Club, Shri Prashant Kumar, Asst. Regional Director, DAV- The HCL management agreed to the running of the DAV CMC, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Public School from kindergarten to the twelfth standard The students from the DAV Public School, Bhilai, were from the academic session 2015-16. specially invited to perform at the inaugural function and There was a long pending demand from the Bhartiya Khanij they made it truly memorable. On this occasion Dr. Smt Majdoor Sangh (BKMS), one of the recognized Unions Nisha Peshin, Director (Public Schools), DAV College of MCP and various citizens’ groups, for establishing a Managing Committee, New Delhi, and Shri O.N. Tiwari, reputed educational institution at MCP to provide quality ED, MCP and Chairman, Managing Committee of DAVPS- education to wards of employees and the locals. HCL, Malanjkhand also expressed their views and wished Shri Diwan while addressing the large gathering applauded the children well. Shri G. N. Rajawat, GS, BKMS, for the fruition of DAV Public school in MCP. Shri Diwan also congratulated the parents and expressed his good wishes for all the success to DAV-HCL Public School MCP and the children. A yajna was held in accordance with the Arya Samaj traditions. S/Shri K.D.Diwan, CMD and the Chief Guest, Anupam Anand, D(P), Subhendra Nanda, the then D(Op) and V.V.Venugopal Rao, D(F) took part in the ritual. Also present were Dr. Smt Arti Diwan, the better half of Shri Diwan, CMD, HCL, as the Guest of Honour, Dr. Smt Nisha Peshin, Director (Public Schools), DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi; O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP, S.K.Bhattacharya, the then GM (Mines), Shri H. C. Shri K.D.Diwan, CMD, HCL, cutting the ribbon to inaugurate the DAVPS in the Shrivastava, the then ED, ICC, and his better half, Smt Geeta presence of Dr Smt Arti Diwan, Anupam Anand, D (P), Dr Smt Nisha Peshin, Director (Public Schools), DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi and Shrivastava, Smt Nirmala Tiwari, President, Ladies Club, Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP.

Unveiling of the inaugural plaque by Shri K.D.Diwan, CMD, HCL., in the Yajna by Shri K.D.Diwan, CMD, HCL., in the presence of Dr Smt Arti Diwan, presence of Dr Smt Arti Diwan, Anupam Anand, D (P), Dr Smt Nisha Peshin, Anupam Anand, D (P), Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP , and Dr. Smt Nisha Peshin, Director (Public Schools), DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi and Director (Public Schools), DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi. Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP

12 A warm welcome was given to the guests by Shri Prashant The inaugural function was attended by Principals of DAV Kumar, Asstt. Regional Director, DAV CMC, Madhya Public schools of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Office Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and the vote of thanks was Bearers of Trade Unions, Officers’ Association and Ladies proposed by Shri Paliwal, Principal, DAV Public School, Club members, departmental heads and other employees, Bhilai. guardians and students.

OL Implementation Committee Meeting at MCP The Quarterly Meeting of the Official Language DGM (Mech.), Umesh Kumar, DGM (Metallurgy) and the Implementation Committee was held on 22.08.2015 for the committee members. Quarter ended September 2015. The meeting was convened The committee expressed their views and suggestions to especially ponder upon the observance of Official in favour of celebrating Hindi Week and the progress of Language Week-2015. Hindi in the project. Shri S.K. Verma, AGM (Vigilance) The meeting was chaired by S/Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, and Member-Secretary, OL Implementation Committee MCP, S.K.Bhattacharya, the then GM (Mines) and Vice- conducted the meeting and Shri A.K.Sharma, Chief Manager Chairman of the OL Implementation Committee, Asis Deb, (HR&A) proposed the vote of thanks.

MCP Ladies Club distributes sweaters and fruits Dr Smt. Arti Diwan, wife of Shri K.D.Diwan, CMD, HCL better half of Shri S.K.Bhattacharya, Director (Mining), HCL, was on a goodwill visit to Malanjkhand Copper Project Smt Nirmala Tiwari, President, Malalnjkhand Ladies Club; Smt on 29.11.2015. She graced various events organized by the Amrita Kumar, Vice-President and other office bearers of Ladies Malanjkhand Technical Association, MCP, and the Ladies Club. A beautiful folk dance was presented by the dance troupe Club, Malanjkhand. of Balagaon village. The dancers were later felicitated by Smt Malanjkhand Ladies Club distributed sweaters to about Diwan with cash award as a token of appreciation. eighty school children of Baiga Tola, Chakarwahi. Dr Smt Dr Smt Diwan and Smt Bhattacharya also paid a visit to the MCP Diwan interacted with the children as well. The event was Hospital along with the office bearers of Ladies Club, where supported by the State Officials comprising of Shri Hemant fruits were distributed amongst the inmates. Dr.V.K.Shukla Kumar Rana, Block Resource Co-ordinator, Birsa Block, and his staff accorded warm welcome to Dr Smt Arti Diwan at Sarva Siksha Abhiyan and the Principal and staff of Govt. the hospital and also apprised her of the status of the ongoing H.S. School, Palhera. refurbishment jobs therein. Dr. Smt. Diwan was accompanied by Smt. Sutapa Bhattacharya,

School children in attendance Tribal dance to welcome the guests

13 Industrial Safety Day Industrial Safety Day was observed in MCP on 03.12.2015 in K.L.Gautam, Office Bearer of BKMS (a recognized Union), the memory of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy of 1984. also expressed his views on the occasion on behalf of the In his inaugural speech, Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP, Union. An oath was also administered to the employees and explained how an industrial operation can have a potential the program was followed by inspection of Plant area by the threat leading to genocide by citing the example of Bhopal members of Plant Safety Committee. Gas Tragedy. He informed that MCP has done substantial amount of work to suppress dust and noise emissions in the plant. He hailed the team of the Concentrator Plant for achieving zero-accident in the preceding year. In order to ensure safety in workplace the dictum issued by DGMS, Suraksha Meri Jimmewari Hai, should be followed, Shri Tiwari further emphasized. He also reminded the employees to take all the necessary steps to save themselves from any occupational hazard. A wide publicity campaign was launched to inculcate the safety consciousness among the employees on this day. Shri The gathering on the occasion of Industrial Safety Day

Annual Mines Safety Week 2015 The Annual Mines Safety Week in the Metalliferous mining the guests. Shri Thakre, one of the Workmens’ Inspectors, units under the jurisdiction of Nagpur Region I & II of administered the safety oath. The inaugural function Directorate General of Mines Safety was observed from concluded with the vote of thanks by Shri S.K.Dagliya, AGM 22.11. 2015. (Mines) & Chief Safety Officer. Shri V.N.Singh, Manager Shri O.N. Tiwari, ED, MCP and Unit Head, inaugurated the (Mines) and Safety Officer, conducted the proceedings of Week at MCP. In his inaugural address Shri Tiwari appealed the inaugural function and informed about the schedule of to the MCP team to achieve Zero-Accident in Mines and all programs and competitions to be held during the period of other sections of the Project. Safety week. He expressed his hope that the team constituted by Besides the presence of the departmental heads, employees, employees, Workmen Inspectors and Safety Dept. of MCP Workmens’ Inspectors, office bearers of Officer’s would again help to achieve the Zero Accident target by Association, BKMS, INTUC, and KKMS, the occasion was employing their long experience and determined efforts. graced with the presence of Dr V.K. Shukla, DGM (M&HS) and other senior officers of M/S IVRCL, an agency deployed Shri Tiwari said that safety always comes first. He appealed for underground mine development work. to the employees for maximum participation in the various programs to be organized under this Week and wished all success. As a Convener of Inspection Team, Shri R.C. Shrimali, AGM (Mines) talked on the best mining practices adopted and compliance of DGMS’s norms at MCP. The inaugural function was attended by other members of the inspection team, viz. S/Shri Manoj Tiwari, DGM (Elect.)- MOIL, Vijay Barapatre, Dy. Chief (Mech.)-MOIL, and Vijay Dhakate, Sr. Manager (Mines)-MOIL. Shri G.N.Rajawat, GS of recognized Union, BKMS, presented his views on the observance of Mines Safety Week. Shri Tiwari unfurled the safety flag as the Chief Guest of Shri O.N. Tiwari, ED, MCP and Unit Head, addressing the gathering on the occasion of Mines Safety Week the occasion. Shri K. Hansdah, AGM (Mines) welcomed

14 KCC News

Resurgent Investment Summit

Shri K.D. Diwan, Chairman cum Managing Director, Hindustan Copper Ltd. Shri K.D. Diwan, CMD, HCL, at Resurgent Rajasthan and Shri Deepak Upreti, Principal Secretary Mines & Petroleum Govt. of Rajasthan after signing the MOU Ashok Kumar Singh, AGM(Expl.), S. Dey, DGM (Mktg.), The Government of Rajasthan organized “Resurgent V.K. Sharma, CM(Admn.) and Vivek Gupta, TA to CMD Rajasthan” Investment Summit on 19th and 20th November were also present. 2015 at Sitapura Industrial area, Jaipur, for the overall In order to provide an interactive platform to Micro, Small economic development of the state. & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) with the CPSUs/PSUs/ On the occasion of Resurgent Rajasthan, a Memorandum large scale organizations, a B-2-B meet was organized of Understanding (MOU) was signed between Shri K.D. by the Government of Rajasthan with active support Diwan, Chairman cum Managing Director, Hindustan of the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Copper Ltd. and Shri Deepak Upreti, Principal Secretary Government of India, during the Summit. Mines & Petroleum Govt. of Rajasthan on 16.10.2015 in the The event was attended by investors including Hotel Clark, Amer. The main features of the MOU are as representatives of global and domestic MSME sector, under: representatives of economic development organizations, Khetri Copper Complex has planned an investment of advisors, specialists, companies, Chambers of Commerce about Rs. 900 crores for these activities in next five years to and Industries and associates. enhance the capacity of the existing mines and development The State Government also organized investment of new mines in the existing mining lease area. promotion campaigns, including investor meets, events The Company also intends to build a state-of –the-art plant and conferences as well as partnerships to facilitate direct to extract minerals from the copper tails. HCL will invest investment. in green field exploration to identify prospective areas of The Commissioner Industries & Secretary, CSR, Govt. of copper mineral in the State. Rajasthan, Shri Abhay Kumar, IAS, invited Hindustan The investments in underground Copper mines Copper Ltd. for active participation in the summit. development will accelerate the economic and industrial S/Shri A.K. Sen, ED, KCC, S.C Mahato, DGM (M&C), development of the state and generating employment and A.K. Singh, AGM (Exploration), K.R.Bairwa, CM (M&C) other ancillary benefits to its economy. Y.R.Meena, CM (M&C), attended the programme. The The State and the Company have arrived at an understanding team explained the procurement needs of HCL, vendor to facilitate implementation of the Project in the State of registration procedure, purchase requirement etc. to Rajasthan. the visitors. One-to-one discussions were also held with delegates who visited the HCL desk. On this MOU signing occasion the then S/Shri S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations), Amit Kumar Sen,ED, KCC,

15 SAMVAD and Suggestions Programme at KCC

As per MOU targets for 2015-16, a programme on SAMVAD and Suggestion Scheme was organized on 26.06.2015 at the R&D Auditorium, KCC. The programme was inaugurated by Shri Naresh Kumar, GM (HR), KCC, and was attended by S/Shri V.K. Singhal, DGM (Elect.), S. C. Mahato, DGM (M&C), P.K. Kundalia, DGM (OSD), departmental head, members of various Unions, Office Bearers of Officers’ Association and other employees. Shri Naresh Kumar, GM (HR), emphasized the need for a change in mindset in the greater interest of the organization and advised that every employee should take active part Shri Naresh Kumar, GM (HR), KCC, addressing the gathering in SAMVAD programme and should give their suggestions that are helpful in enhancing production and productivity of the organization. About hundred and five employees participated in the programme. During the programme, production, productivity and Cost Analysis of KCC Unit for the year 2014- 15 and upto May 2015 was also presented. An interactive session was also held in which the employees actively participated. A similar SAMVAD-Mass Communication programme was conducted in March 2015 at the R&D

Auditorium for hundred employees. The gathering at the SAMVAD

Hindi Workshop at KCC In order to implement Official Language and to comply with Kumar, GM (HR), KCC, addressed the participants of the Annual Hindi Implementation Programme, Department the workshop and emphasized on promoting the Official of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of Language in day-to-day official work of the Company. India, a Hindi Workshop was organized at the Training Dr Pradeep Kumar Sharma, Dept. of Official Language, Centre, KCC on 24.06.2015. The workshop was inaugurated Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India, was the by Shri Amal Kanti Ghosh, the then ED, KCC. Shri Naresh faculty of this Workshop. He very lucidly explained the

The participants at the Hindi Workshop

16 implementation of Official Language in PSUs and the present the workshop and top three winners were awarded by the status of Hindi in different departments of the Government ED, KCC, on the occasion of 69th Independence Day, 2015 of India. His address gave the participants encouragement for their best performance in the said competition. to work in Hindi in their day-to-day official work. The All the participants applauded this Hindi Workshop and Hindi workshop was attended by twenty five employees requested that such Hindi Workshops should be organized of KCC. In the concluding session, a Hindi Noting and from time to time to ensure the proper implementation of Drafting competition was held among the participants of the Official Language.

Summer Football Training Camp at Khetri Nagar Under the auspices of the Rajasthan State Sports Council, GM (HR), KCC, and Mani Ram Nayak, District Sports Jaipur, a summer Football Training Camp was organized Officer, Jhunjhunu, on 30.06.2015. Shri Mahendra Singh at the Nehru Maidan, Khetri Nagar, from 15.06.2015 to Bijarnia, Junior Accountant, Finance Deptt., KCC, was also 30.06.2015 in which twenty junior cadre students took part. present as the Camp coordinator. The concluding day was graced by S/Shri Naresh Kumar, Team KCC brings laurels

Mines Rescue Team of Khetri Copper Complex took part in Three members of the team namely, S/Shri Naresh the 46th All India Mines Rescue Competition conducted at Kumar Katariya (Captain), Sanket Kumar Toshniwal (FAB the Manendragarh Rescue Station, Controller) and A T Alam (Member), also participated in the Ltd, Manendragarh (Chhattisgarh), from 05.12.2015 to Promotional Competition of Rescue based on international 08.12.2015. The team won 1st Prize in First Aid Theory norms and won the third prize out of six participating and Practical Competition, 2nd Prize in Rescue Practical teams. Competition and 2nd Prize in Rescue Theory Competition. A total of seventeen teams of coal category and six teams of The KCC team comprised of S/Shri Sanket Kumar non-coal category participated in the contest. Toshniwal, Mgr, Mech, KCC (Team Manager), Naresh S/Shri A. K. Sen, ED, KCC, R. K. Sah, GM (Mines) and D. Kumar Katariya, Mgr, Mines, KCM (Captain), A T Alam, Jr. R. Mehta, DGM (Mines) appreciated the performance of the Mgr, Mines, KCC (Vice Captain), Rajkumar, Mining Mate, team and congratulated the team members. Also present KCC (Member), Anoop Singh Somra, LHD Operator, KCM were S/Shri J. Joshi, Chief Safety Officer and A. K. Sharma, (Member), Banshi Lal, Hauler Operator, KCM (Member), Mine Rescue Superintendent. Mohar Singh, Mining Mate, KCC (Member) and Sunil Kumar, Miner, KCM (Member).

46 th All india Mine Rescue Competition winners with ED & other senior officials of KCC:- From left to right (Sitting):- S/Shri Jagdish Joshi, CM(Mines), D.R. Mehta, DGM(Mines), Amit Kumar Sen, ED,KCC, Rajkumar Sah, GM(Mines), Naresh Kataria, Manager (Mines)-Team Captain, A.K. Sharma, CM(Mine). Standing left to right: Miss Monica Sihag, AM(Mines), S/Shri Sunil Kumar, Miner, Sanket Kumar Toshniwal, Manager (Mechs)-Team Manager, Anoop Singh Somra, LHD Operator, A.T. Alam, Jr. Manager(Mine.)-Vice Captain, Mohar Singh, M/Mate, Rajkumar, M/Mate, Banshi Lal, Hauler Operator and Jagdish, Rescue Room Attendant.

17 Vendor Development Program A state level Vendor Development Programme was details of SSI registered units and procurement done as per organized by Khetri Copper Complex in association with Government guidelines to uplift SSI Industries. MSME Development Institute, Jaipur (Ministry of Micro, Shri Sushil Kumar, Asstt. Director, MSME, Jaipur, delivered Small and Medium Enterprises, Govt. of India) on 23.09.2015 the lecture on the aim and objective of MSME. He stated that at 2.00 p.m. in the R&D Auditorium, Khetri Copper MSME has been working to fulfill its mission of promoting, Complex, Khetri Nagar. The function was inaugurated by aiding and fostering the growth of Small Industries and Shri Amit Kumar Sen, ED, KCC and around fifty vendors Industry related Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in participated in this programme. the country. He also informed about the MSMEs registration The programme started with lighting a lamp by the with NSIC under the single point registration Scheme dignitaries and a welcome address by Shri K.R.Bairwa, CM to avail of the benefits while participating in tenders for (M&C), who also conducted the programme. Government Purchase. Shri Sushil Kumar, Asstt. Director and Shri K.C. Bhukesh, Shri Rajan Indra, Manager, NSIC, Jaipur emphasized the Asstt. Director from MSME and Shri Rajan Indra, Manager, need of registration of Micro and Small Industries with National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC), Jaipur, Shri NSIC. He also informed about the services provided by Nanu Ram, District Industrial Officer, Jhunjhunu and Shri NSIC and their benefits to the vendors. Rohit Kumar, Exn. Public Health Engineering Department, Shri Rohit Kumar also explained their purchase procedure (PHED) Khetri attended the function. and invited the vendors’ participation against their tenders. Shri K.C. Bhukesh, Asstt. Director, MSME and Shri K.R. Vendors actively participated in the interactive session. Bairwa, CM (M&C), KCC, highlighted the theme of vendor DGM (M&C) and ED, KCC cleared all doubts/queries of the development programme. vendors pertaining to the HCL procurement policy. MSME Shri S.C. Mahato, DGM (M&C) KCC, delivered a lecture on and NSIC representatives also clear the queries of vendors. the procurement procedure, registration procedure, vendor The program was ended with a vote of thanks by Shri Rajiv rating system and annual purchase requirements of various Chordia, AGM (Civil), KCC. stores of Khetri Copper Complex. He also highlighted

Hindi Workshop at Corporate Office

A Hindi Workshop was organized on 08.01.2016 in the The workshop was inaugurated by Shri Kamlesh Soni, conference room of the Corporate Office, in which twenty DGM (HR) who was the Chief Guest and also distributed employees took part. the prizes to the winners/participants of the various Hindi competitions held during the Hindi fortnight.

