Question: Which of the following PSU has recently started a scheme named ‘SERVICE’ to promote voluntary philanthropist activities by its employees?
(a) IOC
(b) GAIL
(c) SAIL
(d) BSNL
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan on January 22, 2020 launched a ‘Service’ scheme of SAIL to promote Voluntary Philanthropist Activities (VPA) by its employees.
- The scheme called “SAIL Employee Rendering Voluntarism and Initiatives for Community Engagement (SERVICE)” will promote and facilitate philanthropist activities by the employees in a structured manner.
- The Minister also launched a portal for the employees to register for the scheme.
- The dedicated interactive “SAIL SERVICE” portal for implementation of this Scheme shall act as a platform for enabling faster interaction and communication amongst the various stakeholders.
- Through SERVICE, employees of SAIL will come forward to perform their social duties voluntarily and contribute towards social welfare and nation building.
- There is a need of mass scale mobilisation of employees towards achieving social good through voluntary activities, based on their interest areas.
- There are about 70,000 regular employees of SAIL and 60,000 contractual employees in various plants of SAIL. All these employees and their families will be encouraged to come forward and undertake such VPA for community development.
- They will be encouraged to undertake Voluntary Philanthropist Activities preferably under the identified thrust areas under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
- These include education and health, women empowerment, sustainable income generation, assistance to Divyangjan, etc.
- SAIL will undertake mass mobilisation programmes in its plants and units to spread awareness about this scheme and to encourage employees to participate in VPS.
Links:
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1600276