TAMRALIPIHouse Journal of Hindustan Copper Limited | Vol. 72 | July 2015-Feb 2016

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My dear Colleagues,

The current financial year 2015-16 is drawing to a close. During the year, on production front, we have recovered the ground lost in FY 2014-15. However, gains in production have been offset due to sharp decline in LME prices of Copper and the year has been a tough one for all of us.

The fiscal 2015-16 will go down in the annals of HCL's history for acquisition of Jhagadia Copper Ltd. (now named as Gujarat Copper Project) as our fifth Unit and for initiating Malanjkhand Underground Expansion Project which is flagship expansion project of the Company. Both of these measures are vital for the long term sustenance of the Company.

As you are already aware, our bottom line and our earnings are greatly influenced by the LME Copper prices and Exchange Rates. In the next fiscal, the global market will continue to remain sluggish, therefore the need of the hour is to reduce our cost of production by all possible means.

To help tide over the crisis all are welcome to come up with suggestions, innovations for improvement of systems/procedure/process etc. particularly in the areas focused on reducing cost of production, reducing wastages, maximizing revenue and generating fund.

As they say, a chain is as strong as its weakest link. Hence, the need of the hour is to improve upon each of our operational processes and to plug all the gaps that may make the Company bleed.

Each and every individual has the capacity of making a difference to the organization. Therefore, here and now we ought to tighten our seatbelts and put in our best possible efforts. It is needful to have the courage and conviction to overcome all the roadblocks and march ahead.

As the going gets tough, the tough gets going. We, as a Company, have shown exemplary strength in the past to overcome all the odds. So I am sure that, come what may, we will do it in future. Our commitment will see us through all headwinds. And succeed we must.

Wishing you all good times and prosperity!

From the Chairman's Desk

Kailash Dhar DiwanChairman cum Managing Director

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CORPORATE NEWS

Mines Secretary visits Corporate Office

Shri Balvinder Kumar, Secretary, Mines, interacting with Shri K.D. Diwan, CMD, HCL, and S/Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations), V.V.Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance) and other senior executives of the Company.

Shri Balvinder Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Mines visited the Corporate Office on 05.08.2015. He had an interactive session with S/Shri K. D. Diwan, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), S Nanda,

the then Director (Operations), V. V. Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance) and other senior executives of the Company. He was also apprised of the current scenario of the organisation.

New Joint Secretary, MOM joinsShri Nikunja Bihari Dhal, an IAS Officer of 1993 batch (Odisha cadre), took over as the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Mines, in September, 2015. He joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) after graduating in Production Engineering from IIT, Delhi. He also has an MPA (Master of Public Administration) Degree

from Syracuse University, New York, USA. Prior to his current posting, he was the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, since January, 2013. He also held the post of Director, Cabinet Secretariat. He worked in various capacities in the Government of

Odisha. As a Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, he successfully transformed the functioning of the Commercial Tax Department, Government of Odisha, by introducing various business-centric e-governance services. As the Vice-Chairman of the Bhubaneswar Development Authority, he guided the preparation of a futuristic and environment friendly Building Standards Regulation for the city of Bhubaneswar. During his tenure as the Collector of Koraput, Sundergarh and Angul districts, he initiated various innovative measures for empowerment of women and tribal communities and the Panchayati Raj Institutions. He has also worked in Education, Rural Livelihood & Industrial Development Sectors.

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New part-time non-official Directors

New Director (Operations) joins

Shri Hemant Mehtani has been appointed part-time non-official Director on the Board of Directors of Hindustan Copper Limited with effect from 17.11.2015.

An industrialist by profession, Shri Mehtani has a Masters in Commerce from Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, erstwhile Indore University. A first generation entrepreneur and a social figure, he was born and brought up in Indore. He started his business in the year 1984 with a manufacturing unit of One Time Carbon Paper extensively used in computers. He later diversified the business into Warehousing & Constructions.

Shri Mehtani is the Governing Council Member of National Institute of MSME, Govt. of India, for 2014-16. He was the ZRUCC Member of Western Railway, Mumbai, as well as the President of Association of Industries, Madhya Pradesh, a State-Level SME organization of MP, from 2013 to 2015. He has been awarded the Best Intermediary Association for SME for the country in July 2014 and also for Highest Membership Association in March 2015.

Apart from these, he has been the Vice-President, Federation of Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Bhopal, and is associated with a number of academic institutions, clubs, industrial and autonomous bodies and business fora in various honorary capacitates. Shri Mehtani is married and has two children.

New Director (Mining) takes overShri Sanjay Kumar Bhattacharya assumed charge as the Director (Mining), HCL, on 15.09.2015. Prior to this, he was posted as General Manager (Mines) at Malanjkhand Copper Project of Hindustan Copper Limited.

An Engineering graduate in Mining from the Govt. College of Engineering & Technology, Raipur (currently NIT Raipur) and a qualified Mining Person under the Mines Act 1952, Shri Bhattacharya has a First Class Mines Manager Certificate of Competency to manage Open Cast Metalliferous Mines. He also obtained an MBA in International Business from Annamalai University, Chennai, through correspondence.

Shri Santosh Sharma has taken over as the Director (Operations),from 01.03.2016.

Shri Sharma had joined Hindustan Copper Limited, Corporate Office, as the General Manager (Operations) on 26.04.2013. Thereafter he became the Executive Director

(Operations) and also assumed charge as the Unit Head of the recently acquired Gujarat Copper Project in June, 2015.

Shri Sharma’s contribution to the Company has been pioneering in the areas of energy conservation, cost control, ISO implementation, increasing by-product credit, systematization of ‘Preventive / Predictive’ maintenance

Shri Bhattacharya has 34 years of diversified work experience in Copper mining out of which 15 years at HCL, eleven years in Iron Ore mining at the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), in Bauxite mining for three years at BALCO and in construction activities for infrastructure developments like State Highways, mining of Rock-Phosphate & Bauxite Minerals for State Govt. and State Mining PSUs through private participation for five years.

He has also taken part in Government delegation to Argentina, Republic of Syria, Senegal and Tunisia for resourcing of fertilizer minerals to India.

in mines and plants and benchmarking and specific consumption of Energy. He piloted the conduct of a systematic health study of the plant by an expert agency.

Prior to joining Hindustan Copper Limited, he was DGM (Projects) in Bhilai Steel Plant, where he was the recipient of Jawahar Award for outstanding performance. He was also with Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).

An electrical engineer by profession of 1982 batch, Shri Sharma has an L.L.B and an MBA in Marketing. He had joined Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) of Steel Authority of India on 16.03.1983 as a Management Trainee and had worked his way up.

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Smt Simantini Jena has been appointed part-time non-official Director on the Board of Directors of Hindustan Copper Limited with effect from 17.11.2015.

An M.A. in History, B.Ed and LLB from Utkal University, Smt Jena also has a Multimedia

Diploma from NIIT. She has been a citizens’ and civil liberty activist, has taken part in human rights awareness camps, constitutional awareness workshops, health programs and legal awareness programs, relief & rehabilitation programs as well as educational programs (some in participation with the Government). Smt Jena had conducted programs for jail inmates and had played a significant role in formation of Self-help Groups.

Her body of work also includes serving several legal cells, educational trusts and foundations, welfare associations, civil liberty fora and media groups in various honorary capacities. She has a number of published works to her credit as well. Smt. Jena is a Rashtriya Akta Awardee by State Bank of India, Odisha in 2004, for working on a near-extinct Adivasi language “KWI”.

She had also been a teacher in the past and is presently teaching History and English part-time in Pokhariput Govt. Minor School. She is married and has a daughter.

Dileep Raj Singh Chaudhary has been appointed as a part-time non-official Director on the Board of Directors of Hindustan Copper Limited with effect from 01.12.2015.

He was posted as Secretary, Ministry of Steel, prior to his retirement on 31.08.2013. He

joined Indian Administrative Service in 1977 after majoring in Economics and Political Science from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.

He has held various positions in key economic Ministries under both the State and Central Governments of India. Before joining as Secretary, Ministry of Steel, he was Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises.

His hobby is bird-watching and touring the wilds.

Shri Niranjan Pant has been appointed part-time non-official Director on the Board of Directors of Hindustan Copper Limited with effect from 01.12.2015.

A retired Deputy Comptroller & Auditor General of India and a member of the

Indian Audit & Accounts Service, Shri Pant is also a Fellow of the International Auditor Fellowship Program of the Government Accounting Office, United States, now renamed as the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

He has a vast exposure in strategic overall management of CAG’s audit of Local Bodies, State Governments, Central Government, Public Sector Enterprises, Railways in the CAG’s HQ as well as in various field offices.

Earlier he has been Chairperson (ex-officio), Government Accounting Standards Advisory Board (GASAB), Principal Accountant General in Gujarat, CAG’s Team Leader of Audits of International Organizations, and has held many other positions of prominence.

He has also been Team Leader in the World Bank sponsored Public Finance Management Project in Afghanistan (post retirement) and Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor in Ministries of Government of India.

