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Building economic capital: the Company focusses on poverty programme is the Holistic nutrition programme which targets the
alleviation and creating livelihoods, both linked to farm and non- first 1,000 days of a child. additionally in the neighbourhood, the
farm activities. Company conducts regular health and nutrition camps that also
promote herbal kitchen garden for overall wellness.
Farm based livelihoods: the Company focusses on promoting
livelihood opportunities and enhancing the quality of life of the the education programme focusses on students starting from
rural households dependent on agriculture and allied activities. primary to the post-graduation level. education support is
the programme has been designed to improve the land and provided for 100% enrolment of children and improving quality of
introduce improved agriculture development initiatives and education through e-library, learning enhancement programme
livestock management systems. the key initiatives include unnati (lep), teacher training, scholarships, Sndt (Shreemati nathibai
and Kasturi programmes. the Kasturi initiative helps in developing damodar thackersey Women’s university) Centre, etc.
women farmers in self-leadership, family management and ability
to serve as community catalyst in agripreneurship. an important intervention is the Company’s effort to promote
clean and safe drinking water and good sanitation. the Company
Non-Farm based livelihoods: the Company encourages and helps to provide clean water through roof rainwater harvesting
helps build functional education and skills necessary for sustainable structures, repair of hand pumps, supporting households with
socio-economic development of individuals. the Company water purifier systems through Samridhhi and Swachh tarang
also runs skill development programmes in different locations project.
to train unemployed youths to facilitate in their employment or
entrepreneurial development. the Company has set up technical Building Social Capital: Building the Social Capital for long term
training Institute at Mithapur and also supports the tata Strive sustainability is a key cross-cutting theme in all these programmes.
Centre in running the skill development centre at aligarh and the Women empowerment, reducing inequality of marginalised
Industrial training Institute (‘ItI’) at dwarka. communities (though affirmative action), partnerships for
achieving goals and setting up sustainable social enterprise models
okhai & cluster development programme focusses on promoting (okhai and ncourage) are key methods for achieving the same.
livelihood of the rural artisans by enhancing their skills and the Company undertakes affirmative action programme, which
establishing market linkage to the handicraft and other products
produced locally in the rural areas. the programme started from focusses on improving the lives of the marginalised population
Mithapur, gujarat and has been scaled up in other states of India through its employment, employability, entrepreneurship
development, education and essential amenities initiatives.
like uttar pradesh, Maharashtra, Kerala, etc. okhai is the flagship
programme which at present is working with more than 2,360 the international presence of the Company also helps raise funds
artisans across India. the Company works with more than 240 for charities that support health care, education and biodiversity
women self-help groups and facilitate women participation in conservation.
different economic activities.
the Company also responds to disasters that hit any part of India.
Ensuring Environmental Integrity: the Company’s main focus is
on natural resource Management & environmental Conservation.
Key programmes include land and water management activities, CSR initiatives in the wake of Covid-19
waste management, preservation of biodiversity and mitigation towards the end of the financial year, the Company took various
of climate change impacts. during FY 2019-20, under the Swachh initiatives towards financial, medical and community support in the
Bharat abhiyan, the Company set up a dry waste processing fight against Covid-19 pandemic. this included financial support
plant at Mithapur. the Company also initiated activities through towards the relief funds of state governments, providing sodium
the Centre for Sustainable Conservation action for protection of hydrochloride, hand sanitizers, medical infrastructure, supply of dry
ecosystems of the Seas (C-SCapeS), which was established in the ration, driver kit, hygiene kit, distribution of masks, awareness drives,
150 year of the tata group. etc. In addition to this, voluntary contributions by the Company
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as well as its employees were also made to the tata Community
Enablers for social, economic and environmental Initiatives trust for contribution towards the said purpose.
development: the enablers for social, economic and
environmental development are good health and well-being, the annual report on CSr activities is annexed as Annexure 2 to
education, safe water and sanitation. the Company’s key this report.

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