January - April 2013 BrownBrown CoalCoal HOUSE JOURNAL OF NEYVELI LIGNITE CORPORATION LTD. Hon'ble Union Minister of Coal visits Neyveli Shri Sriprakash Jaiswal, Hon'ble Union Minister of Coal and Shri S.K.Srivastava, Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Govt. of India with our CMD Shri B.Surender Mohan, Directors, Senior Officials and Employees at the Lignite Bench of Mine-I during their visit to Neyveli on 04.04.2013. Awards NLC's Women Empowerment Initiatives Once Again Recognized! The Company won the Best Enterprise Award for the Sixth Time The Community Development N L C i s o r g a n i z i n g m a n y Initiatives of NLC, particularly, awareness programmes on global the effort towards empowering warming, conservation of electricity rural women were honoured, by and LPG, housekeeping and the Forum of Women in Public health affairs to housewives Sector (WIPS), a professional belonging to nearby villages. body functioning under the aegis These efforts won NLC, this of Standing Conference of Public prestigious award by competing in Enterprises (SCOPE), by the Maharatna and Navratna conferring ‘Best Enterprise Public Sectors category amidst Award’ for the year 2012 (Third many contenders. Prize). This National Award At the 23rd National Convention recognizes the effort put in by of the Forum of WIPS, held at New individual enterprises towards the growth and development of Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi, Hon'ble Union Minister of State presenting the Award to Delhi on 12th February 2013, women employees and the NLC and Office bearers of NLC Chapter of WIPS receiving it on behalf of NLC. Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi, Hon’ble Corporate Social Responsibility of the organization towards the Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, presented betterment of women, with emphasis on girl children in the the Award to NLC. Smt. K.Loganayaki, Smt. L.Rajeswari and other periphery. office bearers of WIPS Chapter, Neyveli, received the award on NLC is regularly imparting Entrepreneurship Development Training behalf of NLC. This is the sixth time that NLC is winning this Award to the women from the peripheral villages. Through this effort, NLC as it has won the same award for the years 2001, 2003, 2007, 2010 has successfully imbibed the self esteem in them. Apart from that, and 2011. NLC won the State Level Small Savings Award Brown Coal adjudged as Best House Journal NLC mobilized an amount of `1,59,16,543/- for the year Public Relation Society of India, (PRSI) a National level premier 2011-12 towards small savings through payroll scheme. Our professional body has selected our House Journal (Brown Coal) for the effort was recognised by the Directorate of Small Savings, National Special Jury Award 2013. The Hyderabad Chapter of PRSI Government of Tamil Nadu, by awarding the ‘State Level First organized the 12th Andhra Pradesh Public Relations Conference on 9th Prize for the Pay Roll Saving Scheme Group Leader for the 2 February 2013 at Hyderabad. As part of this Conference, PRSI honoured year 2011-12’, to NLC. The award comprises a Shield and a the outstanding talent and creativity of PR practitioners across the country National Savings Certificate worth ` 5000/-. Smt. B.Valarmathi, Hon'ble Minister ,Govt. of the Tamilnadu presenting the Award to NLC and Shri P. Jayakumar, CRM, Chennai receiving the same. Team Brown Coal with CMD & Director(HR) At the World Thrift Day celebrations held at Chennai on by presenting awards to the best house journal. Brown coal was 26.11.2012, Smt. B.Valarmathi, Minister for Social Welfare nominated for the competition and competed with the creatives of leading and Nutritious Noon Meal Programme, presented the Award Corporates and Multi-National companies. Based on the layout design, to NLC and Shri P. Jayakumar, Chief Regional contents and innovative methods used, Browncoal was selected for Manager/Chennai Office received the award on behalf of Special Jury Award. NLC. Browncoal is proud to recall that NLC won the Trophy Our house journal had a long journey to achieve this status. Our first many times in the past years. House Journal was published during April-June 1962 by the name, NLC won Organisation with 'Lignite Jothi'. It was a combined edition of Tamil & English. During Innovative HR Practices Award seventies, it was published separately in Tamil & English with names 'Neyveli Seithi chudar' and 'Lignite Calling'. During eighties, the English The World HRD Congress presented, ”Organisation with version was renamed as 'News Flash'. The present 'Minmalar' and 'Brown Innovative HR Practices Award”, to NLC for efficient Coal' version were published from May 1985. From 2003 onwards the administration. In the “ET NOW Talent & HR Leadership Hindi version of Brown Coal joined our