He has a number of published articles in eminent journals such as Economic & Political Weekly, Business Standard and Business Line to his credit as well.

HCL signs MOU with NSDCHindustan Copper Limited signed a Memorandum-of-Understanding (MOU) with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) for Collaboration to support skill development initiatives.The MOU was signed between Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), HCL and Shri Dilip H.M. Chenoy, MD and CEO, NSDC, in the presence of Shri Rohit Nandan, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, in New Delhi on 14.09.2015.

Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), HCL and Shri Dilip H.M. Chenoy, MD and CEO, NSDC, exchange the MOU documents after signing the MOU in the presence of Shri Rohit Nandan, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

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CMD at the India Copper Forum 2015Shri K.D. Diwan, CMD, HCL delivered a Special Address as the Guest of Honour at the inaugural session of the India Copper Forum 2015 at the Hyatt Regency, Mumbai, on 25.11.2015.

The Copper fraternity of India was brought together to congregate and deliberate the opportunities and challenges faced by the industry over this exclusive platform by the International Copper Association India (ICA India) in association with Hindalco Industries Ltd and Vedanta Ltd.

Shri K. D. Diwan, CMD, HCL delivering Special Address at the India Copper Forum

Annual General MeetingThe 48th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Hindustan Copper Limited was held on 17.08.2015 from 10.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m at the registered office of the Company in Kolkata. S/Shri K. D. Diwan, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Smt. Bulbul Sen, Independent Director & Chairman, Shareholders’ Relationship Committee, Shri A. K. Singh, Independent Director & Chairman, Nomination & Remuneration Committee, also representing Chairman, Audit Committee, S/Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), S Nanda, the then Director (Operations), V. V. Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance), and C S Singhi, GM & Company Secretary were present and interacted with the members of the Company. The meeting was attended by 1529 members.

The Board of Directors of HCL had recommended payment of dividend @ 3% on equity, i.e., Re 0.15 per share of Rs. 5/- face value for the financial year 2014-15 and the same was approved by the shareholders in the 48th Annual General Meeting of the Company.

The outgo on this account was Rs. 13.88 crore for dividend and Rs 2.83 crore towards tax on dividend, aggregating to a total outgo of Rs 16.71 crore. The amount later paid to the Ministry of Mines, Government of India was Rs. 12.48 crore (Rs. 12,48,32,769/-) based on a holding of 89.95% in Hindustan Copper Ltd.

S/Shri K. D. Diwan, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Smt. Bulbul Sen, Independent Director & Chairman, Shareholders’ Relationship Committee, Shri A.K. Singh, Independent Director & Chairman, Nomination & Remuneration Committee, also representing Chairman, Audit Committee, S/Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), S Nanda, the then Director (Operations), V. V. Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance), and C S Singhi, GM & Company Secretary interacting with the members of the Company

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HCL Awarded for Hindi implementationHindustan Copper Limited (HCL) has received the “Protsahan Puraskar” for the year 2014-15 from Nagar Rajbhasha Karyanwayan Samity (Upkram), Kolkata, for achieving excellence in implementation of the Official Language in day-to-day office work.

Shri Keshari Nath Tripathy, the Honourable Governor of West Bengal, handed over the trophy and the citation to S/Shri Kamlesh Soni, DGM (HR), HCL and Ved Prakash Pandey, Dy.M (OL), HCL in a prize distribution ceremony on 29.08.2015.

Shri Keshari Nath Tripathy, the Honourable Governor of West Bengal, S/Shri Kamlesh Soni, DGM (HR), HCL, and Ved Prakash Pandey, Dy.M (OL), HCL with the trophy and citation during the prize distribution ceremony

Centralized Induction Program for Management Trainees 2015

The Centralised Induction Programme for the newly recruited Management Trainees (MTs) in both Technical and Administration streams was organized between 16th and 27th November, 2015 at Kolkata. On 16.11.2015, the inaugural session was chaired by Shri K .D. Diwan, CMD, HCL, wherein he addressed the twenty three MTs and congratulated them for selecting Hindustan Copper Limited as their employer while welcoming them into the Copper Family. He further briefed the MTs on instructions, rules, discipline etc. that are to be followed in organisation as well as in their respective departments. This was further followed by an interactive session in the presence of all the Functional Directors and senior executives wherein a general orientation was given to the MTs.

The schedule of induction programme was extensive and designed to provide the new comers with a fair amount of learning about the organization, its systems and ethos along with theoretical and experiential insights in all aspects of functional management streams that would prepare them to effectively discharge their duties as frontline managers. A group of facilitators were identified for the programme both from HCL and across premiere business schools considering their experience and knowledge in their respective professional fields. The program concluded on 27.11.2015 with the Valediction Session chaired by Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel) and Shri V. V. Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance) wherein they gave the trainees a brief summary on the road ahead at HCL.

S/Shri K. D. Diwan, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), S Nanda, the then Director (Operations), V. V. Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance), Shri S. K. Bhattacharya Director (Mining) and other senior executives of the Company interacting with the new recruits

The recruits introducing themselvesShri K. D. Diwan, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, addressing the new recruits

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Mining Mazma 2015

Shri K.D. Diwan, CMD, HCL with Company executives at the PavillionShri K.D. Diwan, handing over the Dividend Cheque to Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, the Hion'ble Minister of Mines, in the presence of Shri Balvinder Kumar, Secretary, Mines

S/Shri K. D. Diwan, CMD, HCL, Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations), V. V. Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance), S K Bhattacharya, Director (Mining) interacting with Unit Heads, HR Heads and Union representatives during the NJCC Meeting.

The Mining, Exploration Convention & Trade Show (MINING MAZMA 2015) was held from 24.09.2015 to 26.09.2015 at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), Bengaluru.

The HCL pavilion was visited by Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, the Honourable Minister of Mines, Shri Balvinder

Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Mines and other executives from the Ministry. Shri K. D Diwan, CMD, HCL received the Minister and the other dignitaries at HCL pavilion on 24.09.2015 and also handed over a dividend cheque of Rs. 12.48 crore (Rs. 12,48,32,769/-) based on a holding of 89.95% in Hindustan Copper Ltd. to the Union Minister of Mines.

NJCC MeetingA meeting of the National Joint Committee for Copper (NJCC) was convened on 28.12.2015 at ICC, Ghatsila, where detailed daylong discussions were held on various issues relating to ‘Production and Productivity’. S/Shri K. D. Diwan, CMD, HCL, Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations), V. V. Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance), S K Bhattacharya, Director (Mining) were present. The Unit Heads, Unit HR heads and representatives of recognized Unions also attended the meeting. From Corporate office, senior officers and HR executives were present.

Suggestions received from the Union representatives, based on field reports, on improvement in production, productivity and equipment maintenance were noted. The Unit Heads also gave their Unit-wise feedback on the ways and means to improve production and productivity.CMD emphasized on improving the productions and sales in the remaining period of this financial year to come out of the challenging situation being faced by the Company. Unit-wise time frame has been fixed for various activities for improving the production and sales.

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HCL Quality CirclesQuality Circle Forum of India (QCFI), Kolkata Chapter, organized the Chapter Convention on Quality Concepts (CCQC) on 22.09.2015 at the Taj Bengal, Kolkata.

All the four teams namely, ‘Dinkar’ and ‘Sahyog’ from ICC, ‘Pragatisheel’ and ‘Sudhar’ from KCC Unit, had presented their case studies and were awarded in the Gold category in the Convention.

Names of CCQC team members are as under:

Pragatisheel, KCC : Abhishek Kumar, AM(Mines) Leader, Vikash Kumar Singh, JM(Mines), Dy Leader, Mahendra Singh, Loco Optr., Member, Om Prakash Yadav, Blaster Asst., Member.

Sudhar, KCC : Vinayak Sahoo, M(Mines), Leader, K S Gahlot, M(Mines), Dy Leader, Vir Prakash, Mining Mate, Member, Bansi Lal, Hauler Optr., Member.

Dinkar, ICC : A K Majhi, STS, Leader, P K Banerjee, JM(Mech.), Dy Leader, N K Rai, STS, Member, M K Yadav,

Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), congratulated each Quality Circle team member individually for this huge success and said that HCL was proud of their remarkable performance.

He urged all the members to be actively involved in all the activities of Quality Circle and keep the flag of Quality Circle flying high.

Sr OB Optr, Member, S K Jha, AGM(Mech), Facilitator, R S Choudhary, AM(HR), Coordinator.

Sahyog, ICC : J K Upadhyay, STS, Leader, B D Menon, STS, Dy. Leader, Subhash Dutta, STS, Member, Ashok Singh, Sr Chargeman, Member, Saket Kumar Sinha, JM(R&D), Member, Yatiswar Anand, Mgr(Chem), Facilitator, P. N. Sinha, AGM(MS), Coordinator.

