Company: Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Ltd
Income 2005-2006 = Rs 300 crores (rounded off)
Net profit before tax (05-06)= Rs 25 crores (rounded off)
Karmayog CSR Rating :2/5
CSR Activities:
EDUCATION :
In recognition of the importance of education and the limited facility that exist in the region, KCI runs the Bhavan’s Kesari Devi Kanoria Vidya Mandir, a CBSE affiliated high school within the Renukoot township, in partnership with Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. During last year a new block was added in the school through donation by KCI and supplemented by the school’s own funds. KCI also supports the privately run Dakshinanchal Grammodaya Vidya Mandir, an intermediate school in village Babhani near Renukoot that has about 400 students
WATER HEARVESTING – COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
KCI was driven to contribute to the well being of the community of people in and around Renukoot. The company has carried out several community development initiatives since its inception in the early 1960s. In the year 2000, KCI became a member of the Business & Community Foundation (BCF), a NGO promoted by the Prince of Wales Foundation of UK, with the primary objective of ensuring a scientific basis for KCI’s efforts towards sustainable development As a result of this partnership, KCI provided training to field staff and decided to target development of the area within 50 kilometres radius of the Renukoot Chemical Works to ensure hands on managerial control over the activities. The approach includes regular personal visits to 14 adopted villages and avoiding duplication of other NGO activity in the area. KCI implements projects in partnership with the beneficiaries in targeted village and after the project is up and running, moves on to the next target village.By way of a survey conducted scientifically by KCI and BCF, the felt needs of the people were identified and it was established that the single biggest problem facing the people was non-availability of water for irrigation. Consequently a detailed project was worked out and has been under implementation since the year 2000. The programme uses a simple methodology of identifying the needs of the community in the command area and engaging a participative mode with the beneficiaries. Technical inputs from Tarun Bharat Sangh – an NGO that has done commendable work in the field of water harvesting in the state of Rajasthan, helped in creating capacity for training and advocacy.Under this programme, ten small dams and three ponds have been constructed in collaboration with the villagers (from the villages of Dubha, Khairahi, Babhani, Jharo, Kataundhi and Chapki around Renukoot in Uttar Pradesh), who contributed 25% of the total project cost. The resulting sense of ownership and the management skills of KCI have been critical factors for the success of the project.
Over 900 acres of land has been irrigated under this project. The highlight of the benefit accruing to villagers from this project is that it allows them to grow up to three crops in a year compared to the only one that they were sometimes growing earlier. In difficult soil conditions, watershed management has also helped the villages to increase crop yields. This has significantly expanded income generation for the villagers.After three and a half years into the programme, the transformation in the 14 villages is more than satisfactory. Because of availability of water, people are now growing three crops in a year on a land where no cropping was earlier possible. This has not only created employment generation opportunities for farmers directly and to ancillary service providers indirectly. Output from the farms has also helped in significantly reducing poverty levels and the population is now being motivated towards literacy and skill development. The response from villagers in engaging in a partnership mode is much better than expected. Many villages have observed the social transformation taking place in the 14 adopted villages and are now competing with each other for taking part in the programme.Intensive interaction with other NGOs working in the area and cooperative approach with other businesses has helped in making delivery of services and expertise to villages considerably easier. The unique approach of KCI in watershed management has drawn wide appreciation and recognition of the local government.
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Contact details : Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Ltd
‘Park Plaza’
71 Park Street
Kolkata – 700 016
Tel: +91-33-22499472, 22499473, 22499474
Fax: +91-33-22499466
Website address : http://www.kanoriachem.com