family. Conference Award” presentation ceremony held on While NLC grew, the quality of house journal also grew. It has witnessed 15.02.2013 at Mumbai, Shri Arun Arora, Chairman, Advanced the letter press to the offset regime. In the era of computer revolution, it Pre-School Private Limited presented the award to NLC, in the perfectly used the development of computer based printing technology. presence of Shri Baskar Chatterjee, Director General and Awards are not new to Brown Coal as it has already received the third Chief Executive Officer of Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs. prize among the Corporates of India and the first prize among the Public On behalf of NLC, Shri V. Soundararajan, CM/IR received the Sector Enterprises at the 29th All India Public Relations Conference held award. at Chennai during December 2008. CMD Message From the Desk of CMD Dear Colleagues, My heartiest greetings to you all. We have just completed the Fiscal Year 2012-13. I am very much delighted to note that the year 2012-13 was a successful year for NLC. I take this opportunity to share with you my immense pleasure and satisfaction on our excellent performance during the year 2012-13. I am very glad to note that we have exceeded the targets in all categories of the production front and registered a significant growth when compared to the previous year 2011-12. Overburden removal from all the Mines put together comes to 1674.97LM3 showing a growth of 1.42% over the previous year 2011-12. Total Lignite production has come to 261.97LT (Lakh Tonnes), which is 6.54% more than that of previous year. In power generation, all the Power Stations put together have generated 19901.79 Million Units, registering a growth of 5.92% over the previous year 2011-12. We can proudly tell, this is the ever time high production level in the history of NLC. Also, I am very happy to say that 139.32 (MTPA), 2.00 MTPA Devangudi Mine and 2.50 MTPA Hadla & LT of Lignite production in Mine II and Power generation of 11238.26 Palana Mine. In Power sector, projects viz. First unit of 2x 500 MW MU in Thermal Power Station–II and 3319.70 MU in TPS-I Neyveli New Thermal Power Project, 250 MW Barsingsar Thermal Expansion are the highest for any year since inception. Our Thermal Power Station Expansion, First unit of 3 x 660 MW Ghatampur Power Stations have achieved the Plant Load Factor (PLF) 77% in Thermal Power Project (GTPP), our Joint Venture Project with TPS-I, 90% in TPS-I Expn. and 87% in TPS-II against the respective UPRVUNL (NUPPL) are planned to be executed. 50 MW Wind norms of 72%, 80% and 75% prescribed by CERC (Central Power Project and 25 MW Solar power Project are also on anvil. At Electricity Regulatory Commission), in which TPS-I Expn. and the end of 12th plan NLC will have a total lignite mining capacity of TPS-II have achieved ever highest PLF since inception. Barsingsar 36.60 MTPA and a total power generating capacity of 5725 MW. Mine and Power plant are also performing well and started setting new records in its successful operation. Obviously, we should have a committed fuel linkage to the proposed coal based power projects for its sustained operation. It is 3 I congratulate all the Employees and the Contract workers for now our endeavor to identify domestic sources as well as coal blocks their hard work and dedication for this incredible achievement. As abroad. We have already taken action towards this direction and you aware, Our Hon’ ble Union Minister of Coal Shri Sriprakash applications have already been submitted to Govt. of India for the Jaiswalji. Shri S.K. Srivastava, Secretary, MoC and other MoC allotment of coal block in Kente extension block in Chattisgarh for Delegates visited Neyveli recently and reviewed the production our NTPL project and coal blocks in Bhalamuda & Banai in performance and overall activities of NLC. Really, I am overwhelmed Chattisgarh, Chandrabilla & Kudanali Laburi in Odisha and and feel very proud of NLC when the Hon’ ble Union Minister Pachwara south in Jharkand for the GTPP. We have also floated EOI mentioned that NLC is a GOLDEN COMPANY under the Ministry of (Expression of Interest) tender for identifying suitable coal assets Coal. Definitely such kind of reference is a true recognition of our abroad for acquisition or strategic partnership in development of coal overall performance and we must assure that we shall carry forward mines. It must be in our priority to expedite the process for this distinction with same vigor and spirit and to get many more establishing coal linkage from domestic source as well as abroad to accolades in future. support our Growth Plan. We must improve the availability factor of plants and equipments It gives me immense pleasure to note that our company has to operate all the existing power plants at the peak level.