Shri Anupam Anand, Director Personnel, congratulating the Quality Circle team members on their performance, at the Corporate Office

Team Dinkar

Team Sahyog Teams ‘Pragatisheel’ and ‘Adarsh’

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Dr. U.D. Choubey, Director General, SCOPE and Independent Director, HCL, interacting with S/Shri K D Diwan, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), S Nanda, the then Director (Operations) and S.K. Bhattacharya, Director (Mining)

Lecture at Corporate Office

Mining Indaba 2016

Dr. U.D. Choubey, Director General, SCOPE and Independent Director, HCL, delivered a lecture at Corporate Office, Kolkata on 21.01.2016.

The programme was inaugurated by Shri K.D. Diwan, CMD, HCL, and welcome address was delivered by Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel).

Dr. Choubey having a rare blend of experience earlier as Chairman & Managing Director of Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) and Chairman of M/s. Brahmaputra Cracker & Polymer Limited, shared his reflections on

"Responsibilities of CPSEs in the changed business scenario". He highlighted need for further reforms in CPSEs.

While talking on various reforms required for CPSEs, he stressed the importance of corporate governance, ownership policy and corporate social responsibility.

He emphasized that policy of governance has become the most important policy today. When providing advice to senior officers, he urged them to adapt to changes, focus on their out of the box thinking and communication skills. He wished HCL all success.

The Company took part in the Mining Indaba 2016 held at Cape Town, South Africa from 8th to 11th February 2016. The Indian Delegation was led by Shri Balvinder Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Government of India. Other notable delegates from India were Shri K. D. Diwan, CMD, HCL, Shri Syedain Abbasi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Steel and Shri Vivek Bharadwaj, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Coal, and Directors of National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), National Lignite Corporation (NLC), Eastern Coalfields Limited (CIL).

Shri Balvinder Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Government of India inaugurated the Indian Pavilion on 8th February 2016. The theme of the pavilion was to highlight the mining strength of the country. Nine organisations

comprising of Ministry of Mines, Coal, Steel, Geological Society of India, NMDC, NALCO, HCL, Coal India, National Lignite Corporation and Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited showcased their capabilities and investment opportunities. The Indian pavilion received a positive response from delegates from other countries. Visitors to the pavilion showed interest in opportunities in India as well as the possibilities of Indian Companies investing in the African Continent.

In an exercise to open the gates to India with respect to scientific and collaborative development of its mining sector, Shri Balvinder Kumar held several bilateral meetings on the sidelines of Mining Indaba 2016.

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Shri Balvinder Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Mines delivering his lecture at the Mining Indaba 2016

Shri K.D. Diwan, CMD, HCL, with the Indian delegates at the Mining Indaba 2016

Shri Balvinder Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Mines, along with Shri K.D. Diwan, CMD, HCL, interacting with the dignitaries at the pavilion.

IME 2016

The office of the Consular General of India at Cape Town had organised a dedicated session alongside Mining Indaba Conference where a presentation was organised before the Indian delegation by M/s ENS Africa, reputed law firm, M/s Vedanta Group working in South Africa and Zambia, M/s Webber Wentzel, a law firm having excellent analytical skill, and M/s Anglo American Platinum. Mr. Andrew Robert Hinkley, Executive Head (Marketing) of Anglo American Platinum explained in detail the market analysis relevant to India. The Indian High Commissioner of South Africa and Consul General of India Cape Town was also present throughout

the session and clarified many key issues during the discussion. All the presentations were relevant to the context of investment in Africa. Indian delegates led by Shri Balvinder Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Mines participated in the lively discussion session. Shri Vivek Bharadwaj, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Steel and Ministry of Coal also raised many queries and they were instantly clarified by the team of professionals. Shri Bharadwaj, invited the delegates of M/s Anglo American Platinum to India in order to meet the Minister so that the possibility of investment in the field of platinum in Africa can be explored.

S/Shri Balvinder Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Nikunja Bihari Dhal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Mines, along with S/Shri K. D. Diwan, Chairman cum Managing Director, HCL and V.V.Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance), HCL, and other senior executives at the Company Pavilion at 6th International Mining, Exploration, Mineral Processing Technology , Metals & Machinery Exhibition.

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MCP NEWS

MTA National SeminarA national seminar on “Technological Innovations, Interventions and Challenges in Mining and Mineral Processing Industry”, organized under the aegis of Malanjkhand Technical Association (MTA), a professional body of Malanjkhand Copper Project, was inaugurated by Shri K.D.Diwan, CMD, HCL, on 29.11.2015.

Shri Diwan, CMD, HCL, inaugurating the Seminar accompanied by S/Shri S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations) and S.K.Bhattacharya, Director (Mining)

Shri Diwan, CMD, HCL, addressing the gathering at the MTA Seminar

The inaugural session started with the lighting of the ceremonial lamp by the Chief Guest, Shri Diwan, along with other dignitaries. Shri Diwan also released a souvenir published on this occasion.

In his inaugural speech, Shri Diwan elaborated on the theme and pointed out that in order to ensure good economic health of mining industry, innovation in every operational aspect is the need of the hour.

Shri Diwan expressed his concern over the return of global recession after a very small interval of about seven years which is evident from the fast decline in the prices of commodities as well as metals.

He also added that although the demand of Copper in Indian market is increasing @ 6.8% annually and is estimated to increase @ 2-3% globally, it is not going to match up to the industry expectations.

However, if the ambitious plans of the government in the energy sector are implemented, a great extent of positive change is sure to come in favour of the Copper industry.

But the challenges being faced by the metal industry today can be faced successfully only through innovative ideas and their implementation. It is imperative to cut the cost of production by adopting innovative means and methods with concerted efforts.

As far as Hindustan Copper Limited is concerned, Shri Diwan said that the mantra could be “More out of Ore”, viz., extraction of Copper even from waste with highest possible efficiency.

On this occasion Shri Subhendra Nanda, the then Director (Operations) emphasized on the reduction in the energy consumption in the mining and beneficiation processes. Talking on the innovations and interventions, he uncovered the novel idea of searching and reviewing the age-old practices and processes.

The occasion was also graced by Shri S.K.Bhattacharya, Director (Mining) who pointed out that in order to make “Make in India” a success, healthy mining activities is the need that has to be ensured.

The Malanjkhand Copper Project, a flagship unit of HCL is facing challenges in the areas of ore quality. On the other hand, he added that with emergence of MMDR Act-1957

The souvenir being released by Shri Diwan, CMD, HCL, in the presence of the then S/Shri S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations),S.K.Bhattacharya, Director (Mining) and O.N. Tiwari, ED, MCP.

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A delegate at the seminar

Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP, and Unit Head delivered the keynote address as the Chairman of Malanjkhand Technical Association (MTA).

Shri Umesh Kumar, DGM (Metallurgy) and Vice Chairman of MTA received the guests and the delegates. The Activity Report was presented by Shri Sreekumar, AGM (Mines) and honorary secretary of MTA, while Shri R.N.Garai, honorary treasurer of MTA, proposed the vote of thanks.

The seminar was conducted in three technical sessions and six technical papers were presented therein. These include: Malanjkhand Underground Mine: A challenge before HCL by Shri P.K.Sharma, Ex-GM,HCL; Reclamation and Rehabilitation of Copper Mining degraded land in MCP by Dr. Ajay, Principal Scientist, Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal; Shaft Sinking Techniques & Indian Perspective by Shri P.Venkat, DCS Ltd.; Study on Construction Technology of 1000m Large Diameter Vertical Shaft and Selection of Mechanized Matching Operation Line authored by Mr. Xu Hui Dong and presented by Mr. Mao, China Coal Mine Construction Group; Controlled Blasting for Shaft Sinking Practices by Shri P.Balamadeswaran, Asst. Prof., Anna University; Insights on Mining & Mineral Processing by Heavy Equipment by Mr. Haijun Wu, Northern Heavy Industry, China.

The Inaugural Session was graced by Dr Smt Arti Diwan, Smt Sutapa Bhattacharya, Smt Nirmala Tiwari, President,

Amendment Bill, the mining industry has to put in additional amount of money against the Regional Development Fund.

Under these circumstances, he reiterated that technology, work culture and other aspects of mining industry needs immediate relook and also alternative techniques and processes to overcome the crisis of the current recession.

Hindi Tamralipi AwardedHindustan Copper Limited (HCL) has received the “Griha Patrika Protsahan Puraskar” for the year 2014-15 from Nagar Rajbhasha Karyanwayan Samity (Upkram), Kolkata, for the Hindi version of House Journal Tamralipi.

Shri Keshari Nath Tripathy, the Honourable Governor of West Bengal, handed over the trophy and the citation to S/Shri Kamlesh Soni, DGM (HR), HCL, A.N. Singh, CM (Admn. & OL), HCL and Smt. Sampa C. Lahiri, CM (CC), HCL, in a prize distribution ceremony on 29.08.2015.

Shri Keshari Nath Tripathy, the Honourable Governor of West Bengal, S/Shri Kamlesh Soni, DGM (HR), HCL, A.N. Singh, CM (Admn. & OL), HCL and Smt. Sampa C. Lahiri, CM (CC), HCL, with the trophy and citation during the prize distribution ceremony

Malanjkhand Ladies Club, Smt Amrita Kumar, Vice-President, Malanjkhand Ladies Club; Shri Asis Deb, DGM (Mech.), and Dr.V.K.Shukla, DGM(M&HS).