18 ICC News

Birsa Munda Remembered The 115th death anniversary of Shahid Birsa Munda was observed at ICC on 09.06.2015. Rich floral tributes were offered to the statue of Birsa Munda at the Birsa Chowk, Moubhandar, by S/Shri H.C. Shrivastava, the then ED, ICC, K.P.Bisoi, AGM (HR&A), D.L.Suthar, AGM (Vig), B.N.Singhdeo, President and O.P.Singh, GS, ICC Workers’ Union. Other senior executives, representatives of registered Trade Unions and different local political leaders paid floral tributes as well.

GSA Football Champion League 2015

Ghatsila Sports Association (GSA) organized the GSA Upadhaya and N.K. Rai Assistant Secretaries, ICCWU, Raju Football Champion League of Ghatsila Sub-Division at Karmakar, Zila Parisad Member, Kalpana Soren, Mukhiya, the Sports Club Ground from 16.06.2015 for two months. West Moubhandar, S.P.Dhal, Secretary, GSA, N.L.Patel, GS, The league was sponsored under the CSR Scheme of the Sports Club, Moubhandar. Company. On 26.08.2015, the final match was played between Shri Sanjay Singh, Actg. GM, ICC, inaugurated the match Tiger, Powrah, and Birsa Sports Club, Benasole. as the Chief Guest in the presence of S/Shri K.P.Bisoi, AGM Shri H.C. Shrivastava, the then ED, ICC, inaugurated the (HR&A), S.S.Sethi, AGM (W) and B.N.Singhdeo, President, match as the Chief Guest. S/Shri K.P.Bisoi, AGM (HR&A) ICCWU. Shri Singh also interacted with the players. and B.N. Singhdeo, President, ICCWU were also present The inaugural football match was played between Birsa among others. Jharkhand Tiger, Powrah, won the match by Sports Club, Benasole, & AWC Hostel, Ghatsila. A total a score of 4-3. of thirty three teams from the surrounding villages A football match for ladies was also organized. Ladies participated in the league match. A large gathering of Football Team, Mosaboni Soccer, was the winner and was football enthusiasts from the surrounding areas were awarded cash prize amidst a large number of football present including S/Shri R.S.Choudhury, AM (HR), J.K. enthusiasts.

A glimpse of the ladies football team Shri H.C. Shrivastava, the then ED, ICC, giving away the trophy to the winning team.

19 Medical Camp A medical camp was organized on 19.09.2015 at the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Rakha, under the CSR Scheme of the Company. Two Lady Doctors along with paramedical staff inspected and distributed medicines to the 350 residential girls. Shri H.C. Shrivastava, the then ED, ICC inaugurated the camp in the presence of Shri K.P.Bisoi, AGM (HR&A), P Gupta, AGM (Civil & CSR) and others. It was decided to have monthly health camps in this school under CSR after the success of this maiden initiative. Medical Camp in Progress

TCP News

CMD Visits TCP

Shri K.D.Diwan, Chairman cum Managing Director, HCL, being received by Shri Nandeesh H.N., DGM and Unit Head, on his visit to Taloja Copper Project on 18.07.2015.

TCP visit by the then D(Op)

Shri S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations), Shri S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations), interacting with the TCP executives received by Shri Nandeesh H.N., DGM and Unit Head, TCP Shri S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations), paid a visit to the Taloja Copper Project on 12.09.2015. He was received by Shri Nandeesh H.N., DGM and Unit Head, TCP. A meeting of the departmental heads was organized and issues related to the Plant were discussed.

20 TCP Designs New Method of Charging Cathodes in the Furnace

Earlier, the cathodes were charged in the melting furnace Abhishek Srivastava, Manager, K Mohammed Kutty, to bring it to molten state before casting it into bars. They Chargeman and Amol Mane, Welder, fabricated the new were charged into the furnace by keeping the cathodes charging bucket (as in Fig.3) on top of the charging loader (as in Fig.1). By this method By charging the Cathodes using the new bucket (as in Fig.2) of charging, the cathodes created a stack and were not into the furnace, it has been observed that the Cathodes uniformly distributed in the furnace. The temperature of the are uniformly distributed in the furnace which leads to molten metal was not uniform which affected the casting maintenance of uniform temperature of molten metal, and finally the rod quality. There were always gaps on the reduces fuel consumption as the entire furnace area is being sides of the furnace which led to constant flame arising from covered, so no flame arises from the sides of the furnace. It there. This resulted in the wastage of fuel. This method of also eliminates hanger in the furnace. charging always led to hanger in the furnace. Charging of Cathodes by this new charging bucket is now As per suggestion given by M/s Southwire, a team from in place at TCP. the TCP Mechanical Department comprising of S/Shri

Fig.1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3

Air Wipe Nozzle designed for Bengaluru Office Defectomat at TCP Defectomat is an instrument used for online detection of surface flaws and also any ferrous inclusions in 8 mm CC Rods. There is a coil in the defectomat through which the rod passes and the coil transmits the signal to the HMI from where the quality of rods is being monitored online. There was continuous failure of the detection coil because of water percolation into the coils as a result of which the Defectomat was dysfunctional for a long time. A new air wipe nozzle was developed to flush out water from the rod before entering the online monitoring coil. The air wipe consists of eight 1 mm holes along the circumference of the nozzle. Compressed Air of 6 bar pressure is connected to the nozzle which wipes out the liquid that is being carried along with the Rods before entering the Defectomat on-line monitoring coil. Shri S. Parashar RM (South), watering a plant placed in By installation of new air wipe nozzle there has been no coil a reused plastic bottle failure and it is giving proper signal to the HMI. The online The Regional Sales Office –South (Bengaluru) took the monitoring is in place which helps in detecting the defects initiative of reusing plastic bottles for planting indoor plants in the 8 mm CC rods. for the office—One creative step towards Swachh Bharat

21 Swachh Vidyalaya: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Schools

Swachh Bharat Swachh Vidyalaya was the national The national flagship programmes, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan campaign initiated on the clarion call of Hon’ble Prime (SSA) and the Nirmal Gram Puraskar, also support this Minister. A key feature of the campaign was to ensure requirement. The national sanitation guidelines of Ministry that every school in India has a set of functioning and well of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS) provide for maintained water, sanitation and hygiene facilities. additional sanitation facilities in schools. Following are the Water, sanitation and hygiene in school enables students key policy initiatives by Government of India. to be healthy through improvement in their health and Constitution hygiene practices thereby improving not only children’s • Article 21A : The 86th (constitutional Amendment) Act, health, school enrolment, attendance and retention but also 2002 added Article 21A to the constitutional which makes paves the way for a new generation of healthy children. it mandatory for the state to provide free and compulsory The benefits of water sanitation and hygiene to education to all children from the age 6 to 14 years. school children Legislation • Water, sanitation and hygiene in schools secure a • Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education healthy environment and protect children from various (RTE) Act, 2009: It represents the consequential diseases. It is a necessary step towards securing a legislation envisaged under Article 21A of the healthy physical learning environment. Children who constitution. are healthy and well-nourished can fully participate in • The RTE Act 2009 provides a legally enforceable rights studies and derive the most from education. framework with certain time targets that Governments • Girls are particularly vulnerable to dropping out of must adhere to. The Schedule to the RTE Act lays down school, partly because they are hesitant to continue the norms and standards (including drinking water their education in an environment where safe and and sanitation) for a school building. private toilets facilities are not available. Basic facilities • A school building has to be an all-weather building that provide good hygiene and privacy, along with comprising at least one classroom for every teacher, sensitive health promotion, help girls to stay in school barrier free access, separate toilets for boys and girls and complete their education. and safe and adequate drinking water facility for all • Having a clean school increases a child’s pride in his or children. her school and community. It enables every child Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyaan by Hindustan to become an agent of change for improving Copper Limited water, sanitation and hygiene practices in Hindustan Copper Limited has achieved 100 % target under their families and within their community. the Swachh Vidyalaya initiative within the prescribed time limit for which the CMD, HCL, Shri K. D. Diwan Key Commitments for Swachh Vidyalaya was commended by the Secretary, Government of India, India’s strong commitment to providing Ministry of Human Resource development. schools with adequate water, sanitation and After receiving the communication from the Ministry of hygiene facilities is supported by legislation, Mines on 16.09.2015, Hindustan Copper Limited redesigned championed by our Honourable Prime Minister its CSR initiative for making Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyaan a and supported by the Right to Education Act success in the FY 2014-15 itself. (2009) which necessitates ensuring drinking water and sanitation facilities in schools.

22 HCL downloaded the list of schools for the Blocks in the executed through NGO’s in Rajasthan and Jharkhand area of operation of its mining Units which did not have and through ‘School management Committees’ under the toilet facilities. On the basis of quick assessment done by supervision of ‘Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan’ and ‘Rashtriya the Units and the available Baseline Survey Report (2008) Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyaan’ in Madhya Pradesh. on the number of villages (that have no schools with toilets) As can be seen from the above table, the allotted schools were falling within the operational area of 15-20 kms of the three located in different districts in Rajasthan and Jharkhand, mining Units, an Action Plan was firmed up. hundreds of kilometers away from our mining Units. However, subsequently the Ministry of Human Resources Even in the district Balaghat (Madhya Pradesh), the schools Development (MHRD) made it mandatory to block on were located in three different ‘Blocks’ i.e. Birsa, Lanji and Lal its Website the schools in which an organization plans to Burra at a distance of 110-120 km from Malanjkhand Copper construct/repair the toilets and seek the approval from the Project. Some of them were located even in remote jungles. respective State Government before proceeding with the work. The monitoring of the work took lot of efforts on the part This requirement was fulfilled though it took lot of effort of the officials of Hindustan Copper Limited as they had to as lot of organizations were simultaneously blocking visit the site at every level, i.e. foundation, plinth level, lintel the schools and there was a constraint regarding the level, roof level etc. geographical area for the CSR&S activities because as per

the existing CSR&S Policy of Hindustan Copper Limited, In the meeting on 05.06.2015 for the review of progress of work had to be carried out in the periphery of 15-20 km of ‘Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyaan’ the Deputy Mission Director, the mining Units. Rajya Shiksha Kendra, Bhopal, announced that only This obstacle was removed by amending the CSR&S Policy Hindustan Copper Limited, amongst all the Public Sector by Board in its Meeting dated 13.11.2014 in which the Undertakings working in Madhya Pradesh, has successfully geographical area was extended to beyond the 15-20 km of completed the work in the toilets allotted to them. the Unit but within the State in which the Units are located. Similarly, in a status review meeting conducted in Jaipur, the By this time the nearby schools were already ‘blocked’ on the State Government official lauded the successful completion Website of MHRD by other organizations. Thus Hindustan of the ‘Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyaan’ by HCL in Rajasthan. Copper Limited had to block schools on MHRD’s Website They also found the Company’s contribution in ‘Swachh which were quite far from its mining Units. Vidyalaya Abhiyaan’ to be exemplary. Hindustan Copper Limited was allotted the construction/ repair of 203 toilets in twelve districts. The work was

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lance gi Vigilance Awareness Week Vi The Vigilance Awareness Week 2015 V.V. Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance). Shri Diwan, CMD, was celebrated from 26.10.2015 to addressed the gathering and emphasized on the importance 31.10.2015, as per guidelines prescribed of formulating and adopting preventive vigilance measures by the Central Vigilance Commission for ensuring good governance. The importance of line (CVC). The theme of this year’s celebration managers in devising proper checks and balances in the was “Preventive Vigilance as a Tool of Good system was also stressed upon. Governance”. Shri Diwan also formally released a Vigilance Bulletin with Detailed instructions and guidelines were issued to messages from the CMD and the CVO, HCL, highlighting all the employees of the Corporate Office as well as the Do’s and Don’ts and some common irregularities, during Units and the Regional Sales Offices to observe the Week the course of the event. effectively. As desired by the Central Vigilance Commission, In accordance with the CVC instructions, several banners were prominently displayed during the Week at all programmes were organized to create general awareness the HCL Units and offices. amongst students. The Week was inaugurated at 11 A.M. on 26.10.2015 by At the Corporate Office, an event was organized at the administering the pledge, both in Hindi and English International Management Institute (IMI), Kolkata, on separately in all Units and Offices of HCL. Thereafter, the 16.10.2015 wherein the students participated in a debate messages received from the Hon’ble President of India, on the subject “Only Government Agencies can play the Hon’ble Vice-President of India, the Hon’ble Prime effective role in curbing corruption”. Prior to the debate, a Minister of India, the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, the presentation was made by Shri Rakesh Kumar, CVO, HCL, Hon’ble Home Minister, the Hon’ble Minister of Steel & on the need to be vigilant against evils of corruption. The Mines, the Comptroller & Auditor General of India and the presentation was attended by more than fifty students and Central Vigilance Commission were also read out as well as faculty members of the IMI. Ms. Naina Choudhary was displayed prominently on the Notice Boards in all the Units adjudged the winner while Mr Jithin Tom Philip was the and Offices. runner-up. On the occasion of Vigilance Awareness Week 2015 an In order to create awareness about the evils of corruption, a event was organized at the Corporate Office on 29.10.2015 number of events were organized in the Units involving the where the executives were sensitized about the importance students of ninth standard onwards belonging to nearby of adopting preventive vigilance measures. schools. The event was graced by S/Shri K.D. Diwan, Chairman At ICC, an Inter School Debate Competitions on the topic “Is cum Managing Director, HCL, Anupam Anand, Director Right to Information an Effective Tool to Fight Corruption” (Personnel), S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations) and was held in four different schools.

Shri K.D. Diwan, Chairman Cum Managing Director, Hcl, Inaugurating The Debate in Progress in ICC Vigilance Bulletin. Also in the picture was Shri Anupam Anand Director (Personnel) and Shri S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations) 24 In Kendriya Vidyalaya, Surda, the debate was held on Sahu, Class X, and Syed Anas Ali, Class X, respectively. 29.10.15 in which fourteen students took part. The first, The HCL executives and the Heads of the Institutions second and third prizes were awarded to Arnaav Aanand, addressed the students on these occasions. Class X, Annu Khemka, Class X and Divya Bera, Class IX Further at the Unit, an essay writing competition on the respectively. About five hundred students and twenty five topic, “Curbing Corruption through Good Governance teachers attended the event. Practices” was also organized for the children of the In Sant Nandlal Smriti Vidya Mandir, Ghatsila, eighteen employees studying in Classes X to XII. A total of twenty students took part. The first, second and third prizes were six students participated and the top three winners were, awarded to Ritika Agarwal, Class XII,, Nikita Verma, Class XI, Ankit Kansal, Class XII, Nishu Niharika, Class XII and Atoshi Chatterjee, Class X respectively.

Debate in Progress in ICC

Pragati Kumari, Class XI, and Shailza Krishna Rakesh, A glimpse of the Essay competition on the occasion at ICC Class IX, respectively. About one hundred and seventy five students and thirty teachers attended the event. An essay competition on “Curbing Corruption through Good Governance Practices” was also organized for the In Jagadish Chandra High School, Ghatsila, the debate was employees in which twenty one of them took part. The top held on 30.10.2015 in which fourteen students took part three winners were S/Shri S.P. Dutta, CM (Refractory), amidst a gathering of seven hundred students and thirty Abhishek Pareek, Mgr(M&C) and A.K. Sinha, AGM(Chem.) teachers. The first, second and third prizes were awarded respectively. to Tushar Soni, Class IX, Rakesh Mahato, Class IX, and Sourabhi Chakraborty, Class IX, respectively. In KCC, An Inter School essay writing competition on the topic, “Anti-Corruption Measures in India” (both in Hindi At the St. Joseph’s Convent High School, Mosaboni, twenty and English) was organized amongst twenty four students four students participated in the Debate Competition on from twelve nearby schools. The students were addressed 31.10.2015 in front of a gathering of four hundred and fifty by Shri A.K. Sen, Executive Director & Unit Head, KCC, on students and twenty five teachers. The first, second and third this occasion. prizes were awarded to Arunaava Ghosh, Class X, Poushali

A gathering of students in ICC A glimpse of essay writing competition in KCC

25 The top three winners in English were, Lokesh Verma from Vivekanand Public School, Rajota, Khetri, Jayati Srivastava from Sophia Secondary School, Khetri Nagar and Chanchal Yadav from Modern Public Sr. Sec. School, Singhana, while Ankita Sharma from New Indian Sr. Sec. School, Singhana took home the consolation prize. The top three winners in Hindi were Pranshi Katyal from Sophia Secondary School, Khetri Nagar, Preeti Jangir from Saraswati Sikshan Sansthan, Khetri Nagar and Priyanshu Shri O.N. Tiwari, ED, MCP addressing the gathering on the concluding Negi from Vivekanand Public School, Rajota, Khetri, while ceremony Nisha Saini from Career Shaper Sr. Sec.School, Khetri Nagar The top three winners in two categories were: Vani Bishen, Garima Mishra and Shreya Nema from the tenth standard took home the consolation prize. and Preeti Mandle, Swati Mandle from the eleventh and Kiran Admache from the twelfth standard respectively.

