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Development of

society is closely

linked with

development of

women. Which is

why empowering

and encouraging

women lies at the

core of all our

CSR programs.

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development Corporation and proud to be
contributing to this national priority.
• Working with the government and non-
government partners, our KHuSHI project
reaches 3,089 Anganwadis in Rajasthan,
with a focus on 0 to 6-year-old children in
communities.
• our “Shikhsa Sambal” project works with
government senior secondary schools near
our operational areas to strengthen teaching
of Science, English and Maths (SEM) subjects.
• our “unchi udaan” project is built upon the
Shiksha Sambal project where we identify
promising students from government schools
near our operations and provide them with
residential schooling and coaching support to
qualify for the IIts.
• our Yashad Sumedha Scholarship supports
students at government engineering colleges
in Rajasthan hailing from families who have an
annual earning of less than Rs 1 lakh.
• the vedanta Post Graduate Girls College at
Ringus is another institution where girls from

communities near HZL locations are fully

supported to pursue their education.

•   the Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) Mining Academy

takes in about 100 plus ItI pass youth for an

intensive 18-month program, after which

they get placed in lucrative jobs in the mining

sector across the country.

•   our Jeevan tarang initiative focuses on

differently abled children, building capacities

of institutions that educate them, in ways that

help to impart effective education and skilling

of their students.

•   So to answer your question - the key is

a focused, comprehensive and long term

approach which is sustained and measured.

Vedanta has floated a lot of schemes

for women empowerment, especially

of the rural location. Tell us how it

has helped in their skill development

and livelihood?

development of society is closely linked

with development of women. Which is why

empowering and encouraging women lies at the

core of all our CSR programs. We do it through

embedding a gender perspective in most of

our programs, but also we do it through direct

interventions with women. the world over,

women’s Self Help Groups (SHG) have successfully

and systematically empowered marginalised

women through awareness raising, capacity

building, economic empowerment and solidarity.

At vedanta too, we are working with women’s Self

Help Groups across several of our locations.

direct economic impact through shgs in

Fy 2016-17

total number of SHGs 3,216

total members in SHGs 38,765

SHGs engaged with livelihood

activities

193

SHG members engaged in

income generation activities

3,815

No. of women who established

micro enterprises

1,464