Addressing the valedictory session, Chief Guest Shri Diwan opined that this kind of seminars not only help to offer solutions of technical problems but also provide a unique forum to different stakeholders of an industry for mutual interaction that helps enormously to know the ideas and views of each other. Shri Adwait Kumar Saxena, AGM (Electrical), proposed the vote of thanks.

The children of DAV-HCL Public School Malanjkhand had rendered a beautiful welcome song followed by a prayer at the beginning of the programme.

The seminar concluded with a spectacular cultural program by the children with the help of Ladies Club in the evening.

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Unveiling of the inaugural plaque by Shri K.D.Diwan, CMD, HCL., in the presence of Dr Smt Arti Diwan, Anupam Anand, D (P), Dr Smt Nisha Peshin, Director (Public Schools), DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi and Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP

Yajna by Shri K.D.Diwan, CMD, HCL., in the presence of Dr Smt Arti Diwan, Anupam Anand, D (P), Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP , and Dr. Smt Nisha Peshin, Director (Public Schools), DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi.

DAV Public School inaugurated at MCPThe DAV Public School at Malanjkhand was formally inaugurated on 05.07.2015 by Shri K.D. Diwan, CMD, HCL. The HCL management agreed to the running of the DAV Public School from kindergarten to the twelfth standard from the academic session 2015-16.

There was a long pending demand from the Bhartiya Khanij Majdoor Sangh (BKMS), one of the recognized Unions of MCP and various citizens’ groups, for establishing a reputed educational institution at MCP to provide quality education to wards of employees and the locals.

Shri Diwan while addressing the large gathering applauded Shri G. N. Rajawat, GS, BKMS, for the fruition of DAV Public school in MCP. Shri Diwan also congratulated the parents and expressed his good wishes for all the success to DAV-HCL Public School MCP and the children.

A yajna was held in accordance with the Arya Samaj traditions. S/Shri K.D.Diwan, CMD and the Chief Guest, Anupam Anand, D(P), Subhendra Nanda, the then D(Op) and V.V.Venugopal Rao, D(F) took part in the ritual. Also present were Dr. Smt Arti Diwan, the better half of Shri Diwan, CMD, HCL, as the Guest of Honour, Dr. Smt Nisha Peshin, Director (Public Schools), DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi; O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP, S.K.Bhattacharya, the then GM (Mines), Shri H. C. Shrivastava, the then ED, ICC, and his better half, Smt Geeta Shrivastava, Smt Nirmala Tiwari, President, Ladies Club,

Smt Sutapa Bhattacharya, the then Vice-President, Ladies Club, Shri Prashant Kumar, Asst. Regional Director, DAV-CMC, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

The students from the DAV Public School, Bhilai, were specially invited to perform at the inaugural function and they made it truly memorable. On this occasion Dr. Smt Nisha Peshin, Director (Public Schools), DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi, and Shri O.N. Tiwari, ED, MCP and Chairman, Managing Committee of DAVPS-HCL, Malanjkhand also expressed their views and wished the children well.

Shri K.D.Diwan, CMD, HCL, cutting the ribbon to inaugurate the DAVPS in the presence of Dr Smt Arti Diwan, Anupam Anand, D (P), Dr Smt Nisha Peshin, Director (Public Schools), DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi and Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP.

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School children in attendance Tribal dance to welcome the guests

MCP Ladies Club distributes sweaters and fruitsDr Smt. Arti Diwan, wife of Shri K.D.Diwan, CMD, HCL was on a goodwill visit to Malanjkhand Copper Project on 29.11.2015. She graced various events organized by the Malanjkhand Technical Association, MCP, and the Ladies Club, Malanjkhand.

Malanjkhand Ladies Club distributed sweaters to about eighty school children of Baiga Tola, Chakarwahi. Dr Smt Diwan interacted with the children as well. The event was supported by the State Officials comprising of Shri Hemant Kumar Rana, Block Resource Co-ordinator, Birsa Block, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan and the Principal and staff of Govt. H.S. School, Palhera.

Dr. Smt. Diwan was accompanied by Smt. Sutapa Bhattacharya,

better half of Shri S.K.Bhattacharya, Director (Mining), HCL, Smt Nirmala Tiwari, President, Malalnjkhand Ladies Club; Smt Amrita Kumar, Vice-President and other office bearers of Ladies Club. A beautiful folk dance was presented by the dance troupe of Balagaon village. The dancers were later felicitated by Smt Diwan with cash award as a token of appreciation.

Dr Smt Diwan and Smt Bhattacharya also paid a visit to the MCP Hospital along with the office bearers of Ladies Club, where fruits were distributed amongst the inmates. Dr.V.K.Shukla and his staff accorded warm welcome to Dr Smt Arti Diwan at the hospital and also apprised her of the status of the ongoing refurbishment jobs therein.

OL Implementation Committee Meeting at MCPThe Quarterly Meeting of the Official Language Implementation Committee was held on 22.08.2015 for the Quarter ended September 2015. The meeting was convened to especially ponder upon the observance of Official Language Week-2015.

The meeting was chaired by S/Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP, S.K.Bhattacharya, the then GM (Mines) and Vice-Chairman of the OL Implementation Committee, Asis Deb,

DGM (Mech.), Umesh Kumar, DGM (Metallurgy) and the committee members.

The committee expressed their views and suggestions in favour of celebrating Hindi Week and the progress of Hindi in the project. Shri S.K. Verma, AGM (Vigilance) and Member-Secretary, OL Implementation Committee conducted the meeting and Shri A.K.Sharma, Chief Manager (HR&A) proposed the vote of thanks.

A warm welcome was given to the guests by Shri Prashant Kumar, Asstt. Regional Director, DAV CMC, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and the vote of thanks was proposed by Shri Paliwal, Principal, DAV Public School, Bhilai.

The inaugural function was attended by Principals of DAV Public schools of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Office Bearers of Trade Unions, Officers’ Association and Ladies Club members, departmental heads and other employees, guardians and students.

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Annual Mines Safety Week 2015The Annual Mines Safety Week in the Metalliferous mining units under the jurisdiction of Nagpur Region I & II of Directorate General of Mines Safety was observed from 22.11. 2015.

Shri O.N. Tiwari, ED, MCP and Unit Head, inaugurated the Week at MCP. In his inaugural address Shri Tiwari appealed to the MCP team to achieve Zero-Accident in Mines and all other sections of the Project.

He expressed his hope that the team constituted by employees, Workmen Inspectors and Safety Dept. of MCP would again help to achieve the Zero Accident target by employing their long experience and determined efforts.

Shri Tiwari said that safety always comes first. He appealed to the employees for maximum participation in the various programs to be organized under this Week and wished all success.

As a Convener of Inspection Team, Shri R.C. Shrimali, AGM (Mines) talked on the best mining practices adopted and compliance of DGMS’s norms at MCP.

The inaugural function was attended by other members of the inspection team, viz. S/Shri Manoj Tiwari, DGM (Elect.)-MOIL, Vijay Barapatre, Dy. Chief (Mech.)-MOIL, and Vijay Dhakate, Sr. Manager (Mines)-MOIL. Shri G.N.Rajawat, GS of recognized Union, BKMS, presented his views on the observance of Mines Safety Week.

Shri Tiwari unfurled the safety flag as the Chief Guest of the occasion. Shri K. Hansdah, AGM (Mines) welcomed

the guests. Shri Thakre, one of the Workmens’ Inspectors, administered the safety oath. The inaugural function concluded with the vote of thanks by Shri S.K.Dagliya, AGM (Mines) & Chief Safety Officer. Shri V.N.Singh, Manager (Mines) and Safety Officer, conducted the proceedings of the inaugural function and informed about the schedule of programs and competitions to be held during the period of Safety week.

Besides the presence of the departmental heads, employees, Workmens’ Inspectors, office bearers of Officer’s Association, BKMS, INTUC, and KKMS, the occasion was graced with the presence of Dr V.K. Shukla, DGM (M&HS) and other senior officers of M/S IVRCL, an agency deployed for underground mine development work.

Shri O.N. Tiwari, ED, MCP and Unit Head, addressing the gathering on the occasion of Mines Safety Week

Industrial Safety DayIndustrial Safety Day was observed in MCP on 03.12.2015 in the memory of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy of 1984.In his inaugural speech, Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP, explained how an industrial operation can have a potential threat leading to genocide by citing the example of Bhopal Gas Tragedy.He informed that MCP has done substantial amount of work to suppress dust and noise emissions in the plant. He hailed the team of the Concentrator Plant for achieving zero-accident in the preceding year. In order to ensure safety in workplace the dictum issued by DGMS, Suraksha Meri Jimmewari Hai, should be followed, Shri Tiwari further emphasized. He also reminded the employees to take all the necessary steps to save themselves from any occupational hazard.A wide publicity campaign was launched to inculcate the safety consciousness among the employees on this day. Shri

K.L.Gautam, Office Bearer of BKMS (a recognized Union), also expressed his views on the occasion on behalf of the Union. An oath was also administered to the employees and the program was followed by inspection of Plant area by the members of Plant Safety Committee.