Debate in progress in MCP Pledge taking at KCC with Shri Amit Sen, ED, KCC Essay competition on the topic of “Preventive Vigilance as a Speech competition on the topic of “Preventive Vigilance as Tool of Good Governance” was organized for the employees a Tool of Good Governance” was organized at KCC amongst the workmen and executives in which the top three winners in which S/Shri Adwait Kumar, AGM (Elect.), P.K. Behera, were S/Shri Ram Singh Khedar, Fitter “A’ Khetri Mines, AGM (Project - Elect.) and D.L. Mandle, Sr. HEME Operator Munna Lal Jaidia, PA to DGM (M&C), and Hanuman came first, second and third respectively. Panwar, Chargeman (Mech.), Kolihan Mines while Shri At the Delhi Office, in the essay competition on “Preventive Jai Singh Karwasara, Assistant, Office of DGM(Mech.) took away the consolation prize in the Workmen category. Vigilance as a Tool of Good Governance”, Smt Renu Gulati, Sr. Mgr (OL) was the winner. An interactive session was In the Executive Category, S/Shri Rajeev Chordia, AGM(Civil), Binayak Sahoo, Mgr.(Mines)/Mine Planning, also organized in Delhi Office where Shri Rajender Goel, and Sanket Toshniwal, Mgr.(Mech.), Khetri Mines were DGM, SAIL, enlightened the participants on various awarded in the top three while Shri Anirban Dutta, aspects of vigilance and public procurement as the Chief CM(Mech.), Khetri Mines, took home the consolation prize. Guest and also gave away the prize to the winner of the The Vigilance Awareness Week celebrations in ICC and essay competition. KCC received wide coverage in the local newspapers. In MCP, elocution competitions separately for Classes IX – X and XI – XII on the topic, “Corruption in Government Institutions – Causes & Remedies” was organized in four local schools and twenty five students took part in total. Shri O.N. Tiwari, Executive Director and Unit Head, MCP, addressed the students from Govt. H.S.S., Govt. Residential Model H.S.School, Kendriya Vidyalaya and D.A.V. HCL Public School. Pledge being taken at the Delhi Office

26 From CVO’s Pen 'Preventive Vigilance as a Tool of Good Governance' is the theme adopted by the CVC for this year's Vigilance Awareness Week. Accordingly, the Vigilance Wing of Hindustan Copper has come out with this publication to sensitize all concerned about the need to adopt preventive measures. It is hereby clarified that the points mentioned here are only illustrative. Since vigilance is the responsibility of everyone in the Organization, all of us should work together in strengthening the clean image of the Corporation’s governance.

DO’s & DONT’s - Compiled by Vigilance Department, HCL

DO’s interview letters, appointment letters, invariably vv Always take prompt action to redress the complaints through registered post (A/D) so as to maintain record or grievances of the people, wherever possible. of dispatch of such letters. If you have to say ‘no’ to somebody, say the vv Every employee should spend the public same very politely, but firmly. It is better to money most frugally in the same way as say ‘no’ and decide than to keep the matters a person of ordinary prudence would do pending. concerning his own money. vvCreate a ‘vigilance friendly’ environment in vv Do ensure compliance to the purchase the Organization through your own positive, procedure while clearing the purchase transparent, fair and timely actions. proposals. vvDo ensure that P.Q. criteria is clearly specified and is vvFollow scrupulously all laid down procedures / record not made in such a way to facilitate selected bidders. reasons for deviations and get the same approved by vvRemember always that Vigilance is the function of all the Competent Authority. employees having supervisory responsibility, not of DON’Ts Vigilance department alone, as Vigilance is primarily a management function. vv Do not make attempt to flout or circumvent or short- circuit the Rules or Regulations, to suit vested interests; vvRemember always that corruption starts in a small it may cost you heavily in the long run. way, it would thus be wise to nip the evil in the bud. vv Don’t misuse any amenity provided by the Company. vvConsider Vigilance Deptt. as a friend of the organization and extend your wholehearted co-operation. vvDo not fail to report to your Controlling / Competent Authority when you apply to be declared or are vvAlways keep yourself updated regarding rules, adjudged or declared insolvent by any court of regulations, policies, guidelines, procedures, practices jurisdiction. etc. in the Organization. vvDon’t deal with firms giving incomplete address or vvPublicize the Rules and Procedures as widely as possible particulars. Go into antecedents of such firms wherever in simple words and make them less cumbersome. required. Verify bonafide of the firms, which furnish vvAlways ensure that the members of the Interview addresses like “C/o Post Box No.” Board / Selection Committee are officers / persons of vvDon’t forget to follow proper channel for making known integrity. application for employment elsewhere. vvSend the circulars in connection with requirement of officials on deputation from other department,

27 vv Never go beyond the vvThe Disciplinary Authority should not invoke provisions of a Contract his inherent powers to drop the charges after the / Purchase order during appointment of IO / PO. execution of work or vvWhile giving judgement, the Disciplinary Authority procurement of material. should not be biased. vvDo not change the vvDon’t defer the recoveries due from contractors / specifications after employees on account of Advances, PF, Conveyance, acceptance of tender. Festival Advance etc. vvDo not split orders vvDon’t forget to intimate to the Competent Authority, as to bring it within the soon as a dependent family member does not remain powers of a lower authority. dependent on you because of employment, marriage vvDon’t use Company’s assets for unlawful purposes or or otherwise. for personal gains nor do disclose without authority or vvDon’t miss to bring to the notice of the head of department misuse electronic data. details of inventories lying unused in stores. vvNever delay refunding Earnest Money Deposits (EMD) vvDo not be illogical and arbitrary in your decision. to unsuccessful bidders. vvAvoid misuse of identity cards / passes.

Some Common Irregularities / Points to be taken Note of

- Compiled by Vigilance Department, HCL

vvUse of phrase ‘similar work’ in advertisement but the vvTerms and conditions as mentioned in Notice Inviting same is not properly defined or given a restrictive Tender (NIT) having been diluted at the time of signing definition resulting in disqualification of even eligible of agreement. firms. vvAcceptance of bank guarantee of value lower than vvP.Q. criteria relaxed during evaluation of tenders. stipulated in the conditions and release of extra payment vvNo provision for Earnest Money Deposit / Security without ensuring admissibility of the contractor. Deposit made in the tender documents. vvIn disregard of Vigilance Commission’s guidelines, vvTenders not opened in the public though offers were details of awarded tenders not available on the invited through tender box. organization’s website. vvImproper planning resulting in expiry of guarantee of vvResorting to press release of NIT in anticipation of equipments before installation. approval of NIT. vvArbitrary invitation of bids which avoided fair vvAppointing Consultant in an ad-hoc and arbitrary competition. manner. vvFailure to forfeit security deposit, encashment of the vvDelay in processing of bills. Bank Guarantee in lieu of Performance Guarantee or vvEstimated Cost not arrived at on realistic basis. any other guarantee on default by the contractor. vvAward of work at a much higher rate than the estimated cost.

28 Independence Day

The 69th Independence Day was celebrated with full festivity and zeal in the Corporate Office and Units. At the Corporate Office, the Tricolour was hoisted by Shri K.D. Diwan, CMD, HCL, in the presence of S/Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations), V.V. Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance), and Rakesh Kumar, Chief Vigilance Officer and other employees.

Shri K.D. Diwan, CMD, HCL, addressing the gathering in the presence of S/Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations), V.V. Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance), and Rakesh Kumar, Chief Vigilance Officer and other employees

commitment and extended with enhanced vigor in coming years as well and expressed his confidence in the workforce and said that together the organisation can achieve the intended savings of Rs 45.0 crore in 2015-16. He also apprised the gathering of the situation in the global Shri K.D. Diwan, CMD, HCL,hoisting the Tricolour in the presence of S/Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations), metals sector looks bleak and challenging. The global V.V. Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance), Rakesh Kumar, Chief Vigilance Officer market is facing slowdown of demand of Copper in China. and other employees The LME price of Copper is at six year low and prices are Shri Diwan, in his address, remembered the great freedom very near to breakeven point level. fighters and said that it is a collective responsibility of the However, he noted that it was heartening to see that people to take India to greater heights. compared to last year, metal-in-concentrate production is In order to fulfill the vision of the Company, the employees increasing, production in the month of July 2015 has been will have to have the “Belief & Commitment” in themselves, best in last 28 months. Malanjkhand and Khetri Units have he said. He added that the achievement in the financial year to take the lead in this area. Fixed cost accounts for 75% of 2014-15 has been subdued mainly on account of the factors the cost of Khetri production, therefore there was an urgent beyond control. Nevertheless, he expressed happiness need to increase MIC production at least to 1000 MT per while informing that team HCL has been able to arrest the month, he added. decline by implementing various internal improvements On the expansion front, the Company’s flagship project of and saving programs that have yielded revenue gain of Rs Malanjkhand underground mine has commenced at site 40.0 crore during the year. and in the course of the year he was hopeful of getting all Shri Diwan said that he was confident that the saving the relevant statutory clearances. measures undertaken needs to be continued with relentless

29 Shri Diwan talked about the acquisition of Jhagadia Copper Limited, a state-of-the-Art technology plant, which will increase production capacity of refined Copper by 50,000 MT. This fifth Unit of the Company has been rechristened as Gujarat Copper Project. The acquisition will compliment the exiting smelting business and will induce more flexibility in the operations. Under the Swachh Bharat Mission, he was glad to inform that HCL has achieved 100% target that was set by the Government of India. Shri Diwan also threw light on the fact that HCL has been committed towards inclusive growth and has consequently Shri O.N. Tiwari, ED, MCP, inspecting the Guard of Honour earmarked two percent of profit towards CSR activities. The a continuous basis and work with innovative attitude for CSR project of ‘Systematic Rice Intensification’ at Ghatsila the growth of the organization to meet competition. has been conferred the SKOCH Order of Merit for CSR and Shri Diwan gave away the scholarships for the session has been selected as one of the best projects in the country. 2014-15 under the Company’s Grant of Scholarship to He encouraged the employees to come forward and actively the Employees’ Children Rule-2007 to the wards of the participate in fora like “Samvad”, “Quality Circle”, “Srijan” employees. and others to enhance productivity with cost reduction In MCP, Shri O.N. Tiwari, Executive Director and Unit in mind. He also mentioned how Quality Circle teams of Head, MCP, unfurled the National Tricolour as the Chief Khetri & Taloja have brought laurels to the Company at Guest amidst a huge gathering of senior executives, Union national level events and house journal “Tamralipi” have Members, other employees and locals. received a number of awards. Flag hoisting was followed by rendition of the national In conclusion, he advised the Copper family collective, to anthem by the school students. Shri Tiwari also inspected update the technological developments and knowledge on the Guard of Honour presented by the security contingents and the school children. The audience was deeply touched by the beautiful rendition of the patriotic songs presented by the students of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Malanjkhand. Shri A.K. Sharma read out the Independence Day Message of Shri K.D.Diwan, CMD, HCL. Shri Tiwari, in his address, said that in view of the diminishing trend of Copper ore in open cast mining and that of LME prices of Copper, the fast implementation of the underground mines project at MCP is the only feasible option. Shri Tiwari emphasized on the skill development of the local youth so that they are employable in the upcoming underground mining project of MCP. Taking note of the Company’s contribution under the Corporate Social Responsibility Scheme, Shri Tiwari, informed that, in addition to various ongoing work, Shri O.N. Tiwari, ED, MCP, unfurling the National Tricolour

30 refurbishment of Karamsara school building is in progress. To comply with the directives of the Government under the Prime Minister’s ambitious project “Swachha Bharat Mission”, MCP has already successfully completed the construction of fifty three new toilets as well as refurbishing and renovation of another fifty four toilets in the schools across the Balaghat District. Taking stock of the Company’s business in the last fiscal, Shri Tiwari expressed his gratitude to all the departments of MCP for their praiseworthy contribution towards the holistic performance of the Company. He also gave his Shri Amit Kumar Sen, ED, KCC reading out the Independence Day message of compliments to BKMS, a recognized Union of MCP, KKMS, Shri K.D.Diwan, CMD, HCL.

Shri Amit Kumar Sen, ED, KCC, paying respect to the Tricolour on the occasion Shri O.N. Tiwari, ED, MCP, participating in a plantation programme organized of Independence Day in the Shri Sanatan Dham Mandir premises Shri Amit Kumar Sen, ED, KCC, and Unit Head, read out INTUC, OA and employees in general for their valuable the CMD, HCL’s Independence Day Message in English contribution towards maintaining healthy industrial and Shri Naresh Kumar, GM (HR) delivered the Hindi relations and team work in the project. version of the message. Shri Sen informed the gathering of A total of twenty one wards of employees of MCP, who the present scenario and future plans of the Company vis- excelled in the academics, were awarded Scholarship for the à-vis KCC. He sought full co-operation from everybody for session 2014-15 under the Company’s Grant of Scholarship achieving higher targets and overcoming the challenges. to Employees’ Children Rule, 2007. He complimented the role of the employees, Trade Unions, The Ladies Club, MCP, distributed fruits to the inmates of the Mahila Samaj and the people in general for maintaining project hospital. Curtains came down on the Independence an atmosphere of peace and harmony. He thanked the Day celebrations with a plantation programme organized in schools and the security personnel for putting up a grand the Shri Sanatan Dham Mandir premises. show during Independence Day celebrations at the Nehru Maidan, Khetri Nagar. KCC celebrated the 69h Independence Day at Nehru Maidan, Khetri Nagar, where Shri Amit Kumar Sen, ED, On this occasion, forty employees of KCC were rewarded KCC unfurled the National Flag as the Chief Guest of under the Srijan Suggestion Scheme of the Company and this occasion. He also inspected the parade contingents Shri Amit Sen stressed on the fact that other employees comprising of the security personnel, NCC Cadets and should come up with suggestion for improvement of school students. performance at KCC.

31 There is a tradition of rewarding two best workers of KCC under the auspices of R.C. Memorial Trust. For the year 2014-2015, Shri Sultan Singh, Welder ’B’, KCC Mines, was awarded the Gold Medal and Shri Shrawan Ram, Helper, Concentrator Plant, was awarded the Silver Medal for their exemplary work. In a bid to implement Official Language, a Hindi Workshop was organized on 24.06.2015 at KCC and a Hindi Noting and Drafting competition was held as the concluding

Shri H.C. Shrivastava, the then ED, ICC, hoisting the Tricolour on the occasion of Independence Day

Shri Amit Kumar Sen, ED, KCC, inspecting the Guard of Honour session. The top three employees of KCC were rewarded on Shri H.C. Shrivastava, the then ED, ICC, inspecting the Guard of Honour Independence Day. Parade contingents belonging to different schools had put Shri Shrivastava as Chief Guest hoisted the national flag up three best performances and were awarded with rolling which was followed by the rendition of the national anthem shields. The best parade was performed by the boys of at the Tamra Pratibha Manch Ground. Thereafter, he inspected the parades of the security contingents and school Rajasthan Sr. Secondary School. Girls from Sophia School students. came a close second. The girls from Central Academy came third. The parade band conducted by students of Sophia Shri Shrivastava in his address emphasized on the need to School received huge applause and a glittering shield for complete the mini shutdown process which was undertaken on 03.08.2015 within the targeted period so that ICC Smelter their sterling performance. Later in the day, fruits were could achieve new heights in production through cost- distributed to the inmates of KCC Hospital by Shri Amit Sen, ED, KCC. In ICC, Shri H.C. Shrivastava, the then ED, ICC, and the Chief Guest offered rich floral tributes to the martyrs at the Shahid Sthal along with S/Shri K.P. Bisoi, AGM (HR&A), Sanjay Singh, AGM(ES-W), S.S. Sethi, AGM(W), S. Bhaskar Rao, AGM(PPC & R&D) and President, Officers’ Association, ICC Unit, B.N. Singhdeo, President, ICCWU O.P. Singh, GS, ICCWU, Smt. Geeta Shrivastava, the then President, Ladies Club and other senior executives and employees. A glimpse of the cultural event

32 efficient measures. He also read out the Independence Day In TCP, Shri Nandeesh H N, G.M., TCP and Unit Head, message of CMD, HCL on the occasion. unfurled the National Flag and addressed the gathering of employees and their families. He also read out CMD’s Independence Day message during the ceremony. Meritorious children were awarded cash prizes by Shri Nandeesh H N and Smt Sujatha Nandeesh for their excellent academic performance for the Academic Year 2014-15. Under the HCL Grant of Scholarship to Employees’ Children Rules – 2007, children of following employees were awarded Scholarship for the year 2014-15 by GM/TCP:

Tug of War Competition between ICC Red Team Vs ICC Blue team

He also mentioned the various welfare measures undertaken for the employees such as repairs of quarters and township roads, facilities of drinking water and sports, providing sufficient lighting arrangements in public places etc. Shri B.N. Singhdeo, President, ICCWU in his Independence Day message appealed for better production and productivity. Shri Shrivastava handed over Scholarship Certificates to Shri Nandeesh H N, G.M., TCP and Unit Head paying tribute to the Tricolour twenty six wards of the employees awarded under the Hindustan Copper Employees Grant of Scholarship to Employees’ Children Rules-2007 for the academic year 2014-2015. A number of cultural events and competitions were organized for the school children and Smt Geeta Srivastava, President, Ladies Club distributed prizes to the winners. A tug-of-War Competition between ICC Red Team Vs ICC Blue team was organized. Executives and Union Officials participated in this thoroughly enjoyable competition. Smt. Geeta Srivastava, the then President, Ladies Club, Shri Nandeesh H N, G.M., TCP and Unit Head inspecting the Guard of Honour distributed fruits to the inmates of ICC Works Hospital, Moubhandar. The tricolour was also unfurled at the Moubhandar Works by Shri Sanjay Singh, AGM (ES-W), at the Surda Mines by Shri Deepak Srivastava, AGM (Project), at the Mosaboni Concentrator Plant by Shri Parvez Alam, Mines Manager. At ICC Workers’ Union Office, the tricolor was hoisted by Shri O.P. Singh, GS, ICCWU, and at Bari Maidan by Shri B.N. Singhdeo, President of ICCWU and various others registered Union Offices, clubs etc.

