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Tata Steel Partners to Provide Mid-day Meal, Education to Underprivileged School Children
04/09/2012 - Tata Steel has partnered with the Government of Jharkhand and Iskcon Food Relief Foundation to roll out a mid-day meal program for underprivileged school-going children in East Singhbhum districts of Jharkhand, Seraikella, and Kharsawan.
Tata Steel has partnered with the Government of Jharkhand and Iskcon Food Relief Foundation to roll out a mid-day meal program for underprivileged school-going children in East Singhbhum districts of Jharkhand, Seraikella, and Kharsawan. The program was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Arjun Munda, at Tata Steel’s Community Centre in Jamshedpur.
The program will benefit about 65,000 students initially and is expected to ramp up to 100,000 students within the next three months. A total of 389 schools will be taken care of under this scheme.
Tata Steel will provide the infrastructure required for the successful rollout of the mid-day meal program while Iskcon Food Relief Foundation, an NGO that provides meal services in various towns and cities across the country, will take charge of the day-to-day management of the program.
Sanjiv Paul, Vice President, Corporate Services, Tata Steel, emphasized that such efforts are in line with the proposed Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program of Tata Steel to address education in and around the company’s area of work. He said, “When Tata Steel was approached by the Government of Jharkhand for support to implement the Mid-Day Meal Program for school going children, the Board of Directors of the company was quick to clear a proposal to create the infrastructure that would be required to provide a healthy meal and facilitate education among children in the region. The move was aimed at providing the necessary fillip to the Government of India’s efforts to make education compulsory for children in the age group of 6 to 14 years. Subsequently, a capital expenditure of Rs 4.28 crore was approved by the Board towards this end.”
Established in 1907 as Asia's first integrated private sector steel company, Tata Steel Group is among the leading steel manufacturers in the world with an annual crude steel capacity of over 27 million tonnes per annum. It is now the world's second-most geographically diversified steel producer, with operations in 26 countries and a commercial presence in over 50 countries. The Tata Steel Group, with a turnover of US$26.64 billion in FY '11, has over 81,000 employees across five continents.
The program will benefit about 65,000 students initially and is expected to ramp up to 100,000 students within the next three months. A total of 389 schools will be taken care of under this scheme.
Tata Steel will provide the infrastructure required for the successful rollout of the mid-day meal program while Iskcon Food Relief Foundation, an NGO that provides meal services in various towns and cities across the country, will take charge of the day-to-day management of the program.
Sanjiv Paul, Vice President, Corporate Services, Tata Steel, emphasized that such efforts are in line with the proposed Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program of Tata Steel to address education in and around the company’s area of work. He said, “When Tata Steel was approached by the Government of Jharkhand for support to implement the Mid-Day Meal Program for school going children, the Board of Directors of the company was quick to clear a proposal to create the infrastructure that would be required to provide a healthy meal and facilitate education among children in the region. The move was aimed at providing the necessary fillip to the Government of India’s efforts to make education compulsory for children in the age group of 6 to 14 years. Subsequently, a capital expenditure of Rs 4.28 crore was approved by the Board towards this end.”
Established in 1907 as Asia's first integrated private sector steel company, Tata Steel Group is among the leading steel manufacturers in the world with an annual crude steel capacity of over 27 million tonnes per annum. It is now the world's second-most geographically diversified steel producer, with operations in 26 countries and a commercial presence in over 50 countries. The Tata Steel Group, with a turnover of US$26.64 billion in FY '11, has over 81,000 employees across five continents.
IFRF (ISKCON Food Relief Foundation) has obtained ISO 9001 and HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) certificates that ensures food safety management. It partners with many state governments and confirms to the Supreme Court requirement of 450 Kcal and 18 grams protein per child.