The gathering on the occasion of Industrial Safety Day

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KCC NEWS

Resurgent Rajasthan Investment Summit

The Government of Rajasthan organized “Resurgent Rajasthan” Investment Summit on 19th and 20th November 2015 at Sitapura Industrial area, Jaipur, for the overall economic development of the state.

On the occasion of Resurgent Rajasthan, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between Shri K.D. Diwan, Chairman cum Managing Director, Hindustan Copper Ltd. and Shri Deepak Upreti, Principal Secretary Mines & Petroleum Govt. of Rajasthan on 16.10.2015 in the Hotel Clark, Amer. The main features of the MOU are as under:

Khetri Copper Complex has planned an investment of about Rs. 900 crores for these activities in next five years to enhance the capacity of the existing mines and development of new mines in the existing mining lease area.

The Company also intends to build a state-of –the-art plant to extract minerals from the copper tails. HCL will invest in green field exploration to identify prospective areas of copper mineral in the State.

The investments in underground Copper mines development will accelerate the economic and industrial development of the state and generating employment and other ancillary benefits to its economy.

The State and the Company have arrived at an understanding to facilitate implementation of the Project in the State of Rajasthan.

On this MOU signing occasion the then S/Shri S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations), Amit Kumar Sen,ED, KCC,

Ashok Kumar Singh, AGM(Expl.), S. Dey, DGM (Mktg.), V.K. Sharma, CM(Admn.) and Vivek Gupta, TA to CMD were also present.

In order to provide an interactive platform to Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) with the CPSUs/PSUs/large scale organizations, a B-2-B meet was organized by the Government of Rajasthan with active support of the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Government of India, during the Summit.

The event was attended by investors including representatives of global and domestic MSME sector, representatives of economic development organizations, advisors, specialists, companies, Chambers of Commerce and Industries and associates.

The State Government also organized investment promotion campaigns, including investor meets, events and conferences as well as partnerships to facilitate direct investment.

The Commissioner Industries & Secretary, CSR, Govt. of Rajasthan, Shri Abhay Kumar, IAS, invited Hindustan Copper Ltd. for active participation in the summit.

S/Shri A.K. Sen, ED, KCC, S.C Mahato, DGM (M&C), A.K. Singh, AGM (Exploration), K.R.Bairwa, CM (M&C) Y.R.Meena, CM (M&C), attended the programme. The team explained the procurement needs of HCL, vendor registration procedure, purchase requirement etc. to the visitors. One-to-one discussions were also held with delegates who visited the HCL desk.

Shri K.D. Diwan, CMD, HCL, at Resurgent RajasthanShri K.D. Diwan, Chairman cum Managing Director, Hindustan Copper Ltd. and Shri Deepak Upreti, Principal Secretary Mines & Petroleum Govt. of Rajasthan after signing the MOU

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SAMVAD and Suggestions Programme at KCC

As per MOU targets for 2015-16, a programme on SAMVAD and Suggestion Scheme was organized on 26.06.2015 at the R&D Auditorium, KCC. The programme was inaugurated by Shri Naresh Kumar, GM (HR), KCC, and was attended by S/Shri V.K. Singhal, DGM (Elect.), S. C. Mahato, DGM (M&C), P.K. Kundalia, DGM (OSD), departmental head, members of various Unions, Office Bearers of Officers’ Association and other employees.

Shri Naresh Kumar, GM (HR), emphasized the need for a change in mindset in the greater interest of the organization and advised that every employee should take active part in SAMVAD programme and should give their suggestions that are helpful in enhancing production and productivity of the organization.

About hundred and five employees participated in the programme. During the programme, production, productivity and Cost Analysis of KCC Unit for the year 2014-15 and upto May 2015 was also presented. An interactive session was also held in which the employees actively participated. A similar SAMVAD-Mass Communication programme was conducted in March 2015 at the R&D Auditorium for hundred employees.

Shri Naresh Kumar, GM (HR), KCC, addressing the gathering

The gathering at the SAMVAD

Hindi Workshop at KCC

The participants at the Hindi Workshop

In order to implement Official Language and to comply with the Annual Hindi Implementation Programme, Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India, a Hindi Workshop was organized at the Training Centre, KCC on 24.06.2015. The workshop was inaugurated by Shri Amal Kanti Ghosh, the then ED, KCC. Shri Naresh

Kumar, GM (HR), KCC, addressed the participants of the workshop and emphasized on promoting the Official Language in day-to-day official work of the Company.Dr Pradeep Kumar Sharma, Dept. of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India, was the faculty of this Workshop. He very lucidly explained the

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Summer Football Training Camp at Khetri NagarUnder the auspices of the Rajasthan State Sports Council, Jaipur, a summer Football Training Camp was organized at the Nehru Maidan, Khetri Nagar, from 15.06.2015 to 30.06.2015 in which twenty junior cadre students took part. The concluding day was graced by S/Shri Naresh Kumar,

GM (HR), KCC, and Mani Ram Nayak, District Sports Officer, Jhunjhunu, on 30.06.2015. Shri Mahendra Singh Bijarnia, Junior Accountant, Finance Deptt., KCC, was also present as the Camp coordinator.

Team KCC brings laurelsMines Rescue Team of Khetri Copper Complex took part in the 46th All India Mines Rescue Competition conducted at the Manendragarh Rescue Station, South Eastern Coalfields Ltd, Manendragarh (Chhattisgarh), from 05.12.2015 to 08.12.2015. The team won 1st Prize in First Aid Theory and Practical Competition, 2nd Prize in Rescue Practical Competition and 2nd Prize in Rescue Theory Competition.

The KCC team comprised of S/Shri Sanket Kumar Toshniwal, Mgr, Mech, KCC (Team Manager), Naresh Kumar Katariya, Mgr, Mines, KCM (Captain), A T Alam, Jr. Mgr, Mines, KCC (Vice Captain), Rajkumar, Mining Mate, KCC (Member), Anoop Singh Somra, LHD Operator, KCM (Member), Banshi Lal, Hauler Operator, KCM (Member), Mohar Singh, Mining Mate, KCC (Member) and Sunil Kumar, Miner, KCM (Member).

Three members of the team namely, S/Shri Naresh Kumar Katariya (Captain), Sanket Kumar Toshniwal (FAB Controller) and A T Alam (Member), also participated in the Promotional Competition of Rescue based on international norms and won the third prize out of six participating teams.

A total of seventeen teams of coal category and six teams of non-coal category participated in the contest.

S/Shri A. K. Sen, ED, KCC, R. K. Sah, GM (Mines) and D. R. Mehta, DGM (Mines) appreciated the performance of the team and congratulated the team members. Also present were S/Shri J. Joshi, Chief Safety Officer and A. K. Sharma, Mine Rescue Superintendent.

implementation of Official Language in PSUs and the present status of Hindi in different departments of the Government of India. His address gave the participants encouragement to work in Hindi in their day-to-day official work. The Hindi workshop was attended by twenty five employees of KCC. In the concluding session, a Hindi Noting and Drafting competition was held among the participants of

the workshop and top three winners were awarded by the ED, KCC, on the occasion of 69th Independence Day, 2015 for their best performance in the said competition. All the participants applauded this Hindi Workshop and requested that such Hindi Workshops should be organized from time to time to ensure the proper implementation of the Official Language.

46 th All india Mine Rescue Competition winners with ED & other senior officials of KCC:-

From left to right (Sitting):- S/Shri Jagdish Joshi, CM(Mines), D.R. Mehta, DGM(Mines), Amit Kumar Sen, ED,KCC, Rajkumar Sah, GM(Mines), Naresh Kataria, Manager (Mines)-Team Captain, A.K. Sharma, CM(Mine).

Standing left to right: Miss Monica Sihag, AM(Mines), S/Shri Sunil Kumar, Miner, Sanket Kumar Toshniwal, Manager (Mechs)-Team Manager, Anoop Singh Somra, LHD Operator, A.T. Alam, Jr. Manager(Mine.)-Vice Captain, Mohar Singh, M/Mate, Rajkumar, M/Mate, Banshi Lal, Hauler Operator and Jagdish, Rescue Room Attendant.

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Vendor Development ProgramA state level Vendor Development Programme was organized by Khetri Copper Complex in association with MSME Development Institute, Jaipur (Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Govt. of India) on 23.09.2015 at 2.00 p.m. in the R&D Auditorium, Khetri Copper Complex, Khetri Nagar. The function was inaugurated by Shri Amit Kumar Sen, ED, KCC and around fifty vendors participated in this programme.

The programme started with lighting a lamp by the dignitaries and a welcome address by Shri K.R.Bairwa, CM (M&C), who also conducted the programme.

Shri Sushil Kumar, Asstt. Director and Shri K.C. Bhukesh, Asstt. Director from MSME and Shri Rajan Indra, Manager, National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC), Jaipur, Shri Nanu Ram, District Industrial Officer, Jhunjhunu and Shri Rohit Kumar, Exn. Public Health Engineering Department, (PHED) Khetri attended the function.