Shri Nandeesh H N, G.M., TCP and Unit Head addressing the gathering on the occasion of Independence Day

33 Rajbhasha Saptah

The Annual Rajbhasha Saptah (Hindi Week) was celebrated at the Corporate Office and the Units

Shri Tiwari, ED, MCP, addressing the gathering of employees

Shri Tiwari addressed the large gathering of audience comprising of employees and their families, office bearers of recognised Unions, BKMS, KKMS, INTUC, Officers’ Association and Sarwajanik Durga Ewam Dussehra Samiti, Malanjkhand, and the locals. In his address he mentioned the cultural programs like poetic symposium or the ones based on folk art organized by the Company every year as a part of Rajbhasha Saptah and commented that these programs help us connect with the mass which in turn results in goodwill. On this occasion, the five employees under the Incentive Scheme for Promotion of Official Work in Hindi, for the Calendar Year-2014 were also felicitated by the Chief Guest, Shri Tiwari, ED, MCP. Shri Paramjeet Singh, Chief Manager (Security & Estate) was Shri Buddhi Nath Mishra, eminent poet, lyricist and scholar of the Hindi awarded the first prize, S/Shri T.C.Sandilya, Dy. Manager language addressing the session that was presided over by Shri Anupam (HR) and S.D.Pashine, Dy. Manager (Finance) stood second Anand, Director (Personnel) while S/Shri R.B.Sahu, Security Supervisor and Premraj Meena, Security Supervisor took away the third prizes. At the Corporate Office, three competitions were held for The Prize Distribution Ceremony was followed by a twenty employees. A Hindi workshop was also organized poetic symposium (Kavi Sammelan). The poets that took by the Corporate Office on 20.08.2015 in the run up to the part were: 1.Shri Dinesha Dehati, Tirodi, MP 2. Shri Braj Rajbhasha Week. The guest speaker was Shri Buddhi Nath Kishor Patel, Hoshangabad, MP 3. Dr Subodh Gaur, Korba, Mishra, eminent poet, lyricist and scholar of the Hindi Chattisgarh 4 .Ms. Sarita Saroj, Gondia, M.S. 5. Shri Yusuf language. The session was presided over by Shri Anupam ‘Sagar’, Bhilai, Chattisgarh 6. Shri Pramod Sahu, Tumsar, Anand, Director (Personnel) and it was hugely appreciated M.S. and 7. Shri Anuj Tiwari, Amai, MP. by the gathering of twenty. At MCP, Rajbhasha Week was celebrated with various programs and competitions conducted for a large number of Hindi speaking and non-Hindi speaking employees, school children and housewives. Prizes and certificates were given away to the winners in a concluding ceremony held at the Sanatan Dharm Mandir premises on 17.10.2015. The Project Head Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP, was the Chief Guest of the occasion.

Kavi Sammelan in progress

34 In KCC, the Hindi Diwas messages of Shri K.D.Diwan, Various competitions were organized for Hindi and non- CMD, HCL and Shri Rajnath Singh, the Honourable Minister Hindi speaking employees, Ladies Club members and of Home Affairs were read out by S/Shri Amit Kumar school children during the week and winners were duly Sen, ED, KCC and Naresh Kumar, GM (HR), respectively awarded. to the gathering of the employees. During the week seven In TCP, the Hindi Diwas messages of Shri K.D.Diwan, CMD, Hindi competitions were organized for a large number of HCL and Shri Rajnath Singh, the Honourable Minister of employees. Home Affairs were read out by Shri Nandeesh H.N., DGM, TCP, and Unit Head. He also addressed the gathering on the occasion of Hindi Week and gave away the awards to the winners of the various competitions on 19.09.2015.

Employees participating in the Hindi Noting and Drafting competition.

In ICC, Shri H.C. Shrivastava, the then ED, ICC, inaugurated the first day of the Hindi Week on 14.09.2015 and read out Shri Nandeesh H.N., DGM, TCP and Unit Head, reading out Home Minister's the message of the Hon’ble Home Minister, Govt. of India. and the CMD's messages He also expressed his views on the importance of giving due recognition to Hindi in daily work.

Participants in one of the competitions

Shri H.C.Shrivastava, the then ED, ICC, reading out the message of the OBITUARY Hon’ble Home Minister, Govt. of India Shri Jayanta Sarkar, STS, I.D.No. 84110, Tank House Shri K.P.Bisoi, AGM (HR&A) read out the message of Department, had joined ICC on 30.03.1984, passed away Shri K.D. Diwan, CMD, HCL, to the employees. Shri S. on 19.03.2015. He is survived by his wife, father and a Shivdarshi, CM (A&S) & in-charge, Official Language, daughter. highlighted the weeklong activities in the presence of senior The Copper family offers condolences to the bereaved executives. family. On the occasion, cash prizes were awarded to the employees by Shri Shrivastava, the then ED, ICC, under the Incentive Scheme of Promotion of doing official work in Hindi.

35 Achievements

CO Ankita Dash, D/o Shri Sitendu Dash, Sayantan Das, S/o Shri Sanjay Das, LDC, AGM (Systems), scored an aggregate of Administration Department, has secured 92.3% in ICSE with 99% in Computer an aggregate of 94.58% and has ranked Application. She is now pursuing higher 10th in the North 24 Pargana District secondary education at DPS, Ruby Park, in West Bengal Board of Secondary Kolkata. Education.

Trisha Chowdhury, D/o Shri Swapan Anwesha Lahiri, D/o Smt Sampa Chowdhury, LDC, Administration Chakrabarty Lahiri, CM (Corporate Department has secured an aggregate of Communications), scored an aggregate of 85% in Madhyamik Examination 90.33% in the Central Board of Secondary conducted by West Bengal Board of Education. Secondary Education with 90% in the Science stream. She is presently pursuing her Higher Secondary studies in Science. MCP C.B.S.E. Class – X, Kendriya Vidyalaya, C.B.S.E. Class – XII Science Stream Malanjkhand Satwik Gupta, S/o Dr. B.P. Gupta Mayur Karthik, S/o Shri Kumar Swamy, and Dr Sangita Gupta, both Medical Chief Manager (Conc.), have secured an Superintendents, MCP Hospital, have aggregate of 10 Grade Points. secured an aggregate of 95.4 % from DAV Public School, Kota (Rajasthan).

Karishma Wasnik, D/o Kalicharan Wasnik, Jr. Mgr. (Maintenance), have Swati Mandle, D/o Shri D.L. Mandle, secured an aggregate of 91.2% from Sagar Sr. H.E.M.E Operator, have secured an Public School, Bhopal. aggregate of 10 Grade Points.

Ashish Meravi, S/o Bhupendra Singh Meravi, Storekeeper, have secured an aggregate of 72.8% from Central Preeti Mandle, D/o Shri D.L. Mandle, Academy, Malanjkhand. Sr. H.E.M.E Operator, have secured an aggregate of 9.8 Grade Points.

Dr. Kaustubha S.Gour, S/o Shri S.R.Gour, AGM (Concentrator), MCP, has ranked 13th in the Entrance Examination for admission to MS degree conducted by Prakhar Dave, S/o Dr. Medha Dave, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Chief Medical Superintendent, MCP (AIIMS), New Delhi. He joined AIIMS, Hospital, and Shri Praveen Dave, CM Delhi for MS studies on 01.01.2016. He (Mines), have secured an aggregate of 9.2 also secured 4th Rank in the similar Grade Points. examination conducted by the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh this year. Dr. Kaustubha had completed his MBBS with merit from Govt. Medical College Hubli, affiliated to Karnataka Institute of 36 Medical Science. TCP Higher Secondary Certificate, State Board

Prathmesh D. Zuge, S/o Shri Dilip Sumeet S. Patil, S/o Shri Sharad N. Patil, K. Zuge, Chargeman, passed with an Technician, passed with an aggregate of aggregate of 69.69%. 62.15%.

Senior Secondary Certificate, Maharashtra State Board Ritik D. Gaikar, S/o Shri Dilip N. Gaikar, Akanksha D. Zuge, D/o Shri Dilip Sr. Electrician, passed with an aggregate K. Zuge, Chargeman, passed with an of 93.60%. aggregate of 87%.

Suyog S. Bhandari, S/o Sanjay G. Rishikesh C. Mahajan, S/o Chandrakant Bhandari, Sr. Storekeeper, passed with an N. Mahajan, Sr. Technician, passed with aggregate of 88.80%. an aggregate of 75%.

Ashwini M. Thakare, D/o Shri Delhi Office Madhukar S. Thakare, Supervisor (Mat.), Kumudini Rajora, D/o Shri J.K. Rajora, has obtained a first class degree in Master CM (Chemical), working in the Vigilance of Computer Applications from the Department, Delhi Office, has secured an University of Mumbai. aggregate of 9.4 Grade Points in C.B.S.E. Class X examinations of session 2013-15.

ICC Aparna Shubhra, D/o Shri Samir Kumar Debankita De, D/o. Shri Debasis De, Jha, CM(Chemical), PPC has cracked AGM (Finance), secured 94.80% marks the TISSNET Examination and has got in the Science stream of C.B.S.E. Class admission in M.A in Water Policy and – XII from Sai International School, Governance at the Tata Institute of Social Bhubaneswar. Sciences, Mumbai.

Amit Kumar, S/o Shri Nawal Singh, Sr. Chargeman, E.R. Plant, has secured 99.41% in CAT-2014. He got interview calls from all the IIMs that included three premier ones namely, IIM-A, IIM-B and IIM-C though finally got into the IIM, Bangalore. He did B.Tech from IIT Guwahati and had worked in Reliance, Jamnagar.

37 KCC All three children of Shri Jagmal Singh, Sampler, Concentrator Plant, KCC, did their parents as well as the Copper Family proud as under:

Sunita gained her MBBS degree from Dr. Arun got his B. Tech (Chemical-DGPA MGR Medical University, Tamil Nadu, 8.04) from IIT BHU, Varanasi in May, with an aggregate of 64.12% in March 2015, and also gained 77th All India 2014. rank. Now he has joined in Corporation Ltd. as Assistant Manager (Chem.) May 2015.

Rachana obtained her MSW degree from University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, in 2013 and got Gold Medal in her batch and she has joined as the District Programme Officer with the National Rural Health Mission, Hanumangarh (Rajasthan) in October 2015.

Ankur Chawala, S/o Shri Keshar Chawala, Staff Car Driver, Admn. Department Class 12th, Central Academy, Khetri Nagar, R. Abhishek, S/o Shri Pashupati Rajak, had won the under-19 (Doubles) in the AGM (Mech.), got through IIT BHU Inter-school Badminton Tournament 2015 (Banaras Hindu University) and joined organized by the Copper Club, Khetri the Electrical Engineering Department in Nagar. July, 2015. Farheen Anjum, D/o Shri Shahadat Husain, Rigger, KCC Mines, passed Suman Kasana, D/o Shri Mahaveer C.B.S.E. Class-XII with an aggregate of Prasad, CRO, Power House, passed 84.4% in 2015 from Central Academy, C.B.S.E. Class X with an aggregate of 8.8 Khetri Nagar. Grade Points from Central Academy, Khetri Nagar, in the academic year 2014-15. Swati Dhayal, D/o Shri Om Prakash Dhayal, UDC. Purchase Department, Mohit Kumar, S/o Shri Mahendra Kumar KCC, got admission in the first Sen, PA, Law Department, was awarded semester of B.Sc.(Agri), Mahatma Phule by Shri Naresh Kumar, GM (HR), KCC, Krishi Vidyadeeth, Rahuri College of with a memento and citation for his Agriculture/Horticulture, Pune through sterling performance in the Summer ICAR, Pusa, New Delhi. Football Training Camp on the concluding day of the Camp on 30.06.2015. Neha Gupta, D/o Shri Sunil Kumar Gupta, Helper, KCC Mining Workshop, Jatin Kumar Meena S/o Shri Mani Ram obtained B.Ed. degree from the University Meena, Field Clerk, PPC Deptt. Class 11th, of Rajasthan with an aggregate of 75% in Central Academy, Khetri Nagar, had won the under-19 (Doubles) in the Inter-school the academic year 2014-15. Badminton Tournament 2015 organized by the Copper Club, Khetri Nagar.

Congratulations. The Copper Family is proud of all of you.

38 Training Programs and activities

Corporate Office Specialized Training Programme on Implementation of Govt. Guidelines on SC/ST/OBC & Maintenance of Rosters: A daylong training program was organized for maintaining reservation roster on 12.05.2015 at the Corporate Office. This was conducted to provide knowledge on the system prescribed for preparation and maintenance of rosters for promotion pertaining to SC/ST/OBC/Ex- servicemen/PWD categories of employees. One executive from MCP was nominated to attend the programme and other Units.

Workshop on MoU Awareness Shri S K Bhattacharya, Director (Mining), inaugurating the program Shri M P Fulzele, Former Joint Director (DPE) was invited to conduct a daylong Workshop on MoU Awareness for executives of HCL at the Corporate Office, Kolkata, on 07.08.2015 for around twenty participants from across HCL. The objective was to improve awareness on Memorandum of Understanding which HCL has signed with the Ministry of Mines and providing a platform to educate our executives. The program was inaugurated by Shri S Nanda, the then Director (Operations). Lecture on Leadership and its Challenges Dr Prof Taposh Ghoshal, Dean, School of Management Sciences, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, and from Shri S K Bhattacharya Director (Mining), HCL with other participants the Astra Training Consultancy, delivered a lecture at the Corporate Office, Kolkata, on 27.08.2015. The program was MCP inaugurated by Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), Maintenance Management: A daylong programme on to a full house. Maintenance Management was conducted on 08.05.2015 for Prof. Ghoshal shared his reflections on transferable skills nineteen executives and three non-executives. of leadership. He defined leader as someone who could Vocational Training for College Students: Thirty seven, guide others, influence the value of others, inspire others one hundred and twenty four, one hundred and eighteen, and finally have the capacity to translate vision into reality. seventy one and four MBA/ Engineering students attended He also spoke on attitude, adapting to change and making a field study programme conducted in May, June, July, concerted effort to avoid time-wasting activities. August and September 2015 respectively. The programme was aimed to give vocational training to students from Board Development Program different institutions pursuing degree/diploma courses in Institute of Public Enterprises (IPE), Hyderabad, had engineering, technology and management registered for organized a three-day ‘Residential Board Development getting practical training in the project. Program’ under the aegis of National Foundation for Trade Apprentice Training (Trade Apprentice Act-1961): Corporate Governance (NFCG) from 23.09.2015 to A month-long course under the Trade Apprentice Act-1961 25.09.2015 at Leonia Holistic Destination, Hyderabad. Shri in various trades including Welder, Turner, Electrician, S K Bhattacharya, Director (Mining) attended the program Mechanical (Diesel Mechanic) was conducted for fifty that provided the participants an overview of the changes apprentices each in May, June, July, August and September in the new Companies Act 2013 that has implications for 2015 respectively. Classes for the new session with a fresh Corporate Governance. batch of fifty seven trade apprentices have started from

39 25.09.2015. Remaining part of the course of outgoing batch Basic Training Course (Under MVTR Act) : Basic Training of Trade apprentices was conducted between 01.10.2015 to Course was conducted for hundred and four contract 12.10.2015 for forty nine apprentices. labourers in August, thirty one in September and fifteen in Classes for new batch of trade apprentice was conducted October 2015. The participants were exposed to working of from 01.10.2015 to 31.10.2015 under Trade Apprentice Act - open cast mining, technological update in drilling, blasting 1961 in various trades including Welder, Turner, Electrician, and material handling, team building and Safety aspects to Mechanical (Diesel Mechanic). Total 57 candidates have enlighten the workers for better performance. been selected for the new session. Environmental Aspects of Mining Industry: Two Refresher Training under Mines Act - Batches 1 and 2 : executives were nominated to attend a three-day programme Eleven workers participated in the programme organized in Dhanbad on Environmental Aspects of Mining Industry each time in June and July 2015 under the Mines Act. The organized by the Indian School of Mines, ISM, Dhanbad programme was aimed at giving exposure on working in from 03.09.2015 to 05.09.2015. open cast mines, safety, material handling, etc. Workshop on “Spirit of RTI Act and Its Implementation in Training under the Factories Act - Batches 1, 2, 3 & 4 : PSUs”: A daylong Workshop on “Spirit of RTI Act-2005 and Five and six employees under Batches 1 and 2 respectively Its Implementation in PSUs” was held at MCP on 22.09.2015. in June and nine and six in Batches The workshop was conceived by 3 and 4 respectively in July 2015 Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP and Unit attended the training programme. Head for the benefit of thirty five The participants were exposed to the Division Heads, departmental heads technological upgradation in plant and executives across all levels and operations, safety, material handling departments. Shri S.K.Tiwari, a retired and team building and Safety aspects IAS Officer and Ex-Commissioner, to enlighten the workers for their State Information Commission, better performance in the field. Government of Chhattisgarh was Workshop on Learning and invited as the faculty. Development: A two-day workshop on Learning & Development was organized at Ranchi Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP, in his inaugural address by the Steel Authority of India (SAIL) from 23.06-2015 to highlighted the nature of information sought by the citizens 24.06.2015 in which one executive from the project was under the RTI Act-2005 in the applications received at MCP. nominated. He expressed concerns over the increasing workload on the departments due to rising number of RTI applications. Safety Management: One executive from the project was In order to ensure effective disposal of these applications nominated to attend the safety management programme without affecting the interest of the Company, Shri Tiwari organized at Kolkata by the Jadavpur University each time emphasized on the need of exposure of executives to the in June as well as in July 2015. RTI Act and its implementation. Programme on Vigilance: A half-day session on Vigilance was conducted for twenty three senior executives of the In his address, Shri S.K.Tiwari, faculty of the Workshop project by Shri Rakesh Kumar, Chief Vigilance Officer, discussed the background of this Act and highlighted its HCL, during his visit to MCP on 26.06.2015. importance in a democracy. He explained different Sections of the Act in detail. Later Shri Tiwari referred to many IOCL Explosives Conclave: An Executive from MCP was genuine cases while presenting the useful guidelines for nominated to attend the Explosives Conclave organized by disposal of RTI applications in an effective manner without the Limited at Kolkata in July 2015. hurting the interest or image of organization. The session Refresher Course under Vocational Basic Training Course turned interactive as a number of questions were asked by (Under Mines Act, Batch No. 34) : Eleven contractual the participants which were satisfactorily answered by the employees attended the refresher course conducted between learned faculty. 03.08.2015 and 08.08.2015. The participants were exposed to working of open cast mining, technological updates in Cycle Testing of ERP upgrade with GCP setup: Five drilling, blasting and materials handling, team building executives were nominated to attend a ten-day programme and Safety aspects to enlighten the workers for their better on Cycle Testing of ERP upgrade with GCP setup, organized performance in the field. by the Corporate Office, at Dhanbad from 05.10.2015 to 16.10.2015. 40 Geology Engineering: A three-day workshop on Geology KCC Engineering was held at IIT Delhi from 27.10.2015 to January to July 2015 29.10.2015 in which one executive from MCP was nominated Basic Training programmes were conducted for two who also presented a technical paper. hundred and fifty employees and contractors. ICC ‘Refresher Training’ programmes were conducted for two hundred and forty two employees and contractual workers. As per request from the Regional Provident Fund Seven and five GET/MTs participated in the training held Commissioner, Jamshedpur ICC facilitated to organize a in April and May 2015 respectively. workshop “PF APKE DWAR AND UAN ACTIVATION” Induction Training was conducted for fourteen newly on 28.05.2015, which as per the initiative of the Prime inducted executives and workmen. Ministers’ Office is part of Labour Reforms. Training programmes on ‘Maintenance Management’ was conducted on 06.05.2015 by Shri P.K. Mohanty, ex-GM (L & T), for twenty executives. Seminar on ‘Latest Trend in Reclamation & Hard Facing’ was organized on 26.05.2015 for thirty one executives and six non-executives. Refresher training programmes on Safety & Health under the Factories Act-1948 was conducted for plant operatives in March 2015 for twenty two employees and in July 2015 for sixteen employees. Programme on ‘Safe operation of Material Handling’ was conducted from 09.03.2015 to 13.03.2015 for seventeen employees. A glimpse of the training camp Safe operation of Hoisting System training was conducted on 31.01.2015 for 19 employees of KCC. About forty five superannuated employees, employees who are going to superannuate, the dealing officials, Union 102nd All India Trade Test of Apprentices was conducted at KCC Training Centre in April for eight Trade Apprentices. representatives and heads of department participated and A daylong Hindi Workshop was organized on 24.06.2015 interacted in this workshop conducted by A.P.F.C. Shri S K for twenty five employees. Azad and his team. A Right to Information Workshop was held at the Conference Hall of KCC Administration Building in July 2015 for twenty seven executives. Sadbhavna Diwas Sadbhavna Diwas, the Birth Anniversary of Late Rajiv Gandhi, Ex-Prime Minister of India, was observed at the Corporate Office as well as the Units on 20.08.2015 at 11 am. At the Corporate Office, the pledge was administered by Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), in the presence of S/Shri S.Nanda, the then Director (Operations), V. V. Venugopal Corporate Office Rao, Director (Finance) and senior executives of the company The pledge was administered by Shri H.C. Shrivastava, the then ED, ICC, O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP, Amit Kumar Sen, ED, KCC and Nandeesh H N, GM, TCP, in ICC, MCP, KCC and TCP respectively. MCP ICC

