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21.3 Four quarterly review meetings of Official Language
Implementation Committee were held during the year
under the Chairmanship of CMD, in which detailed
discussions were held to review the progress and suggest
measures to overcome any difficulties in order to achieve
the targets.
21.4 Six periodical inspections were carried out to assess the
progressive use of Hindi in various divisions of Corporate
Office and suggestions were given to improve the
shortcomings. During the year, seven Project Offices were
also inspected. Ministry of Power’s officials have also been
associated during inspection in some Project Offices. The
Officers of Ministry of Power as well as Department of
Official Language (Rajbhasha Vibhag) inspected REC’s
progress of Hindi work at Corporate Office on 21.10.2009
and 28.1.2010. The progress of Hindi at Corporate office
was also reviewed by Ministry of Power in their Official
Language Implementation Committee meeting held on
13.8.2009.
21.5 The Corporation has been honoured with RAJBHASHA
SHRI SAMMAN by Bharatiya Rajbhasha Vikas Sansthan,
Dehradun. Zonal office, Panchkula has been awarded
second prize by NARAKAS, Chandigarh for doing
excellent work in Hindi for the year 2008-09.
21.6 In order to increase the use of Hindi by all in official work,
8 Hindi workshops were organized in Corporate Office in
which 111 officers/employees participated.
21.7 A meeting on the topic of “Shabdavali Nirman related to
Power Sector” was also organized by the Corporation in
its premises under the aegis of Ministry of Power from
16 th to 18 th November, 2009.
21.8 Maintenance of required ratio in purchase of Hindi &
English books for Library was ensured and the library has
been equipped with a large number of Hindi literary books,
magazines & reference publications.
21.9 REC’s website is available both in Hindi and English and
is being updated from time to time. Billingual working
facilities have been made available on all computers. All
publications, reports, memoranda, press releases, MOUs,
tenders, annual report etc. were issued bilingually. To give
impetus to the correspondence in Hindi, standard formats
have also been made available on Intranet. Seven books
of CIRE’s Training material were translated into Hindi and
made available for the benefit of trainees.
Shri P. Uma Shankar, CMD, REC exchanging MoU 2010-11 documents with
Shri Hari Shankar Brahma, Secretary, Ministry of Power, Govt. of India.
22 . MOU WITH MINISTRY OF POWER
41st ANNUAL REPORT 2009-10
The performance of REC in terms of Memorandum of
Understanding signed with the Government of India in
the Ministry of Power for the financial year 2008-09 has
been rated as “Excellent”. This is the 16 th year in
succession that REC has received “Excellent” rating since
the year 1993-94 when the first MOU was signed with
the Government. For the Fiscal 2010 also, the
performance of the Company is poised to receive
“Excellent” rating.
23. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) POLICY
Following is the CSR Policy as approved by the Board of
Directors of REC in May, 2008.
“To remain a responsible corporate entity mindful of its
social responsibilities to all stakeholders including
consumers, shareholders, employees, local community
and society at large.”
The details of the policy are posted on the REC’s website
i.e. www.recindia.nic.in.
23.1 CSR Activities
For the second year in a row, REC set aside a sum
equivalent to 0.25 % of Profit after Tax (PAT) of previous
fiscal, i.e Rs. 318 Lakh as allocation towards CSR activities
for fiscal 2010. A separate society by the name “REC
Foundation” has been constituted to take up the CSR work
in a strategic and exclusive manner. A number of proposals
are in various stages including a project to support
children who are/have been victims of communal
disruption across the country. Called “Project Assist” this
project is being implemented by the National Foundation
for Communal Harmony (NFCH). In another initiative,
REC sponsored construction of a Training Centre for
physically handicapped persons, to provide vocational
training to them. The project is being implemented by
Amar Seva Sangam, Chennai. In another project, REC has
contributed three vehicles for distribution of food under
the mid-day meal program for children of government
schools.
Hon’ble Minister of State for Power Shri Bharatsinh Solanki visits the REC
pavilion of India Electricity 2009 exhibition at Pragati Maidan on 11 th
September, 2009.