Shri K.C. Bhukesh, Asstt. Director, MSME and Shri K.R. Bairwa, CM (M&C), KCC, highlighted the theme of vendor development programme.

Shri S.C. Mahato, DGM (M&C) KCC, delivered a lecture on the procurement procedure, registration procedure, vendor rating system and annual purchase requirements of various stores of Khetri Copper Complex. He also highlighted

details of SSI registered units and procurement done as per Government guidelines to uplift SSI Industries.

Shri Sushil Kumar, Asstt. Director, MSME, Jaipur, delivered the lecture on the aim and objective of MSME. He stated that MSME has been working to fulfill its mission of promoting, aiding and fostering the growth of Small Industries and Industry related Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the country. He also informed about the MSMEs registration with NSIC under the single point registration Scheme to avail of the benefits while participating in tenders for Government Purchase.

Shri Rajan Indra, Manager, NSIC, Jaipur emphasized the need of registration of Micro and Small Industries with NSIC. He also informed about the services provided by NSIC and their benefits to the vendors.

Shri Rohit Kumar also explained their purchase procedure and invited the vendors’ participation against their tenders.

Vendors actively participated in the interactive session. DGM (M&C) and ED, KCC cleared all doubts/queries of the vendors pertaining to the HCL procurement policy. MSME and NSIC representatives also clear the queries of vendors.

The program was ended with a vote of thanks by Shri Rajiv Chordia, AGM (Civil), KCC.

Hindi Workshop at Corporate Office

A Hindi Workshop was organized on 08.01.2016 in the conference room of the Corporate Office, in which twenty employees took part.

The workshop was inaugurated by Shri Kamlesh Soni, DGM (HR) who was the Chief Guest and also distributed the prizes to the winners/participants of the various Hindi competitions held during the Hindi fortnight.

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Birsa Munda RememberedThe 115th death anniversary of Shahid Birsa Munda was observed at ICC on 09.06.2015. Rich floral tributes were offered to the statue of Birsa Munda at the Birsa Chowk, Moubhandar, by S/Shri H.C. Shrivastava, the then ED, ICC, K.P.Bisoi, AGM (HR&A), D.L.Suthar, AGM (Vig), B.N.Singhdeo, President and O.P.Singh, GS, ICC Workers’ Union. Other senior executives, representatives of registered Trade Unions and different local political leaders paid floral tributes as well.

ICC NEWS

GSA Football Champion League 2015

Shri H.C. Shrivastava, the then ED, ICC, giving away the trophy to the winning team.

A glimpse of the ladies football team

Ghatsila Sports Association (GSA) organized the GSA Football Champion League of Ghatsila Sub-Division at the Sports Club Ground from 16.06.2015 for two months. The league was sponsored under the CSR Scheme of the Company.

Shri Sanjay Singh, Actg. GM, ICC, inaugurated the match as the Chief Guest in the presence of S/Shri K.P.Bisoi, AGM (HR&A), S.S.Sethi, AGM (W) and B.N.Singhdeo, President, ICCWU. Shri Singh also interacted with the players.

The inaugural football match was played between Birsa Sports Club, Benasole, & AWC Hostel, Ghatsila. A total of thirty three teams from the surrounding villages participated in the league match. A large gathering of football enthusiasts from the surrounding areas were present including S/Shri R.S.Choudhury, AM (HR), J.K.

Upadhaya and N.K. Rai Assistant Secretaries, ICCWU, Raju Karmakar, Zila Parisad Member, Kalpana Soren, Mukhiya, West Moubhandar, S.P.Dhal, Secretary, GSA, N.L.Patel, GS, Sports Club, Moubhandar.

On 26.08.2015, the final match was played between Jharkhand Tiger, Powrah, and Birsa Sports Club, Benasole. Shri H.C. Shrivastava, the then ED, ICC, inaugurated the match as the Chief Guest. S/Shri K.P.Bisoi, AGM (HR&A) and B.N. Singhdeo, President, ICCWU were also present among others. Jharkhand Tiger, Powrah, won the match by a score of 4-3.

A football match for ladies was also organized. Ladies Football Team, Mosaboni Soccer, was the winner and was awarded cash prize amidst a large number of football enthusiasts.

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TCP visit by the then D(Op)

Shri S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations), paid a visit to the Taloja Copper Project on 12.09.2015. He was received by Shri Nandeesh H.N., DGM and Unit Head, TCP. A meeting of the departmental heads was organized and issues related to the Plant were discussed.

Shri S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations), received by Shri Nandeesh H.N., DGM and Unit Head, TCP

Shri S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations), interacting with the TCP executives

CMD Visits TCP

TCP NEWS

Shri K.D.Diwan, Chairman cum Managing Director, HCL, being received by Shri Nandeesh H.N., DGM and Unit Head, on his visit to Taloja Copper Project on 18.07.2015.

Medical CampA medical camp was organized on 19.09.2015 at the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Rakha, under the CSR Scheme of the Company. Two Lady Doctors along with paramedical staff inspected and distributed medicines to the 350 residential girls.

Shri H.C. Shrivastava, the then ED, ICC inaugurated the camp in the presence of Shri K.P.Bisoi, AGM (HR&A), P Gupta, AGM (Civil & CSR) and others. It was decided to have monthly health camps in this school under CSR after the success of this maiden initiative.

Medical Camp in Progress

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TCP Designs New Method of Charging Cathodes in the Furnace Earlier, the cathodes were charged in the melting furnace to bring it to molten state before casting it into bars. They were charged into the furnace by keeping the cathodes on top of the charging loader (as in Fig.1). By this method of charging, the cathodes created a stack and were not uniformly distributed in the furnace. The temperature of the molten metal was not uniform which affected the casting and finally the rod quality. There were always gaps on the sides of the furnace which led to constant flame arising from there. This resulted in the wastage of fuel. This method of charging always led to hanger in the furnace.

As per suggestion given by M/s Southwire, a team from the TCP Mechanical Department comprising of S/Shri

Abhishek Srivastava, Manager, K Mohammed Kutty, Chargeman and Amol Mane, Welder, fabricated the new charging bucket (as in Fig.3)

By charging the Cathodes using the new bucket (as in Fig.2) into the furnace, it has been observed that the Cathodes are uniformly distributed in the furnace which leads to maintenance of uniform temperature of molten metal, reduces fuel consumption as the entire furnace area is being covered, so no flame arises from the sides of the furnace. It also eliminates hanger in the furnace.

Charging of Cathodes by this new charging bucket is now in place at TCP.

Fig.1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3

Air Wipe Nozzle designed for Defectomat at TCP

Bengaluru Office

Defectomat is an instrument used for online detection of surface flaws and also any ferrous inclusions in 8 mm CC Rods. There is a coil in the defectomat through which the rod passes and the coil transmits the signal to the HMI from where the quality of rods is being monitored online.There was continuous failure of the detection coil because of water percolation into the coils as a result of which the Defectomat was dysfunctional for a long time.A new air wipe nozzle was developed to flush out water from the rod before entering the online monitoring coil. The air wipe consists of eight 1 mm holes along the circumference of the nozzle. Compressed Air of 6 bar pressure is connected to the nozzle which wipes out the liquid that is being carried along with the Rods before entering the Defectomat on-line monitoring coil.By installation of new air wipe nozzle there has been no coil failure and it is giving proper signal to the HMI. The online monitoring is in place which helps in detecting the defects in the 8 mm CC rods.

The Regional Sales Office –South (Bengaluru) took the initiative of reusing plastic bottles for planting indoor plants for the office—One creative step towards Swachh Bharat

Shri S. Parashar RM (South), watering a plant placed in a reused plastic bottle

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SWAChh VIdyAlAyA: WATER, SANITATION ANd hygIENE IN SChOOlS

Swachh Bharat Swachh Vidyalaya was the national campaign initiated on the clarion call of Hon’ble Prime Minister. A key feature of the campaign was to ensure that every school in India has a set of functioning and well maintained water, sanitation and hygiene facilities.

Water, sanitation and hygiene in school enables students to be healthy through improvement in their health and hygiene practices thereby improving not only children’s health, school enrolment, attendance and retention but also paves the way for a new generation of healthy children.

The benefits of water sanitation and hygiene to school children

• Water, sanitation and hygiene in schools secure a healthy environment and protect children from various diseases. It is a necessary step towards securing a healthy physical learning environment. Children who are healthy and well-nourished can fully participate in studies and derive the most from education.

• Girls are particularly vulnerable to dropping out of school, partly because they are hesitant to continue their education in an environment where safe and private toilets facilities are not available. Basic facilities that provide good hygiene and privacy, along with sensitive health promotion, help girls to stay in school and complete their education.

• Having a clean school increases a child’s pride in his or her school and community. It enables every child to become an agent of change for improving water, sanitation and hygiene practices in their families and within their community.

Key Commitments for Swachh Vidyalaya India’s strong commitment to providing schools with adequate water, sanitation and hygiene facilities is supported by legislation, championed by our Honourable Prime Minister and supported by the Right to Education Act (2009) which necessitates ensuring drinking water and sanitation facilities in schools.