41 TCP KCC

Quami Ekta Diwas Quami Ekta Diwas, the Birth Anniversary of Late Indira places in the project and the township. Gandhi, Ex-Prime Minister of India, was observed at the S/Shri Naresh Kumar, GM (HR) and Raj Kumar Sah, Corporate Office as well as the Units on 19.11.2015 at 11 am. GM(Mines) administered the National Integration Pledge to the employees at KCC. At the Corporate Office, the pledge was administered by Shri in the presence of S/Shri In ICC, Shri.K.P.Bisoi, AGM(HR &A) administered the oath to the employees of General Office . In MCP, Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP, administered the In TCP, Shri Nandeesh H N, GM/TCP administered the pledge to the employees and a campaign was initiated pledge to the employees assembled. involving display of banners and posters at prominent

Corporate Office ICC

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42 Republic Day

The 67th Republic Day was celebrated across the Units with great zeal and patriotism on 26.01.2016.

Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP, and Unit Head, inspecting the Guard of Honour Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP, addressing the gathering on the occasion of Republic Day In , Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP, and Unit Head, MCP activities organized from time to time. He praised the unfurled the National Tricolour as the Chief Guest of the Ladies Club for its welfare activities and the Trade Unions occasion. This was followed by the rendition of the National and social fora for maintaining healthy industrial relations Anthem by the school students. Shri Tiwari inspected the in the project. Guard of Honour presented by the security personnel and students under the command of Shri Paramjeet Singh. The The Republic Day Celebrations at MCP is known for the students also presented a bouquet of patriotic songs. display of colorful tableaux presented by various cultural organizations working in the project. The concluding Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP, addressing the gathering ceremonies of Annual Sports, under which daylong group highlighted the work done by the Project as a part of events and other athletic events are organized are also held implementation of plans and programmes launched by the on Republic Day. The celebrations were spiced up with the Prime Minister, which includes construction of fifty three several food stalls where different regional dishes were served. new toilets and reconstruction of fifty four old toilets in the schools spread across the Balaghat District under the The athletic events were followed by felicitation of “Swachchh Bharat”. employees for their suggestions selected under the employees’ suggestion scheme SRIJAN. A total of thirty five Signing of a MOU with the National Skill Development employees from different departments were awarded with Corporation under “Skill India” initiatives for providing letter of appreciation and cash by the Chief Guest. vocational Training to local youth is another contribution of the Company. Besides, in order to extend quality education Curtains came down on the day with prize distribution to to the wards of local population, DAV-Public School has the winners of the Annual Sports and to the participants of been started at MCP from the current session. tableaux and that of parade by the Chief Guest, Shri Tiwari and Smt Nirmala Tiwari, President, Ladies Club. S/Shri On the other hand, Shri Tiwari expressed his gratitude to the Union Govt. for making the ways cleared for development of Underground mining at Malanjkhand on fast track basis in line with the spirit of “Make in India” initiative. Expressing his concerns over the continuous decline in the LME price of Copper, Shri Tiwari said that the current recession can affect the implementation of many programmes undertaken by the Company. Despite this, he assured that the work in the area of environment protection will be kept unaffected. Shri Tiwari hailed the efforts of the project for inclusion Tableau on environment by DAV Public School of the indigenous population in its different events and

43 Umesh Kumar, DGM (Metallurgy) and Ashish Deb, DGM Shri Choudhury hoisted the National Flag as the Chief (Mechanical) also shared the stage. Guest followed by rendition of the National Anthem by Smt Nirmala Tiwari, President and the office bearers of the the school students at the Tamra Pratibha Manch Ground. Ladies Club distributed sweets and fruits to indoor patients Thereafter he inspected the Guard of Honour presented by of the project hospital later in the day. the security personnel and school students. In his address Shri Choudhary emphasized on the fact In ICC, Shri D.K.Choudhury, GM, ICC, paid rich floral that the LME price of Copper is gradually going down tributes to the martyrs at the “Shahid Sthhal” along with consequently affecting the cost of production. He appealed Dr P.N.Mishra, DGM (M&HS), S/Shri K.P.Bisoi, AGM for united efforts from all concerned to meet the challenges (HR&A), S. Bhaskar Rao, President, Officers’ Association, at this juncture. B.N.Singhdeo, President, ICCWU, O.P.Singh, GS, ICCWU In recent months he added that after the renewal of the and other senior executives. Surda Mining lease, ore production is getting increased gradually hence the cost of Copper Concentrate will get reduced improving the financial health of ICC. He also announced the several socio-economic development programmes that ICC has undertaken in adjoining villages under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).He further announced that HCL joined hands with the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s Nation Building Programme by constructing toilets for girls and boys in thirty schools in different districts of Jharkhand earmarked in the website of Ministry of Humans Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India. Shri D.K. Choudhury, GM, ICC, inspecting the Guard of Honour Shri O. P. Singh, GS, ICCWU in his Republic Day message greeted the employees and appealed to them to come forward in extending all support and co-operation in achieving the desired production and productivity. On the occasion, schoolchildren presented a beautiful cultural programme. Other sports events including tug of war competition for married women and Management Eleven Vs Union Eleven was also organized amidst loud cheers. National Flag was also hoisted at Moubhandar Works by Shri S.S.Sethi AGM (W), ICC Workers’ Union Office by Shri .O.P.Singh, GS,ICCWU and at Bari Maidan by Shri. B.N.Singhdeo President of ICCWU and at various other registered Union Offices and clubs etc. in the township. Smt Papia De, President, accompanied by the members of Ladies Club distributed fruits to the Indoor patient at ICC Works Hospital. She also distributed prizes to the winners of various competitions organized on the occasion. Earlier, Smt Papia De,President,Ladies Club hoisted the Natioinal A glimpse of the cultural program by the school students Flag at Toddlers’ Roost Nursery School run by Ladies Club, Moubhandar.

44 Shri Amit Kumar Sen, ED., KCC inspecting the Guard of Honour Shri Amit Kumar Sen, ED., KCC hoisting the National flag on the occasion of 67 R/Day In KCC, Chief Guest, Shri Amit Kumar Sen, ED., KCC unfurled the National Flag and inspected the Guard of Honour. In his address Shri Sen, ED, KCC informed about the present position and future plans of the Company in general and KCC in particular. He sought full co-operation from everyone for achieving higher targets and overcoming the challenges. He complimented the role of the employees, Trade Unions, Students of Sophia School presenting a cultural programme Mahila Samaj and the general public for keeping peace and harmony. He thanked them, the schools and the security personnel for putting up a grand parade during the Republic Day celebrations at Nehru Maidan, Khetri Nagar. On this occasion school students presented a colourful cultural program that was appreciated by all. Thirty one employees of KCC were rewarded under the Srijan Suggestion Scheme of the Company. These employees’ suggestions have benefitted the production and productivity of KCC. To promote the Official Language in day-to-day official work, annual Hindi Week 2015 was observed from 14th Shri Nandeesh H N, GM, TCP, unfurling the National Flag Sept. to 20th Sept.2015. During the week seven Hindi competitions were held and the twenty one winners of these competitions were awarded by the ED,KCC on Republic Day. Parade contingents belonging to different schools putting up three best performances were awarded with shield by Smt. Samita Sen, President, Mahila Samaj, Khetri Nagar. The best parade was performed by girls of Central Academy, with runners up being the girls of Kendriya Vidyalaya and consolation Children participating in sports Shield won by the boys of Sophia School. The parade Band conducted by students of Sophia School received applauds. In TCP, Shri Nandeesh H N, GM, unfurled the National Later in the day fruits were distributed to the Indoor Flag and addressed the gathering of employees and their patients of KCC Hospital by Smt. Samita Sen, President, families. Sports were also arranged for the employees and Mahila Samaj. their families. Children along with the employees of TCP took active participation in various sports events organized and the winners along with all participants were awarded prize by Shri Nandeesh H N.

45 The Nickel episode

Liberator sludge & Lib. cathode Expected Copper & Nickel plate HCL is bringing Nickel into its ambit in ICC tentatively by The proposed project will replace the age-old process of FY-2015-16. The Singhbhum Copper Belt has unique ore liberator cell operation in the Refinery. Currently, Copper characteristics and contains appreciable quantity of Nickel is recovered from bleed electrolyte as liberator Cathode that the Company plans to recover as Nickel plate. having only 50-90% purity and liberator sludge with 50- The annual demand for Nickel in India is around 40,000 60% purity. Interestingly the process consumes 15-20 MT MT and its market in India is totally dependent on import. LME-A grade Cathode per annum. With this project, considering the current production rate of This project will utilize an eco-friendly technology and will Surda mines, the Company will be able to recover around 50 check pollution, eliminate the use of lead, will generate 75% MT of Nickel per annum. The Nickel output may increase less solid waste, provide safe working environment and with the expansion of ICC group of mines. utilize and conserve natural resources.

GCP commissioning expected in FY-2015-16 HCL acquired the erstwhile Jhagadia Copper Limited (JCL) for the last five years, HCL has planned to refurbish it in FY-15-16 and it was rechristened as Gujarat Copper prior to commissioning. The total refurbishment work was Project (GCP). The plant has state-of-the-art technology divided into 21 packages, and out of them, most of the job to produce 50,000 MT of LME-A grade refined Copper has already been awarded and it is expected that the work per annum through secondary route. It is the only plant will be completed within the FY-2015-16 and the production in India for e-waste treatment in an environment friendly will follow subsequently. manner. Since the production of the Unit was suspended Low pressure burner trial at ICC smelter The Company has undertaken trials for installation of the 22kg/sq cm in the month of Feb-March 2015. The trials have latest low pressure burner to improve combustion efficiency been successful and furnace oil consumption has reduced at its smelter plant at Ghatsila, Jharkhand. The low pressure by 5%. Based on the outcome, the Company has planned to burners of rating 5kg/sq cm has been installed at the smelter replace all the existing 11 high pressure burners with low plant in place of existing high pressure burners of rating pressure ones like that of the smelter plant. Study report received for future concentrator plant The Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) had undertaken a routes for the three different Copper ores originating from mineral processing study on the Copper ore samples taken the different mines of HCL. The test work was carried out from MCP, KCC and ICC mines. The Study is connected in the mineral processing laboratory of GTK Mintec in with the capacity expansion/greenfield projects of the Outokumpu at Finland in autumn 2015 and the report has corresponding mines and concentrators. The objective of been received for comment from HCL. the test work at GTK was to develop optimum processing

Pilot study report on hydrometallurgical production of Copper from MCP concentrate received HCL is evaluating a hydro metallurgical route for production study. The process is expected to enable us to recover gold of Copper Cathode from the Malanjkhand Copper Project and silver in saleable form apart from producing LME-A (MCP) concentrate. M/s Outotec had first carried out grade Copper Cathode. a desktop trial which was then followed by a pilot plant

46 Retirement List

July 2015 Name Designation Unit Name Designation Unit R.M. Khan AGM (Expl.) MCP Mali Ram Saini Tank Houseman 'B' KCC M.L. Dewangan Sr. Manager (R&D) MCP Mahesh Chandra Welder 'B' KCC Biren Singh Parte Sr. Tech. MCP Ashok Kumar AM (Electrical) KCC N.P. Vishwakarma Sr. Elect. MCP Vijandra Pal Singh Helper KCC Chandra Bhan Rai Sr. Elect. MCP Kamal Chand Field Clerk KCC Rama Rao Phate Sr. Fitter MCP Birdi Chand Welder 'B' KCC Girish Kr. Shukla Sr. Mech. MCP Bahadar Singh D.H.D. Assistant KCC Guha Sen Helper MCP Ami Lal Miner KCC Manohar Yawatkar Cooking Supr. MCP Mange Ram Jack Hammer Driller KCC Amravati Helper MCP K K Patra Chargeman (Mechl.) KCC Suru Murmu Female Mazdoor ICC Pratap Singh Jr. Accountant KCC Ram Chandra Soi Sr. Crane Operator ICC Mool Chand Saini Smelterman 'C' (Process) KCC Baijnath Sharma Sr. Blacksmith ICC Shyam Sunder Sharma Asstt. Mgr. (Finance) KCC Biswanath Manna Cook 'B' ICC J P Saini Assistant KCC Tapan Jena Sr. Mechanic ICC Arjun Ram D.H.D. Assistant KCC Krishna Ch. Purty Sr. Crane Operator ICC Pit Ram Singh Laboratory Assistant KCC Amal Kanti Ghosh Executive Director KCC (Chemical) Kurda Ram Electrician 'B' KCC Yogendra Prasad Helper KCC Gajraj Singh Asstt. Mgr. (Chemical) KCC Bhagwan Singh Fitter 'A' KCC Mangal Chand Welder 'B' KCC Gyarsi Lal Mazdoor 'A' KCC Mahesh Kumar Turner 'A' KCC Laxmi Narain Millman 'B' KCC Mali Ram Sharma Fitter 'A' KCC Leeladhar Smelterman 'C'(Process) KCC Bajrang Lal Saini Helper KCC Bhikha Ram Sharma Machinist 'C' KCC Beerbal Ram Smelterman 'A' (Mechnl) KCC Gulam Sabir Sheikh Telephone Mechanic 'A' KCC Mangej Lal Smelterman 'A' (Process) KCC Niranjan Lal Ventillation Fan KCC Attendant 'B' Giriraj Singh Chargeman(Mechanical) KCC Mool Chand Millman 'B' KCC Narpal Singh Helper KCC Raghuveer Pd. Saini Jr. Accountant KCC Bajarang Lal Helper KCC Thana Ram Sampler KCC Chunni Lal Sr.Tank House Techn. KCC Suresh Kumar Timber Mistry 'C' KCC Richhapal Smelterman 'C'(Process) KCC Ram Swroop Blaster KCC Harish Chand Gupta Loco Driver KCC J S Sekhawat Helper KCC Karni Ram Store Attendant 'B' KCC Dharampal Mazdoor 'A' KCC Madan Lal Saini Sampler KCC C R Majumdar Manager (Fin) CO

August 2015 Name Designation Unit Name Designation Unit S.A. Khan Dy.Manager (Civil) MCP Dhani Ram Bisen Sr. Welder MCP Pran Gopal Saha Store Supvr. MCP Sukntin Bai Helper MCP

47 August 2015 (Continued)

Name Designation Unit Name Designation Unit R.K. Joshi Sr. Asstt. MCP Vijai Singh Control Room Optr.'A' KCC Mangal Prasad Helper MCP Parta Ram Saini Millman 'A' KCC Dulal Mukherjee Jr. Accountant ICC Bajrang Lal Aldia Fitter 'B' KCC Hawalder Singh Chief Manager (HR) ICC Manohar Lal Jangir Jr. Field Assistant KCC Ram Kishore Sr. Mill Technician KCC Mahabeer Prasad D.H.D. Operator KCC Ramautar Jangir Turner 'B' KCC Nemichand Meena Fitter 'C' KCC Sunil Kr. Saxena Water Treatment Plant KCC Ramji Lal Jr. Field Assistant KCC Operator Sheela B Singh Sister In-charge KCC Megha Ram Fitter 'B' KCC Bhanwar Khan Mazdoor 'A' KCC Satish Kumar Sr.Operator (Acid & KCC Kurda Ram Meltingman 'C' KCC Fertilizer) Surja Ram Lamp Room Fitter KCC Bhima Ram Smelterman 'B' (Mecnl. KCC Hanuman Singh Chief Mgr.(Electrical) KCC Operation) Mani Ram Tank Houseman 'B' KCC Mohan Lal Meena Smelterman 'A'(Process) KCC Babu Lal Chargeman (Electrical) KCC Jai Mal Tank House Technician KCC R P Yadav Dy. Mgr. (Electrical) KCC Hanumana Ram Smelter Technician KCC (Process) Jagdish Singh Mill Technician KCC Mohar Singh Mine Fitter 'C' KCC Hari Ram Sr.Generator Optr. Cum KCC Mechanic Pyare Lal Sinding Engine Driver (SG) KCC Khyali Ram Gujar Electrician 'B' KCC Prahlad Rai Sharma Mining Mate KCC Madan Lal Mishra Armature Winder 'C' KCC Vijay Singh Helper KCC Chandgi Ram Auto Electrician 'C' KCC Sharwan Singh Fitter 'B' KCC Jeewan Singh Mazdoor 'A' KCC Om Prakash Sharma Welder 'B' KCC Satya Narayan Millman 'A' KCC Gumana Ram Welder 'A' KCC Kajal Dey Manager (Admn.) CO

September 2015 Name Designation Unit Name Designation Unit R.S. Tiwari Dy.Mgr. (Elect.) MCP Sumer Singh Mazdoor 'A' KCC Hargovind Helper MCP Ram Gopal Safai Karamchari KCC Bhagwan Singh Thakur Sr. Mech. MCP Gugan Singh Sampling Supervisor KCC Arath Singh Parte Sr. Mech. MCP Devi Lal Electrician 'B' KCC Dulichand Gondhare Sr. HEME Optr. MCP Sunil Kr. Gupta Helper KCC Goutam Sinha Sr. Office Assistant ICC Raj Kumar Ch. Laboratory KCC Keshav Prasad Mechanic 'B' KCC Techn. Prithvi Raj Helper (Instrument) KCC Jai Singh Saini Helper KCC Subhash Candra Mill Technician KCC Mohan Das Gupta Manager (Systems) KCC Bhoop Singh Chargeman KCC Hoshiar Singh Mann Manager (HR) KCC (Electrical) Bishambhar Dayal Helper KCC

48 October 2015 Name Designation Unit Name Designation Unit B.L. Soni Jr. Manager MCP Kishan Lal Light Vehicle KCC (Elect.) Driver K.P. Das Manager (Elect.) MCP Surendra Kumar Sr. Gas Turbine KCC Sewak Ram Sr. Carpenter MCP Techn. Ras Bihari Sharma Sr. Tech. MCP Balbir Singh Dhaka Fitter 'B' KCC Harendra Bhakat Operator – I ICC Bajrang Lal Blaster Assistant KCC Nishar Mahammed U.D.C. ICC Karan Singh Yadav Helper KCC S N Sharma Sr. Chargeman ICC Parmeshwar Blaster Assistant KCC (W) Chhote Lal Sampler KCC Arjun Prasad Rajak Sr. Office Assistant ICC Mool Chand Tank Houseman 'C' KCC Smt. S.K. Amburkar Staff Nurse ICC Nourang Lal Bundela Laboratory KCC J. Sengupta CM (Indl.Engg.) ICC Attendant Amar Singh Asstt. Mgr. KCC Lila Ram Hauler Operator 'B' KCC (Electrical) Sheoram Singh Chargeman KCC Radhey Shyam Saini Conveyor KCC (Mechanical Operator Operation) Banwari Lal Fitter 'C' KCC Prem Kumar Control Room KCC Optr. 'C' Kailash Chander Electrician 'B' KCC Matu Ram Khalasi KCC Sawai Singh Nirwan Helper KCC M. Ramakrishnan Asstt. Mgr. Bengaluru Bulla Ram Drifter Assistant KCC (Finance) Office

November 2015

Name Designation Unit Name Designation Unit James K.T. Dy.Manager (Admn.) MCP Desh Raj Choudhary Sr. HEME Optr. MCP S.D. Pashine Asstt. Mgr. (Fin) MCP Tapas Das Sampler ICC M.K. Shukla AGM – Expl. MCP Khela Hembram Sr. Crane Operator ICC D.N. Singh Manager (Mines) MCP G K Acharya K.R. Chief Lab.Technicial ICC Shukhlal Helper MCP Shyam Lal Sr. Fitter ICC Durab Baig Sr. Mech. MCP Subani Kui Female Mazdoor ICC Gulab Chand Thakre Jr. Mech. MCP Janga Purty Female Mazdoor ICC Deepak Kr. Das Sr. HEME Optr. MCP Paramanand Mishra Dy.Manager (R&D) ICC Prabhudayal Bisen Sr. HEME Optr. MCP Aloke Kr. Sen Sr.M (Mechanical) ICC

49 November 2015 (Continued)

Name Designation Unit Name Designation Unit N B Nandy Manager (Materials) ICC Om Prakash Miner KCC T S Mahapatro Dy.Manager (Mines) ICC Naurang Lal Survey Helper KCC Parvin Kr. Jain Optr. (Acid & Fertilizer) KCC Tulchha Ram Optr. (Acid & Fertilizer) KCC Narayana Ram Rigger 'B' KCC Bhim Singh Chargeman (Mechnl.) KCC Rajveer Singh Smelterman‘B’(Process) KCC P K Pillai K N Electrician 'B' KCC Puran Mal Electrician 'B' KCC Indraj Badetia Jr. Field Assistant KCC Bhagwana Ram Moulder 'B' KCC Badri Prasad Mazdoor 'A' KCC Leela Dhar Fitter 'C' KCC Nayan Kr. Mukherjee Dy.Manager (Admn.) CO Darshan Kumar Auto Electrician 'A' KCC

December 2015

Name Designation Unit Name Designation Unit Jeet Lal Markam Sr. Astt. MCP Shiv Karan Singh Fel. Cum Salt Scraper KCC Mansha Ram Sr. Mech. MCP Operator Choudhary Suresh Singh Fitter 'C' KCC Netlal Chouhan Helper MCP Bajrang Lal Chargeman KCC H.C. Srivastava Executive Director ICC (Mechanical) Pithanath Tudu Sr. Mechanic ICC Ram Awtar Sharma Asstt. Mgr. (Finance) KCC Sambhu Nath Paul Sr. Tech. Supv. ICC Banwari Lal Saraswat Sr. Manager (Admn.) KCC Gour Hari Shit Sr. Chargeman (W) ICC Khem Chand Mason 'B' KCC Basanta Kr. Chain Sr. Office Assistant ICC Data Ram Jr. Operator-I KCC N L Patel Jr. Accountant ICC Dinesh Kumar Operator (Acid & KCC Fertilizer) Jugal Kishor Sr. Tech. Supv. ICC Tara Chand Fitter 'C' KCC Harbhajan Singh Sr. Office Assistant ICC Karan Singh Drifter Assistant KCC R. Bhattacharya Staff Nurse ICC Shiv Kumar Pathak Manager (R & D) KCC Narottam Lal Store Attendant 'B' KCC Om Prakash Helper KCC Dhura Ram Light Vehicle Driver KCC Chhaju Ram Jangir Engineering Assistant KCC Kailash Meena Mazdoor 'A' KCC Bahadur Mazdoor 'A' KCC Kuldeep Kumar Fitter 'A' KCC Surendra Singh Mazdoor 'A' KCC Umakant Sharma Smelter Techn( Process) KCC Altaf Ali Peon KCC Madan Singh Jr. Field Assistant KCC Hans Raj Helper KCC Chhaju Ram Saini Slag Car Cum Dumper KCC Operator D C Paul Manager (Admn.) CO Bahadur Singh Helper KCC

Keeping in mind their dedication and valuable service rendered to the organization, the Copper family wishes them all a long, healthy and productive life.

50 Feedback

Respected Anand Sahab, I have read your article on The Eve of Inauguration of Malanjkhand Underground Mines. It was very pleasant to read. In this article, you have captured your thoughts between 2.00 a.m. to 4.50 a.m. and have expressed exactly through words. Sir, when the whole world was sleeping around you, how very awake were you at that time! At this point I quote a shloka from Geeta : Ya nisha sarvabhootana, tasyam jagrati sanyami. Yasyam jagrati bhootani sa nisha pashyato muneha.. (ªÉÉ ÊxɶÉÉ ºÉ´ÉǦÉÚiÉÉxÉÉÆ iɺªÉÉÆ VÉÉOÉÊiÉò ºÉƪɨÉÒ* ªÉºªÉÉÆ VÉÉOÉÊiÉ ¦ÉÚiÉÉÊxÉ ºÉÉ ÊxɶÉÉ {ɶªÉiÉÉä ¨ÉÖxÉä:**) Instead of deliberating upon this shloka, I just wish to say that you are a thinker, a philosopher. Sir, the subject of the article was simple. But, in it, you deliberated upon many subjects and made it so interesting, that it was compelling to read from beginning to its last word. In this article, you have dwelled upon the human nature, the opportunistic aspect of humans, the burning desire to reap dividends and cursing the almighty on failure and have made us aware of your views about these matters. Sir, here again I would quote a shloka from Geeta : Karmanyevadhikaraste ma phaleshu kadachana. Ma karmaphalaheturbhoorma te sangoastuvakarmani.. (Eò¨ÉÇhªÉä´ÉÉÊvÉEòÉ®ºiÉä ¨ÉÉ ¡ò±Éä¹ÉÖ EònÉSÉxÉ* ¨ÉÉ Eò¨ÉÇ¡ò±É½äiÉÖ¦ÉÇÚ¨ÉÉÇ iÉä ºÉÆMÉÉä+ºiÉÖ´ÉEò¨ÉÇÊhÉ**) We have been given the right to perform our deeds, not its fruits (gains/results). Neither it should be, that we stop our deeds and aspire for the gains. But, we are such that we are driven by the gains and are disappointed on its non-deliverance to us. You have followed what has been quoted in the shloka. Sir, I do not know, whether this happens to be your first article, but it is the first one for me. In this regard, I request that, if you have other articles of yours, please make them available to us. If it is the first article of yours, then, Sir, please take time to write more. We all know about your busy schedule, but the request still stands. With heartfelt wishes for your success in all that you cherish, I remain, One of your appreciators, Yours truly Sd/- (Jag Mohan Mishra) 19/08/2015

To, Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel) Hindustan Copper Limited Corporate Office Kolkata

51 Triple Bottom Line

Smita Singh, Manager (Law)

It was John Elkington who finally, after of buying and re operationalisation of the Jhagadia Copper a number of failed attempts by a number Plant renamed as the Gujarat Copper Project as well as the of persons, tried computing sustainability organizations skill development plan. The level of the entity, by encompassing a new framework to type of project and the geographic scope will drive many of measure performance of corporates. This the decisions about what measures to include. And the set accounting framework, called the triple of measures will ultimately be determined by stakeholders bottom line (TBL), went beyond the and experts conducting research in the sector. traditional measures of profits, return on However, some generic variables in the three spheres could investment, and shareholder value to include environmental be listed out. Economic variables can be variables that deal and social dimensions. with the bottom line and the flow of money. It could look By focusing on inclusive investment results along the at income or expenditures, taxes, business climate factors, interrelated dimensions of profits, employment, and business diversity people and the planet, triple bottom factors. Environmental variables line reporting can be an important should represent measurements of tool to support sustainability. The natural resources and reflect the latent TBL is an accounting framework that influence to its feasibility. It could incorporates three dimensions of include air and water quality, energy performance: social, environmental consumption, natural resources, solid and financial. This differs from and toxic waste, land use, etc. Ideally, traditional reporting frameworks as it having long-range trends available for includes ecological (or environmental) each of the environmental variables and social measures that can be helps organizations identify the difficult to assign appropriate means impacts a project would have on the of measurement. The TBL dimensions area. Social variables refer to social are also commonly called the three Ps: dimensions of a region and could people, planet and profits. include measurements of education, There is no universal standard method for calculating the equity and access to social resources, health and well-being, TBL and this is the biggest strength of the framework as quality of life, and social capital. it allows the user to adapt the general framework to the So when we measure the skill development in HCL on needs of different entities, different projects or policies, TBL variables, what we evaluate is if the time required for or different geographic boundaries. Both a business and employees to reach peak efficiency levels has shortened or local government agency may gauge environmental not; has it contributed significantly in increasing the quality sustainability in the same terms, say reducing the amount and quantity of work processed so as to reduce waste as of solid waste that goes into landfills, but a local mass well as use of natural resources; and has it led to gain of transit might measure success in terms of passenger miles, knowledge to the employees, thereby increasing their well while a for-profit bus company would measure success in being, access of resources and quality of life. terms of earnings per share. The TBL can accommodate The TBL and its core value of sustainability have become these differences. compelling in the business world due to accumulating Additionally, the TBL is able to be case specific and allows evidence of greater long-term profitability. For example, a broad scope—measuring impacts across large geographic reducing waste from packaging can also reduce costs. boundaries—or a narrow geographic scope like a small Among the firms that have been exemplars of these town. A case specific TBL would measure the effects of a approaches are General Electric, Unilever, Proctor and particular project in a specific location, such as a community Gamble, 3M,etc. building a park. The TBL can also apply to infrastructure However there maybe totally different variables adopted by projects at the state level or energy policy at the national companies on the basis of their core operational activities, level. For eg, at HCL, it can both measure its recent initiative

52 geographical area or even on the basis of size of the reputations, and therefore harms their investment potential. company. But the basic guiding factor for determining ones Thus to maintain economic sustainability, the above factors indicators for measuring the sustainability of the company must be taken into account, in addition to the traditional is its sphere of influence which encompasses its different factors, such as net sales, payments and debts. stakeholders. To give an example of focus on the TBL by a mining For eg, the mining sector. What needs to be examined company, an example can be given of HCL, itself. At HCL, a essentially is the primary sustainability issues that the waste recycling project has led to coal fines from the refinery mining industry faces in all the three areas. boilers being used as a substitute for the coke burned in Among the most pressing environmental concerns for the kilns at a cement plant in the region. The innovative stakeholders are mining companies’ energy and water use, recycling concept has the potential to produce significant the impact of mining activities on biodiversity. Pollution environmental and socio-economic benefits, including: varies widely depending on the type of material being • Reducing storage of coal fines at the plant by 18,000 produced and on the specific operation but it is still one tons per year of the major issues. Also of concern is the management of • Developing a highly efficient recycling technology at other waste produced during the mining process. Wastes low cost including overburden and waste rock, contaminated by • Reducing fugitive emissions, with subsequent health, heavy metals, arsenic and lead. More recently, efforts environmental and visual benefits have been made to account for environmental practices • Saving huge amounts of money by avoiding the need throughout the supply chain. Suppliers’ practices and for a new coal fines transportation of materials and workers are increasingly under scrutiny for their environmental impacts. • Disposal area In the social sphere, the sector seeks to meet challenges • Increasing awareness of our endeavours to provide regarding worker and community safety, stakeholder leadership in environmental management. engagement, HIV/AIDS reduction, and human rights of The mining industry relies heavily on natural resources to all within its sphere of influence. Many companies have fuel its operations, so it is with Copper. As the resources sought ways to develop the communities that surround dwindle, the imperative is clear –alternatives have to their operations, largely in response to claims that extractive be sought out and the use of existing resources has to be industries have deleterious effects on communities. reduced. Only then can sustainable business be carried Stakeholders also express numerous concerns about mining out, and a corporate can truly say it is contributing to the companies fundamentally changing cultural practices preservation of the environment. The Copper industry in new mining communities. So mining companies are relies heavily on natural resources to fuel its operations. As expected to work to preserve indigenous culture and these dwindle, the imperative is clear–alternative sources heritage, particularly since many mines are located in areas of energy have to be sought out and the use of existing with indigenous populations. resources has to be reduced, or eliminated altogether. It has been again and again claimed that mining companies Only then can sustainable business be carried out, and a do not operate in ways that will provide them with long- corporate can truly say it is contributing to the preservation term economic sustainability. of the environment. And By operating irresponsibly in HCL’s biggest step in this the social and environmental direction is it completing the spheres, mining companies sustainability cycle as well as can undermine trust in their using already used resources organizations. This mistrust through processing of scrap to diminishes investors’ trust produce Copper at its newly in companies, damages their bought Jhagadia Plant.

53 Legal Updates

Smita Singh, Manager (Law)

Laws/Rules/Policies limit for payment of bonus from Rs 10,000 per month to Rs 21,000 per month. The Central Government will also Ordinance to Amend Arbitration Act raise the calculation ceiling from Rs 3500 per month to Rs The Union Cabinet on 21 October 2015 has approved the 7000 per month or the minimum wage for the scheduled Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance 2015 employment, as fixed by the appropriate government, ('the Ordinance') which was promulgated on 23 October 2015 whichever is higher. The amendment bill will be made after having received Presidential assent. The Ordinance effective from April 1, 2015, and it will be applicable to introduces several significant changes to the Arbitration every factory and other establishment in which 20 or more & Conciliation Act 1996. The object of these changes is to persons are employed on any day during an accounting expedite the arbitration process and minimize court year. The bill also provides for a new proviso in Section 12, intervention in arbitration. The ordinance adopts the which empowers the Central Government to vary the amendments as recommended by the 246th report of bases of computing bonus. The Payment of Bonus Act, the Law Commission. These changes make dispute 1965 (the Act) was enacted with a view of providing for resolution less expensive and the timeline more the payment of bonus to persons, employed in certain effective. This comes out as a positive signal for the establishments, on the basis of profits or on the foreign investors who have in the past opted basis of production or productivity and for for Arbitration outside India. The ordinance matters connected therewith.The bill can is available at be perused at http://www.prsindia.org/ uploads/media/Payment%20of%20Bonus/ http://lawmin.nic.in/la/Arbitration.pdf Payment%20of%20Bonus%20Bill,%202015.pdf The Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2015 To Gain in SMEs Government tweaks Procurement Norms The Mines and Mineral Development and Regulation Central government ministries and public sector (Amendment) Act, 2015 was passed by the Parliament during undertakings (PSUs) would now be required to procure at the Budget Session. This Act amends certain provisions least 20 per cent of their annual value of goods or services of the Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation from SMEs, with the government tweaking provisions of the (MMDR) Act, 1957 and seeks to address emergent policy procurement policy. Under this, every central government and regulatory issues pertaining to the mining. The Bill ministry, department and public sector undertaking has adds a new Fourth Schedule to the Act. It includes bauxite, to procure a minimum of 20 per cent of their total annual iron ore, limestone and manganese ore and are defined value of goods or services from micro and small enterprises. as notified minerals. The Bill also creates a new category The change has been made in provision 6 of the policy of mining license i.e. the prospecting license-cum-mining wherein the phrase “up to” has been substituted with “at lease, which is a two-stage concession for the purpose of least”. Full article available at www.business-standard. undertaking prospecting operations, followed by mining com/.../govt-tweaks-procurement-norms-to-benefit- mses- operations. The bill has also introduced amendments in 115111601302_1.html areas such as Maximum area for mining, lease period, Landmark Judgments lease extensions, auction of notified and other minerals, transfer of mineral concessions, etc. The Bill provides for Employees insured under the ESI Act not entitled to ben- the creation of a District Mineral Foundation (DMF) and a efit under the Workmen Compensation Act National Mineral Exploration Trust (NMET) for the benefit The Supreme Court of India in Dhropadabai and Others of persons in districts affected by mining related operations Versus M/s. Technocraft Toolings CIVIL for regional and detailed mine exploration, respectively. APPEAL NO.8155 OF 2014 The act is available at has ruled that employees http://www.indiacode.nic.in/acts-in-pdf/2015/201510.pdf insured under the Section 2 (14) of the The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Bill, 2015 Employee State The Government of India has put up a bill to amend the Insurance Act, Payment of Bonus Act, which enhances the eligibility 1948 are not