The national flagship programmes, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and the Nirmal Gram Puraskar, also support this requirement. The national sanitation guidelines of Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS) provide for additional sanitation facilities in schools. Following are the key policy initiatives by Government of India.Constitution

• Article 21A : The 86th (constitutional Amendment) Act, 2002 added Article 21A to the constitutional which makes it mandatory for the state to provide free and compulsory education to all children from the age 6 to 14 years.

Legislation• Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education

(RTE) Act, 2009: It represents the consequential legislation envisaged under Article 21A of the constitution.

• The RTE Act 2009 provides a legally enforceable rights framework with certain time targets that Governments must adhere to. The Schedule to the RTE Act lays down the norms and standards (including drinking water and sanitation) for a school building.

• A school building has to be an all-weather building comprising at least one classroom for every teacher, barrier free access, separate toilets for boys and girls and safe and adequate drinking water facility for all children.

Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyaan by Hindustan Copper LimitedHindustan Copper Limited has achieved 100 % target under the Swachh Vidyalaya initiative within the prescribed time limit for which the CMD, HCL, Shri K. D. Diwan was commended by the Secretary, Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource development.

After receiving the communication from the Ministry of Mines on 16.09.2015, Hindustan Copper Limited redesigned its CSR initiative for making Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyaan a success in the FY 2014-15 itself.

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the existing CSR&S Policy of Hindustan Copper Limited, work had to be carried out in the periphery of 15-20 km of the mining Units.

This obstacle was removed by amending the CSR&S Policy by Board in its Meeting dated 13.11.2014 in which the geographical area was extended to beyond the 15-20 km of the Unit but within the State in which the Units are located.

By this time the nearby schools were already ‘blocked’ on the Website of MHRD by other organizations. Thus Hindustan Copper Limited had to block schools on MHRD’s Website which were quite far from its mining Units.

Hindustan Copper Limited was allotted the construction/repair of 203 toilets in twelve districts. The work was

HCL downloaded the list of schools for the Blocks in the area of operation of its mining Units which did not have toilet facilities. On the basis of quick assessment done by the Units and the available Baseline Survey Report (2008) on the number of villages (that have no schools with toilets) falling within the operational area of 15-20 kms of the three mining Units, an Action Plan was firmed up.

However, subsequently the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) made it mandatory to block on its Website the schools in which an organization plans to construct/repair the toilets and seek the approval from the respective State Government before proceeding with the work.

This requirement was fulfilled though it took lot of effort as lot of organizations were simultaneously blocking the schools and there was a constraint regarding the geographical area for the CSR&S activities because as per

executed through NGO’s in Rajasthan and Jharkhand and through ‘School management Committees’ under the supervision of ‘Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan’ and ‘Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyaan’ in Madhya Pradesh.

As can be seen from the above table, the allotted schools were located in different districts in Rajasthan and Jharkhand, hundreds of kilometers away from our mining Units.

Even in the district Balaghat (Madhya Pradesh), the schools were located in three different ‘Blocks’ i.e. Birsa, Lanji and Lal Burra at a distance of 110-120 km from Malanjkhand Copper Project. Some of them were located even in remote jungles.

The monitoring of the work took lot of efforts on the part of the officials of Hindustan Copper Limited as they had to visit the site at every level, i.e. foundation, plinth level, lintel level, roof level etc.

In the meeting on 05.06.2015 for the review of progress of ‘Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyaan’ the Deputy Mission Director, Rajya Shiksha Kendra, Bhopal, announced that only Hindustan Copper Limited, amongst all the Public Sector Undertakings working in Madhya Pradesh, has successfully completed the work in the toilets allotted to them.

Similarly, in a status review meeting conducted in Jaipur, the State Government official lauded the successful completion of the ‘Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyaan’ by HCL in Rajasthan. They also found the Company’s contribution in ‘Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyaan’ to be exemplary.

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VIgIlANCE C

ORNER

Vigilance Awareness Week

The Vigilance Awareness Week 2015 was celebrated from 26.10.2015 to

31.10.2015, as per guidelines prescribed by the Central Vigilance Commission

(CVC). The theme of this year’s celebration was “Preventive Vigilance as a Tool of Good

Governance”.

Detailed instructions and guidelines were issued to all the employees of the Corporate Office as well as the

Units and the Regional Sales Offices to observe the Week effectively. As desired by the Central Vigilance Commission, banners were prominently displayed during the Week at all the HCL Units and offices.

The Week was inaugurated at 11 A.M. on 26.10.2015 by administering the pledge, both in Hindi and English separately in all Units and Offices of HCL. Thereafter, the messages received from the Hon’ble President of India, the Hon’ble Vice-President of India, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, the Hon’ble Home Minister, the Hon’ble Minister of Steel & Mines, the Comptroller & Auditor General of India and the Central Vigilance Commission were also read out as well as displayed prominently on the Notice Boards in all the Units and Offices.

On the occasion of Vigilance Awareness Week 2015 an event was organized at the Corporate Office on 29.10.2015 where the executives were sensitized about the importance of adopting preventive vigilance measures.

The event was graced by S/Shri K.D. Diwan, Chairman cum Managing Director, HCL, Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations) and

V.V. Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance). Shri Diwan, CMD, addressed the gathering and emphasized on the importance of formulating and adopting preventive vigilance measures for ensuring good governance. The importance of line managers in devising proper checks and balances in the system was also stressed upon.

Shri Diwan also formally released a Vigilance Bulletin with messages from the CMD and the CVO, HCL, highlighting Do’s and Don’ts and some common irregularities, during the course of the event.

In accordance with the CVC instructions, several programmes were organized to create general awareness amongst students.

At the Corporate Office, an event was organized at the International Management Institute (IMI), Kolkata, on 16.10.2015 wherein the students participated in a debate on the subject “Only Government Agencies can play effective role in curbing corruption”. Prior to the debate, a presentation was made by Shri Rakesh Kumar, CVO, HCL, on the need to be vigilant against evils of corruption. The presentation was attended by more than fifty students and faculty members of the IMI. Ms. Naina Choudhary was adjudged the winner while Mr Jithin Tom Philip was the runner-up.

In order to create awareness about the evils of corruption, a number of events were organized in the Units involving the students of ninth standard onwards belonging to nearby schools.

At ICC, an Inter School Debate Competitions on the topic “Is Right to Information an Effective Tool to Fight Corruption” was held in four different schools.

Debate in Progress in ICCShri K.D. Diwan, Chairman Cum Managing Director, HCL, Inaugurating The Vigilance Bulletin. Also in the picture was Shri Anupam Anand Director (Personnel) and Shri S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations)

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In Kendriya Vidyalaya, Surda, the debate was held on 29.10.15 in which fourteen students took part. The first, second and third prizes were awarded to Arnaav Aanand, Class X, Annu Khemka, Class X and Divya Bera, Class IX respectively. About five hundred students and twenty five teachers attended the event.

In Sant Nandlal Smriti Vidya Mandir, Ghatsila, eighteen students took part. The first, second and third prizes were awarded to Ritika Agarwal, Class XII,, Nikita Verma, Class XI,

Pragati Kumari, Class XI, and Shailza Krishna Rakesh, Class IX, respectively. About one hundred and seventy five students and thirty teachers attended the event.

In Jagadish Chandra High School, Ghatsila, the debate was held on 30.10.2015 in which fourteen students took part amidst a gathering of seven hundred students and thirty teachers. The first, second and third prizes were awarded to Tushar Soni, Class IX, Rakesh Mahato, Class IX, and Sourabhi Chakraborty, Class IX, respectively.

At the St. Joseph’s Convent High School, Mosaboni, twenty four students participated in the Debate Competition on 31.10.2015 in front of a gathering of four hundred and fifty students and twenty five teachers. The first, second and third prizes were awarded to Arunaava Ghosh, Class X, Poushali

Sahu, Class X, and Syed Anas Ali, Class X, respectively.

The HCL executives and the Heads of the Institutions addressed the students on these occasions.

Further at the Unit, an essay writing competition on the topic, “Curbing Corruption through Good Governance Practices” was also organized for the children of the employees studying in Classes X to XII. A total of twenty six students participated and the top three winners were, Ankit Kansal, Class XII, Nishu Niharika, Class XII and Atoshi Chatterjee, Class X respectively.

An essay competition on “Curbing Corruption through Good Governance Practices” was also organized for the employees in which twenty one of them took part. The top three winners were S/Shri S.P. Dutta, CM (Refractory), Abhishek Pareek, Mgr(M&C) and A.K. Sinha, AGM(Chem.)respectively.

In KCC, An Inter School essay writing competition on the topic, “Anti-Corruption Measures in India” (both in Hindi and English) was organized amongst twenty four students from twelve nearby schools. The students were addressed by Shri A.K. Sen, Executive Director & Unit Head, KCC, on this occasion.