54 entitled to any compensation from the employer under proceedings were confidential in nature and that the Public the Workmen Compensation Act, 1923. The judgment was Information Officer was not bound to disclose information delivered by a two bench judge comprising Justices PC relating to, or pertaining to, conciliation proceedings in view Pant and Dipak Misra while hearing a plea by a woman of Sections 8(1)(e) and 8(1)(j) of the Right to Information whose husband lost his life at the place of employment. Act, 2005. The full order is available at The woman, legal successor of the deceased was awarded http://rti.india.gov.in/cic_decisions/CIC_SA_A_2015_ 900305_ a compensation of INR 3 lakh + 18 per cent interest under M_161354.pdf the 1923 Act. In his defense, the employer, respondent in the case, claimed that the legal heirs of the deceased employee Other Updates were not entitled to any compensation under the 1923 Act as he was insured under the 1948 Act. “The deceased Justice T S Thakur sworn in as the New Chief Justice of India employee was clearly an ‘insured person’, as defined in the On 3rd December, Justice T S Thakur turning 63 years Act. As the deceased employee has suffered an employment was sworn in as the 43rd Chief Justice of India by Pranab injury as defined under Section 2(8) of the Act and there is Mukherjee, the Honourable President of India. Justice no dispute that he was in employment of the employer, by Thakur has delivered many important judgments during his operation of Section 53 of the Act, proceedings under the term as the Supreme Court judge like holding that polygamy Compensation Act were excluded statutorily.” read the SC can be regulated by the government by formulating law and judgment. The full judgment is available at regulating the functions of BCCI by passing many orders http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/FileServer/ 2015-03-25_14272 during his tenure. Yet another important role played by 68447.pdf Justice Thakur is supervision of the Ganga project as well as the issue of chit fund scam. Supreme Court imposes limit on suspension of Govt Employees An online course on the Sexual Harassment at the Work- place (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal ) Act, 2013 A new ruling by the Supreme Court of India in Ajay Kumar Choudhary Vs. Union Of India -Civil Appeal No. 1912 Of The "Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace 2015 will ensure that no government employees can be kept (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013." was suspended for over three months unless they are formally formally passed in 2013. The Centre for Social Research in made aware of the charges against them. The apex court New Delhi has launched an online course on the Sexual argued that suspended employees are entitled to know Harassment at the Workplace Act, in partnership with the reason behind their suspension owing to the principle Rainmaker, to help women gain awareness of the law and the of human dignity and their constitutional right to speedy options available to those who have been faced with sexual trial. The ruling also made it categorically clear that if the harassment. The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is memorandum of charges or charge sheet is served within free and includes lectures three months, it was possible to legally extend the suspension along with written course even further. SC, however, said that the government had material explaining the the option to transfer the employee to another location, or requirements of the sexual department/sub-department in order to ensure that he or harassment law. The two- she can not obstruct the departmental proceedings in the week course will not only case. The full judgment is available at provide an understanding of the provisions of the http://www.researchatsashwaat.com/judgement_files/201502 law in a lucid manner, 18153145_Order%20dated%2016.02.2015,%20Ajay%20 it will also help women Kumar%20Choudhary%20-vs-%20UOI.pdf understand the mechanisms Conciliation Proceedings not to be disclosed under RTI Act and procedures instituted by the Act to enable a safe The Chief Information Commission passed an order working environment for dated 08.08.2015 in Rama Aggarwal v. Delhi State Legal women. Details can be Services Authority holding that notwithstanding that the found on Right to Information Act, 2005 overrode the provisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, conciliation www.mylaw.net/.../Free_MOOC_on_Prevention_of_Sexual_ Harassment_at_ the_Workplace/

55 SOME POEMS BY dR. KALAM

Rock Walls

Some build rock walls all their lives, When they die miles of walls divide them. Others build rock walls, one rock on another, My dear Soldiers And: then build a terrace, where they pray for love. Yet others build walls to enclose orchards, Oh! Defenders of borders Endeavouring to find ways to fulfill hunger. You are great sons of my land A few others build rock walls - to make a home, When we are all asleep It is their mission to serve humanity and nature. You still hold on to your deed I build no walls, to confirm to joy or sorrow; Windy season or snowy days To sacrifice or achieve, or to gain or lose, Or scorching sun's sweltering rays I just grow flowers on all open spaces, You are there guarding all the time awake And float lilies on ponds and rivers. Treading the lonely expanses as yogis I keep planting trees, for birds to have nests, Climbing the heights or striding the valleys At the dawn of the sun, when morning breeze blow. Defending the deserts or guarding the marshes Sun light get filtered through shining tree leaves, Surveillance in seas and by securing the air Birds' flight gives me sense of freedom and pleasure. Prime of your youth given to the nation!! Scattered light of colour and treasure, Wind chimes of my land vibrate your feat Fragrance of flowers gives me delight of creator. We pray for you brave men!! Lilies floating over like nature's dance, May the Lord bless you all!! Why should I build walls to confine them all? I have no house, only open spaces, Filled with truth, kindness and dreams. Desire to see my country developed and great, Dreams to see everywhere happiness and peace.

The Vision

I climbed and climbed Where is the peak, my Lord? I ploughed and ploughed, Where is the knowledge treasure, my Lord? I sailed and sailed, Where is the island of peace, my Lord? Almighty, bless my nation With vision and sweat resulting into happiness

56 A TRIBUTE TO dR. KALAM

Sir, Aap ke liye…

Srijan Pal Singh shares a heart-rending account of the down the window pane and say, “Now you don’t see any former President’s last day. fear!”. That was followed by another 2.5 hours of car drive to IIM Shillong. For these two legged trip of five hours we talked, discussed and debated. These were amongst hundreds of the long flights and longer drives we have been together over the last six years. As each of them, this was as special too. One of the lasting memories of our last trip was an experience from the beauty of his humility. We were in a convoy of 6-7 cars. Dr. Kalam and I were in the second car. Ahead of us was an open gypsy with three soldiers in it. Two of them were sitting on either side and one lean guy was standing atop, holding his gun. APJ Abdul Kalam made a rough journey to Shillong where he breathed his last. His advisor Srijan Pal Singh wrote that One hour into the road journey, Dr. Kalam said, “Why is they had a turbulent two-and-a-half journey hour monsoon he standing? He will get tired. This is like punishment. Can flight followed by another two-and-a-half by road tothe you ask a wireless message to be given that he may sit?” Indian Institute of Management, where Kalam suffered a I had to convince him, he has been probably instructed to fatal heart attack two minutes into his speech. keep standing for better security. He did not relent. We Here is an excerpt from Srijan’s facebook wall. tried radio messaging, that did not work. Sleep eludes me and memories keep flushing down, For the next 1.5 hours of the journey, he reminded me thrice sometimes as tears. Our day, 27th July, began at 12 noon, to see if I can hand signal him to sit down. Finally, realizing when we took our seats in the flight to Guhawati. Dr. Kalam there is little we can do – he told me, “I want to meet him was 1A and I was IC. He was wearing a dark colored “Kalam and thank him”. suit”, and I started off complimenting, “Nice color!” Little Later, when we landed in IIM Shillong, I went inquiring did I know this was going to be the last color I will see on through security people and got hold of the standing guy. him. I took him inside and Dr. Kalam greeted him. He shook his Long, 2.5 hours of flying in the monsoon weather. I hate hand, said thank you buddy. “Are you tired? Would you turbulence, and he had mastered over them. Whenever he like something to eat? I am sorry you had to stand so long would see me go cold in shaking plane, he would just pull because of me”. The young lean guard, draped in black cloth, was surprised at the treatment. He lost words, just said, “Sir, aap ke liye to 6 ghante bhi khade rahenge”. ******** Srijan Pal Singh is an Indian author, public speaker and social entrepreneur. A Management graduate from the Indian Institute of Management (IIMA), Srijan worked with Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam who served as the 11th President of India, in promoting various assignments such as "What Can I Give Movement", Energy Independence for the nation, nuclear and space missions, and Providing Srijan Pal Singh with APJ Abdul Kalam (Facebook photo) Urban Amenities to Rural Areas.

57 Ten life lessons from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam The Times of India

India’s ‘Missile Man’ Kalam died on July 27, 2015 after he • “To succeed in your mission, you must have single- was hospitalized in a very critical condition at a private minded devotion to your goal.” hospital in Shillong. He was a renowned scientist • “Let me define a leader. He must have vision and and is considered to be the main brain behind India’s passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, space launch vehicle (SLV) and missile programme. he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity.” Here are some of Kalam’s inspirational sayings • “Great dreams of great dreamers are always through which he will be remembered forever… transcended.” • “You have to dream before your dreams can come • “Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have true.” a better tomorrow.” • “If a country is to be corruption free and become a • “Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three to enjoy success.” key societal members who can make a difference. They • “Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe are the father, the mother and the teacher.” is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to • “My message, especially to young people is to have those who dream and work.” courage to think differently, courage to invent, to • “You see, God helps only people who work hard. That travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the principle is very clear.” impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. Source: http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/the- This is my message to the young people.” photo-blog/10-life-lessons-from-apj-abdul-kalam/

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60 Adara Christos

A short story by Sampa C. Lahiri

ne November afternoon in the walnut cookies bathed in cinnamon-flavored honey syrup. OGreek mountain town of Kastoria, The window boxes are barren now and the garden unkempt Adara Christos walked briskly down with weeds. The rooms are cold and forlorn. For Adara the cobblestone path towards her old- world shall never be the same again. Yet Adara could feel fashioned stone cottage on the banks of the presence of her grandma. Here is a vase she had touched Lake Orestiada. and admired, there is a stole she had embroidered.... In the dying rays of the autumn sun, the With no money left, Adara has no option but to move to lake water mirrored Athens for a job and then to sell off this the blue sky and Mount Visti in the cottage… This beautiful little cottage distance. The air was crisp and chilly as under a chestnut tree will no longer be it whispered through the branches of the hers. almond and beech trees. On many a summer evening, she and her She turned the key into the lock and the Grandma used to have their tea under door swung open. Hollow loneliness the chestnut tree watching the swallows greeted her. It has been always so since come home. The tree used to break into her grandma passed away. But today pink blossoms every summer. Soon, her she felt sadder and emptier as she knew little world will be torn out of her and she that she will have to leave this cottage for shall have moved to a cramped apartment good and put it up for sale. in Athens looking for a living. Grandma used to run her family’s twenty- The cold empty rooms gave Adara a five-year old bakery which Adara had shiver. She would not be able to afford to close down after her death. While the fuel to heat her home this winter. With costs of ingredients had gone up, sales her scanty money she cannot buy heating had plummeted hopelessly. People do not oil. Presently, she somehow managed to have money to buy bread. They are trying warm up her single bedroom with a small to sell their valuables and furniture to buy food. But there is electric heater. Last year’s snowstorm had led to a power hardly any buyer. outage for three days. She wondered what is in store for her With little money left, Adara wonders what can be done this winter. next to pay her bills. She has been seeking a job for quite a The country is facing a heating-oil crisis. With an economy long time. In last couple of months she has been begging for that has contracted for five years and an unemployment a job – any job. rate at a record low, residents in northern Greece cannot Adara is a young college pass-out with no much skill but heat their homes. Austerity measures have cut government that she is an interesting talker. And when she strummed salaries and benefits, raised the retirement age and reduced her guitar, all stopped to listen. But that services. Greece’s central government has is hardly enough to carve a living in also cut the funding for heating schools Kastoria. drastically. This winter the children too will not have any heating at school. Her parents are separated. While her mother is settled in Volos with her second When temperatures will fall below husband, her father is in Larissa with a freezing, older residents in the town will family of two kids. Both of them care little spend their days at a senior center and for her. cafes to save on heating costs, returning home only to sleep. Thankfully, Adara’s Grandma was the only person who lived grandma did not live to see this day. for Adara. She is now lying under a willow tree on the foothills of the Mount Kastoria is the center of Greece’s fur Vitsi where the nature is still virgin and the lavenders grow industry and mink is raised in the area. Other industries wild and untouched. include the sale and distribution of locally grown produce, particularly wheat, apples, wine and fish. But market is dull Grandma loved flowers. The window boxes in her days now and finding a job is a far away dream. The corridors used to be afire with geraniums, petunias and pansies. of recruitment agencies and placement consultants brim Rooms used to be warm and cozy with a whiff of delicious

61 over with desperate job-seekers queuing up with their Tomorrow may be she would strum her guitar at the park resume every day. Days on end Adara has hopped from one on her way back home. Some people might drop her some employer to another, skipped meals waiting for long hours coins if she is lucky. But this can hardly be a solution. with other interviewees. Yet not a single job fructified. Her limbs ached but she was not hungry and it was dara switched on the lamp and walked up to the definitely not bedtime. She left behind a burger on the table Amirror. A pair of dark exhausted eyes looked back at in a brown paper wrap. Taking a book from the shelf, she her in despair. pulled up the electric heater close to On verge of losing all that belonged her favourite red-cushioned couch to her, she looked around the gaily and sank deep in it. coloured room with a deep sense The clock ticked away. Adara fell of loss. asleep. Dinnertime came and passed. Even if she had to do away with The temperature dropped but she everything, she will always keep slept like a log without taking a note with herself the painting of the of the world. Panagia, her Grandma’s silver he sunrays touched the freezing candlesticks and her vintage mink Tpeak of Mount Vistis and coat. All these had been very close streamed through her windows to her heart all her life. drawing patterns on the stone floor The silver candlesticks stood on the mantlepiece before the when Adara’s eyes fluttered open. painting of Panagia, the Ever Holy. Adara walked up to it Feeling strangely warm and comfortable, she could sniff a and lit a candle – something she has not done for long. familiar aroma …. the whiff of buttery croissants. She must She found the wine-red mink coat in the mahogany be still dreaming, she thought. wardrobe. Suddenly Adara had a strange desire to touch The burger on the table wrapped in brown paper was it and then to throw it on her slim shoulders in front of the uneaten. The candle was still burning on the mantelpiece full-length mirror. and the electric heater still glowing. Its wine-red hue complemented her brunet hair and her She sat up straight inhaling deeply …. the air indeed was dark eyes. It always looked gorgeous on her, her grandma heavy with the smell of piping hot croissants fresh from said. A whiff of Chanel No.5 lingered between the folds of the oven – something her grandma used to bake for her at the velvety fabric. She could imagine her grandma in the breakfast. mink coat. It felt as though she could touch her, smell her May be her mind was playing games… Suddenly, she felt and feel her caress. her tears close to the surface. No, she She stole a glance at the silver candlesticks cannot give in. She will have to fight back that shone gently in the soft candlelight. to the hilt. The calm glow of the candle washed the She got up, washed and combed her painting of Virgin Mary with a tender hair till it shone. She made herself a cup orange. of strong coffee and checked her inbox. Selling her home would be as good as There was a spate of free job alerts losing Grandma again, yet again, losing as usual along with the bill payment her touch and her smell one final time. reminders. However, one of the emails Yet she knew that her Grandma would looked different. always have wanted her to survive at all Dear Ms Christos, cost. And survive she will. With reference to your interview last She has been living on takeaway food and coffee ever since month with our Operations Director, Mr Cirio Lambros, her grandma passed away. After a daylong job hunt, she is you are being offered the post of a program host at Kastoria left with no energy to cook for herself and then none else to FM Stereo 91.5. In case you are interested, you might drop share her dinner with. But now she has too little money left. in to discuss the job terms and conditions at 2 pm tomorrow. And takeaway food can be costly. Regards, Cosmo Hanas 62 KNOW NOTRH EAST

In this edition of Tamralipi, some vegetarian north east ginger garlic paste. Stir to combine. Add to cooked lentils recipes have been included. So dig in and have a good with salt and let it simmer for another 3 minutes until it gets time!!!!! thicker. Serve with rice. Chi Al Meh Tel Pitha Manipur’s Chi Al Meh is the regular vegetable soup. For Chi Soak rice for an hour and drain it well. Then pound the rice Al Meh, one needs chopped onions, capsicum, mushrooms, together to a fine powder and sieve it. In a mixer grinder, and spinach. Once chopped, heat a pan and add ginger mix the jaggery with water to a smooth paste. Add the paste. Add chillies, soy sauce and salt. Add all the veggies and add water to the mixture. Put a lid on the pan and boil the mixture for 10 minutes. Serve hot.

Image Credit: shajghor.com jaggery paste to the rice powder. Cover the mixture for 4 Image Credit: thehonoursystem.com hours. Heat mustard oil in a vessel and drop the batter in the oil. Deep fry them until they turn golden brown. P.S- One can also add noodles to the soup. Pukhlein

Daieneiiong Daieneiiong is black dal made from black sesame seeds. The dal is served with Meghalaya’s staple food rice. Mix the lentils and water in a saucepan and boil until tender, about 15-20 minutes. In another vessel, roast sesame seeds for about 1-2 minutes. Turn off the flame and let them cool. Grind sesame seeds with 2 teaspoons of water. Transfer the crushed seeds to a bowl and mix with mustard oil and

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For dessert, try making the Meghalayan Pukhlein which is made with rice and jaggery. All one needs is jaggery syrup, rice flour and oil. Take jaggery syrup in a big bowl and add rice flour in it. Keep the mixture aside for few minutes. Heat the oil for deep frying with high flame. Once the batter is thick, drop a spoon of the already prepared rice-jaggery mixture in the oil. Fry until the pukhlein turns brown. Remove on a tissue paper, so they absorb excess oil. Image Credit: varadaskitchen.blogspot.in Source: http://www.indiatimes.com/culture/food/11-incredible-north-east-indian-recipes-you-have-to-try-in-your-kitchen-243802. And http://www.indiankhana.net/2011/05/momos-steamed-vegetable-dumplings.html

63 FINANCE

10 ways to make your online financial accounts secure Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/plan/10-ways-to-make-your-online-financial-accounts-secure/articleshow- sp/50528199.cms

Data breaches are now as part of life as perhaps, deaths such frauds is to ensure that your wealth manager and and taxes. Naturally, they can wreak havoc on broker recognises your voice and gives you a your finances. In 2014-15, NEFT RTGS cyber phone call before any transaction. frauds caused damages of upto Rs. 80 crore. 3. Set Limits on Auto Bill Payments Then there are hacks, identity theft, data breaches, email scams, viruses, malware and Agreed that you cannot mind you, all happening 24x7. The hackers monitor the smallest are really dark and cunning and the only way of transactions such as not to be vulnerable to such crimes is to be the monthly bills, SIPs disciplined. Here is a list of 10 commandments and EMIs. While SIPs to better online protection. and EMIs are fixed, your bills may fluctuate monthly. However, you can always set a limit for Follow them diligently and you'll be e-safe. auto payments. So, if the average credit card bill is Rs 3,000, 1. Compose a Strong Password set a limit of Rs 5,000. This will ensure that in case of a fraud, Your password configurations are a major the maximum loss is limited to Rs 5,000 only. defence. It should not be linked to your 4. Use WiFi with Care personal details like birthday or your As a rule, you should avoid using spouse's birthday . In fact, it should have public WiFis, especially the open no connection linkages at all. Make it as less networks. The most common transparent as possible by using nonsensical combinations trick in the hacker's book is of symbols, numbers, and upper-and-lower-case characters. hosting 'public' WiFi with an If you think that will be difficult to remember then choose innocuous-sounding moniker. a random theme, say animal names, and spell it using signs and symbols. For instance, say the password is Elephant, If you travel frequently and don't have a Virtual Private spell it as "Eleph@nt". Change your passwords frequently Network (VPN) provided by your company , you may want and switch them as well. You should also use a secure to consider subscribing to a reputable VPN service provider. password manager application for managing them. And make sure your home WiFi is password-protected.

2. Demand Verbal Confirmation from Broker or Wealth 5. Password-protect Manager before Transacting Sensitive documents sent via Emails If you work with a wealth manager, whether it is a word document or a make sure that any emailed requests PDF, if it has any sensitive information, for transfers of your funds is backed make sure you make it password up by a verbal confirmation at least protected. This is important when you are over the phone. A very common way mailing these documents. Usually, we have open documents hackers steal data from you is using your email ID and with no protection. private account details to send fund transfer requests to However, you can easily change the protection settings an external account. The only way to protect yourself from and save them again with a password. Do not share the

64 password in the same mail. And even if you do, they should prepared for a more hostile situation. God forbid, it gets be clues to the password and not the password itself. stolen or you lose it, password or the pattern protection For one, you can tell the person you are emailing the may not be enough. You should be able to destroy or at least documents to that the password to the file is his PAN number lock your device remotely. Some devices have pre-installed where the A's have been replaced by the corresponding application. symbol. Follow the strong password rules and keep it For others, just run a Google search to find out how it can something that only the person receiving the file will know. be done on your device. In the case of Android devices, you don't need a third-party solution, you can simply use 6. Update the Operating System Google to visit the Android Device Manager (ADM) to Update the Operating System on Regular Basis Technology either ring, lock and erase your data. Apple has an online is upgrading fast and so are the support to help you out. methods to break the security measures. Update the operating 9. Opt for One-time-password systems on a regular basis with the An OTP , wherever available, is latest security patches, updates, and better than password protection. drivers. This will ensure that your When keying in information such computer is up to date and will help keep your computer as your online banking account free from viruses and other security threats to stay current password, rather than using your with the most robust security measures. You should also regular keyboard, use a virtual consider updating your browser settings to block cookies keyboard. When you use a regular and other files that store your user data. keyboard, there is always a risk of data interception by spyware. 7. Protect the Smartphone and Tablets Too Considering how the latest trend of everything-under- 10. Careful of What you Post on Social Media your thumb, it is more important If you use Google+ or Facebook to protect the smartphone than the often to sign in to other desktop. Not just your emails and websites, exclude personal contacts, even your banking app, information that in any way demat account access is available can be used to hack your via in the mobile phone you carry account. This not only includes in your pocket. Do not forget to get the publicly shared posts but firewalls and antivirus for your handheld devices. personal messages too. Do not forget to review the privacy policies of all these sites and 8. Wipe Clean Your Devices You are make sure you're comfortable with them. Getting Rid Of When selling or disposing of old devices, erase all your personal data. Also, be

65 FINANCE

Income Tax Department Announcing amendment to provisions relating to quoting of PAN With effect from 1st January, 2016 Rule 114B of Income Tax Rules, 1962 regarding Financial Transactions, where quoting of PAN is mandatory, have been amended as tabulated below

S. Mandatory quoting of pan (rule 114b) Nature of transaction No. Existing requirement New requirement I) sale/purchase exceeding `10 lakh; ii) Properties valued by 1. Immovable property Sale/purchase valued at `5 lakh or more stamp valuation - authority at amount exceeding `10 lakh will also need PAN Motor vehicle (other than two 2. All sales/purchases No change wheeler) I) deposits with co-op banks, post office, nidhi,nbfc Time deposit exceeding `50,000 with a banking 3. Time deposit companies will also need pan ii) Deposits aggregating to company more than `5 lakh during the year will also need pan Deposit with post office 4. Exceeding `50,000 Discontinued savings bank Contract for sale/purchase of a value exceeding 5. Sale or purchase of securities No change `1 lakh Opening an account (other I) basic savings bank deposit account excluded (no pan 6. than time deposit) with a All new accounts requirement for opening these accounts); ii) Co-operative banking company banks also to comply Installation of telephone/ 7. All instances Discontinued cellphone connections Exceeding `25,000 at any one time (by any 8. Hotel/restaurant bill(s) Cash payment exceeding `50,000 mode of payment) Cash purchase of bank drafts/ Amount aggregating to `50,000 or more during 9. Exceeding `50,000 on any one day pay orders/banker’s cheques any one day Cash deposit with banking Cash aggregating to `50,000 or more during any 10. Cash deposit exceeding `50,000 in a day company one day Cash payment in connection with foreign travel Cash payment in connection with foreign (travel or of an amount exceeding `25,000 at any one purchase of foreign currency of an amount exceeding 11. Foreign travel time (including fare, payment to travel agent, `50,000 atariy one time (including fare, payment to travel purchase of forex) agent) Application to banking company/any other 12. Credit card No change. Cooperative banks also to comply company/ institution for credit card 13. Mutual fund units Payment of `50,000 or more for purchase Payment exceeding `50,000 for purchase i) opening a Demat account ii) Purchase or sale of shares of Payment of `50,000 or more to a company for 14. Shares of company an unlisted company for an amount exceeding `1 lakh per acquiring its shares transaction Payment of `50,000 or more to a company/ 15. Debentures/bonds Payment exceeding `50,000 institution for acquiring its debentures/bonds Payment of `50,000 or more to rbi for acquiring 16. Rbi bonds Payment exceeding `50,000 its bonds Payment of `50,000 or more in a year as 17. Life insurance premium Payment exceeding `50,000 in a year premium to an insurer Payment of `5 lakh or more at any one time or 18. Purchase of jewellery/bullion Deleted and merged with next kern in this table against a bill Purchases or sales of goods or Purchase/sale of any goods or services exceeding `2 lakh 19. No requirement services per transaction Cash cards/prepaid 20. instruments issued under No requirement Cash payment aggregating to more than `50,000 in a year payment & settlement act Source: The Telegraph 66 HR@HCL

Tips for Motivating Employees Motivating employees to learn, to grow, to try challenging new assignments, and to work together as a team can be As the economy around the world continues to struggle, incredibly fulfilling. Seeing the look on someone’s face many managers are finding it more and more difficult to when they’ve succeeded at something they never thought continue motivating employees – especially with many was possible is a gift itself. employee perks being cut out to lower costs. As a manager, what can you do to keep employees motivated, even when Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/lisaquast/2012/01 times are tough? /10/5-tips-for-motivating-employees/ Try these tips: Tip #1: Act as a role model and help inspire employees 5 ways to Work with Colleague you do to identify what they are passionate about at work; then not like provide them with some projects in their area of passion or We can choose our workplace but it is interest – a happy employee is a motivated employee! never possible to choose our coworkers. Tip #2: Clearly define the organization’s So the first step towards easing this vision, mission and strategy as well as process is to accept that you have to work the goals and objectives of each employee with that person. (and include your employees in the Focus on Things You Can Control crafting of these). Make sure everyone on You cannot change the way your coworker acts. Focus on your team understands the key role they your own behaviour, as that is what you can control. "Once play in contributing to the success of the you have stepped back and have your department. Ensure each employee is in alignment towards reactions in control, introspect if it's the overall strategy so your group can work as a team and because the other person is just different or if the person is doing the job better help each other out. Positive team energy will help motivate than you." says Col Gian Singh Kadian, everyone. HR manager at One Shield Inc. Tip #3: Empower your employees to succeed and delegate challenging Negativity Leads to Negativity and meaningful work – in general, Avoid the temptation to vent in front of coworkers as it is contagious and can reflect poorly on you. instead, try people want to succeed and they want spending more time with them. If the to continue learning and growing, so project requires close co-ordination, take provide them with opportunities. it as an opportunity, This allows you to Tip #4: Work with each employee to know the person better," says Kadian. create their own personal development Managing Your Own Reaction plan. Then, provide them with coaching "You may find the colleague annoying but you need to and mentoring and help them increase maintain your composure and not let that colleague know their skills and their sense of competence that you have been affected. If the and accomplishment. situation becomes unbearable, simply move out of the situation," says Rishi Tip #5: Monitor the progress of your Puri, vice-president at Lords Hotels & employees towards accomplishing Resorts. their goals and objectives – then provide rewards to reinforce positive behavior, increase their sense of progress and keep them motivated. This can include recognition in front of peers and other rewards that don’t cost a lot of money but are meaningful to the person.

67 Be the Buddha Seek Help If the situation does not mend and you If nothing else works, practice emotional feel it is affecting your job performance, detachment. Ignore the irritating behaviour the best course is to informally inform and perhaps consider taking it to senior your immediate boss and seek help, management to bring about conflict says Puri. resolution, says Kadian. Source: The Economic Times December 04, 2015

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10 Natural Antibiotics that Fight Infection

It’s almost instinctual for us to head to the doctor’s office 2. Onions to get a prescription when faced Onions are closely related to garlic and with an infection or other illness. have similar health benefits, reducing But the antibiotics often prescribed pain and inflammation as well as illnesses usually wind up doing much more like colds and flus. harm than good, killing off healthy Similar to garlic, you’ll get the best results by eating onions bacteria with the bad ones. raw. Cooking onions releases many of their healthiest While antibiotics do have their place nutrients, robbing your body of their help. in medicine, why not think about reaching for a natural solution when you can? Here are 10 natural antibiotics that 3. Grapefruit Seed Extract you’ve probably already got lying around your kitchen. Graprefruit seed extract, referred to as 1. Garlic GSE, is conventionally used as an anti- microbial compound. It has shown great By eating a few cloves of garlic each day, promise in preventing the growth of you can effectively fight off all sorts of various fungi and bacteria, even being recommended for bacteria, viruses and infections. Studies use in bathroom cleaning. have even found that garlic can assist in areas as severe as AIDS symptoms, diabetes and high blood 4. Horseradish (Hindi – Sahijan) pressure. Horseradish gives your body energy; this stuff is potent! It’s also a great help in relieving the effects of colds, flus and Horseradish helps your body defend itself against potential toothaches. It doesn’t hurt that organic garlic is also quite illnesses. It also promotes healthy blood affordable! circulation and has antibiotic properties when broken down in the stomach. Cooking it into a meal is not good enough, however; to maximize its full antibiotic properties, you’ll need to crush Horseradish can treat everything from the garlic and eat it raw. A great way to try this is in a salad, urinary tract infections to kidney stones and bronchitis. soup or even drink. Consume it raw (blended or juiced) or diced up with a light amount of vinegar for best effects.

68 5. Vitamin C in most honeys is due to the enzymatic production of Vitamin C can be found in a wide hydrogen peroxide. variety of fruits including oranges and 7. Cinnamon pineapples. It’s known for its ability to Cinnamon can help lower blood sugar in folks dealing with strengthen the immune system —that’s adult onset of diabetic tendencies. It also why orange juice is so relieving when contains antibiotic properties and can you’ve got a cold. help treat yeast infections. Vitamin C works wonders in areas of skin repair and prenatal health. 8. Ginger Getting your hands on a 100% natural organic orange juice It’s incredibly common for ginger to be used in the treatment is one way to consume vitamin C — also consider eating an of flus and colds. It’s also great for treating orange or two a few days each week. an upset stomach and for nausea as well as treating muscle and joint pain. 6. Honey There is reason to avoid consuming ginger Medicinal importance of honey has been in very large amounts if you are expecting documented in the world's oldest medical to be pregnant, however; some experts fear it may lead to literatures, and since the ancient times, it miscarriage. has been known to possess antimicrobial property as well as wound-healing 9. Eucalyptus activity. When placed on skin, eucalyptus has The healing property of honey is due to the fact that it offers many antiseptic properties. It’s also antibacterial activity, maintains a moist wound condition, commonly used in teas and inhaled to and its high viscosity helps to provide a protective barrier fight coughs. It’s also great at killing to prevent infection. Its immunomodulatory property is fungus. relevant to wound repair too. The antimicrobial activity

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Healing Benefits of the Sun

Here are some benefits of getting a moderate amount of sun for rickets. Inadequate amounts of vitamin D can also lead exposure: to a weakened immune system. 1. Sunlight and Vitamin D Synthesis Our skin naturally contains a precursor to vitamin D. When the sun’s ultraviolet rays touch the skin, they convert the Vitamin D is essential to healthy bones, because it helps you precursor to a molecule called vitamin D3, which then absorb calcium, which strengthens your skeleton. Without follows a metabolic pathway through the liver and finally the vitamin, you could develop brittle bones, increasing to the kidneys, where it’s converted into a molecule called the chance of getting osteoporosis when you’re older. calcitriol which is the hormonally active metabolite Children with insufficient vitamin D can of vitamin D. develop soft bones, putting them at risk

69 2. Sunlight and whole foods send breast cancer into Europe showed that people with atherosclerosis (hardened remission. The American physician Dr. Zane Kime used arteries) improved with sun exposure. sunbathing and nutrition to cure his patients. Even in 8. Sunlight increases oxygen content in human blood. And, terminal cases, Dr. Kime was able to completely reverse the it also enhances the body's capacity to deliver oxygen to the metastasized cancer. tissues; very similar to the effects of exercise. The sun has a 3. The sun's light kills bad bacteria. The German solders great effect on stamina, fitness and muscular development. after WWI knew of the discoveries that had been made in 9. Sunlight builds the immune system. The white 1903 by the Nobel Prize winner, Niels Finsen. They used blood cells, which increase with sun exposure, are called sunlight to disinfect and heal wounds. lymphocytes, and these play a major 4. Sunlight has a beneficial effect on role in defending the body against skin disorders, such as psoriasis, acne, infections. eczema and fungal infections of the 10. Regular sunlight exposure skin. increases the growth and height of 5. Sunlight lowers cholesterol. The sun children, especially babies. Many converts high cholesterol in the blood cultures throughout history have into steroid hormones and the sex recognized this fact. Studies have hormones we need for reproduction. shown the amount of sun exposure in In the absence of sunlight, the opposite the first few months has an effect on happens; substances convert to how tall the person grows. cholesterol. 11. Sunlight can cure depression. The noon sunshine can 6. The sun's rays lower blood pressure. Even a single deliver 100,000 lux. When we sit in offices for the best part exposure significantly lowers blood pressure in individuals of the day, out of the sun, under neon and artificial lights with high blood pressure. On the other hand, pharmaceutical (150-600 lux), we are depriving ourselves of the illumination drugs such as Statins have side effects, such as robbing the of nature. Sunlight deprivation can cause a condition called body of Coenzyme Q10. CoQ10 is essential for cellular and seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a form of depression. It heart energy. is more common in winter months, but also common in 7. Sunlight penetrates deep into the skin to cleanse the people who work long hours in office buildings. blood and blood vessels. Medical literature published in

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70 Health Benefits of Green Leafy Vegetables

The health benefits of green leafy vegetables are many, and 3. They are also known to slow down general age-related as such they should be an important part of a healthy diet. cellular degeneration, and are great for our skin, hair, and Greens are packed with vitamins, minerals, and other nails. Our bodies convert the beta carotene in leafy greens nutrients that prevent cancer and other diseases. According like spinach to vitamin A which regulates the production to the food pyramid guidelines, an average adult needs 3 and turnover of cells so skin’s surface is smooth. cups of leafy greens per week. 4. Greens also contain folate, which plays an important role Greens that are commonly used in Indian recipes include in the repair of damaged cells. Folate is known to reduce the spinach (palak), fenugreek leaves (methi), mustard greens risk of colon, lung, cervix, and breast cancer. (sarson ka saag), amaranth (thotakoora), gogu (gongura), 5. The phytochemicals or antioxidants in greens like bok bachchali (a kind of spinach), and chukkakura (a tangy choy and kale are enzymes that help fight cancer. These leaf). enzymes also help with digestion and keep our digestive 1. Dark leafy greens are a rich source of vitamin C, K, E, and tract healthy. B, as well as iron, calcium, and fiber, which are essential 6. Greens are a rich source of potassium and magnesium. for good health. Recent studies have shown that Vitamin Potassium helps regulate blood pressure, and magnesium K plays an important role in preventing osteoporosis, regulates blood sugar. A new study conducted at University arthritis, diabetes, and atherosclerosis. Vitamin E has been of Leicester, UK, has shown that eating one and a half cup shown to prevent skin cancer. of extra servings of green leafy vegetables a day reduces the 2. Greens contain beta carotene (vitamin A), lutein, and risk of type 2 diabetes by 14 percent. Greens such as spinach zeaxanthin which are powerful antioxidants that destroy free may also help reduce type 2 diabetes risk due to their high radicals (that damage and weaken our body cells), and help magnesium content. protect our bodies from cancer. Beta carotene strenghtens 7. Greens are low in calories, have no cholesterol, and are the immune system, while lutein and zeaxanthin prevent fat-free, and as such a must for any weight-loss plan. A degenerative eye diseases like cataract. diet rich in green leafy vegetables coupled with physical Vitamin A has also been shown to reduce skin sensitivity to exercise, whether yoga or something else, is great for your sun. For excellent skin health, include three 1-cup servings health. of foods rich in beta-carotene such as spinach and other greens. Sources http://snap.nal.usda.gov Foods That Heal, H. K. Bakhru The Complete Book of Nutritional Healing, Deborah Mitchell

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