A glimpse of essay writing competition in KCCA gathering of students in ICC

A glimpse of the Essay competition on the occasion at ICC

Debate in Progress in ICC

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Speech competition on the topic of “Preventive Vigilance as a Tool of Good Governance” was organized at KCC amongst the workmen and executives in which the top three winners were S/Shri Ram Singh Khedar, Fitter “A’ Khetri Mines, Munna Lal Jaidia, PA to DGM (M&C), and Hanuman Panwar, Chargeman (Mech.), Kolihan Mines while Shri Jai Singh Karwasara, Assistant, Office of DGM(Mech.) took away the consolation prize in the Workmen category.In the Executive Category, S/Shri Rajeev Chordia, AGM(Civil), Binayak Sahoo, Mgr.(Mines)/Mine Planning, and Sanket Toshniwal, Mgr.(Mech.), Khetri Mines were awarded in the top three while Shri Anirban Dutta, CM(Mech.), Khetri Mines, took home the consolation prize. The Vigilance Awareness Week celebrations in ICC and KCC received wide coverage in the local newspapers. In MCP, elocution competitions separately for Classes IX – X and XI – XII on the topic, “Corruption in Government Institutions – Causes & Remedies” was organized in four local schools and twenty five students took part in total. Shri O.N. Tiwari, Executive Director and Unit Head, MCP, addressed the students from Govt. H.S.S., Govt. Residential Model H.S.School, Kendriya Vidyalaya and D.A.V. HCL Public School.

Debate in progress in MCP

Pledge being taken at the Delhi Office

Shri O.N. Tiwari, ED, MCP addressing the gathering on the concluding ceremony

The top three winners in two categories were: Vani Bishen, Garima Mishra and Shreya Nema from the tenth standard and Preeti Mandle, Swati Mandle from the eleventh and Kiran Admache from the twelfth standard respectively.

Essay competition on the topic of “Preventive Vigilance as a Tool of Good Governance” was organized for the employees in which S/Shri Adwait Kumar, AGM (Elect.), P.K. Behera, AGM (Project - Elect.) and D.L. Mandle, Sr. HEME Operator came first, second and third respectively.

At the Delhi Office, in the essay competition on “Preventive Vigilance as a Tool of Good Governance”, Smt Renu Gulati, Sr. Mgr (OL) was the winner. An interactive session was also organized in Delhi Office where Shri Rajender Goel, DGM, SAIL, enlightened the participants on various aspects of vigilance and public procurement as the Chief Guest and also gave away the prize to the winner of the essay competition.

Pledge taking at KCC with Shri Amit Sen, ED, KCC

The top three winners in English were, Lokesh Verma from Vivekanand Public School, Rajota, Khetri, Jayati Srivastava from Sophia Secondary School, Khetri Nagar and Chanchal Yadav from Modern Public Sr. Sec. School, Singhana, while Ankita Sharma from New Indian Sr. Sec. School, Singhana took home the consolation prize.

The top three winners in Hindi were Pranshi Katyal from Sophia Secondary School, Khetri Nagar, Preeti Jangir from Saraswati Sikshan Sansthan, Khetri Nagar and Priyanshu Negi from Vivekanand Public School, Rajota, Khetri, while Nisha Saini from Career Shaper Sr. Sec.School, Khetri Nagar took home the consolation prize.

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'Preventive Vigilance as a Tool of Good Governance' is the theme adopted by the CVC for this year's Vigilance Awareness Week. Accordingly, the Vigilance Wing of Hindustan Copper has come out with this publication to sensitize all concerned about the need to adopt preventive measures. It is hereby clarified that the points mentioned here are only illustrative. Since vigilance is the responsibility of everyone in the Organization, all of us should work together in strengthening the clean image of the Corporation’s governance.

From CVO’s Pen

DO’s v Always take prompt action to redress the complaints or grievances of the people, wherever possible. If you have to say ‘no’ to somebody, say the same very politely, but firmly. It is better to say ‘no’ and decide than to keep the matters pending.

v Create a ‘vigilance friendly’ environment in the Organization through your own positive, transparent, fair and timely actions.

v Do ensure that P.Q. criteria is clearly specified and is not made in such a way to facilitate selected bidders.

v Remember always that Vigilance is the function of all employees having supervisory responsibility, not of Vigilance department alone, as Vigilance is primarily a management function.

v Remember always that corruption starts in a small way, it would thus be wise to nip the evil in the bud.

v Consider Vigilance Deptt. as a friend of the organization and extend your wholehearted co-operation.

v Always keep yourself updated regarding rules, regulations, policies, guidelines, procedures, practices etc. in the Organization.

v Publicize the Rules and Procedures as widely as possible in simple words and make them less cumbersome.

v Always ensure that the members of the Interview Board / Selection Committee are officers / persons of known integrity.

v Send the circulars in connection with requirement of officials on deputation from other department,

DO’s & DONT’s - Compiled by Vigilance Department, HCL

interview letters, appointment letters, invariably through registered post (A/D) so as to maintain record

of dispatch of such letters. v Every employee should spend the public

money most frugally in the same way as a person of ordinary prudence would do concerning his own money.

v Do ensure compliance to the purchase procedure while clearing the purchase proposals.

v Follow scrupulously all laid down procedures / record reasons for deviations and get the same approved by the Competent Authority.

DON’Ts v Do not make attempt to flout or circumvent or short-circuit the Rules or Regulations, to suit vested interests; it may cost you heavily in the long run.

v Don’t misuse any amenity provided by the Company. v Do not fail to report to your Controlling / Competent Authority when you apply to be declared or are adjudged or declared insolvent by any court of jurisdiction.

v Don’t deal with firms giving incomplete address or particulars. Go into antecedents of such firms wherever required. Verify bonafide of the firms, which furnish addresses like “C/o Post Box No.”

v Don’t forget to follow proper channel for making application for employment elsewhere.

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v Never go beyond the provisions of a Contract / Purchase order during execution of work or procurement of material.

v Do not change the specifications after acceptance of tender.

v Do not split orders to bring it within the powers of a lower authority.

v Don’t use Company’s assets for unlawful purposes or for personal gains nor do disclose without authority or misuse electronic data.

v Never delay refunding Earnest Money Deposits (EMD) to unsuccessful bidders.

v Use of phrase ‘similar work’ in advertisement but the same is not properly defined or given a restrictive definition resulting in disqualification of even eligible firms.

v P.Q. criteria relaxed during evaluation of tenders. v No provision for Earnest Money Deposit / Security Deposit made in the tender documents.

v Tenders not opened in the public though offers were invited through tender box.

v Improper planning resulting in expiry of guarantee of equipments before installation.

v Arbitrary invitation of bids which avoided fair competition.

v Failure to forfeit security deposit, encashment of the Bank Guarantee in lieu of Performance Guarantee or any other guarantee on default by the contractor.

v The Disciplinary Authority should not invoke his inherent powers to drop the charges after the appointment of IO / PO.

v While giving judgement, the Disciplinary Authority should not be biased.

v Don’t defer the recoveries due from contractors / employees on account of Advances, PF, Conveyance, Festival Advance etc.

v Don’t forget to intimate to the Competent Authority, as soon as a dependent family member does not remain dependent on you because of employment, marriage or otherwise.

v Don’t miss to bring to the notice of the head of department details of inventories lying unused in stores.

v Do not be illogical and arbitrary in your decision. v Avoid misuse of identity cards / passes.

Some Common Irregularities / Pointsto be taken Note of

- Compiled by Vigilance Department, HCL

v Terms and conditions as mentioned in Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) having been diluted at the time of signing of agreement.

v Acceptance of bank guarantee of value lower than stipulated in the conditions and release of extra payment without ensuring admissibility of the contractor.

v In disregard of Vigilance Commission’s guidelines, details of awarded tenders not available on the organization’s website.

v Resorting to press release of NIT in anticipation of approval of NIT.

v Appointing Consultant in an ad-hoc and arbitrary manner.

v Delay in processing of bills. v Estimated Cost not arrived at on realistic basis. v Award of work at a much higher rate than the estimated cost.

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INdEPENdENCE dAy

The 69th Independence Day was celebrated with full festivity and zeal in the Corporate Office and Units.

At the Corporate Office, the Tricolour was hoisted by Shri K.D. Diwan, CMD, HCL, in the presence of S/Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations), V.V. Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance), and Rakesh Kumar, Chief Vigilance Officer and other employees.

Shri Diwan, in his address, remembered the great freedom fighters and said that it is a collective responsibility of the people to take India to greater heights.

In order to fulfill the vision of the Company, the employees will have to have the “Belief & Commitment” in themselves, he said. He added that the achievement in the financial year 2014-15 has been subdued mainly on account of the factors beyond control. Nevertheless, he expressed happiness while informing that team HCL has been able to arrest the decline by implementing various internal improvements and saving programs that have yielded revenue gain of Rs 40.0 crore during the year.

Shri Diwan said that he was confident that the saving measures undertaken needs to be continued with relentless

commitment and extended with enhanced vigor in coming years as well and expressed his confidence in the workforce and said that together the organisation can achieve the intended savings of Rs 45.0 crore in 2015-16.

He also apprised the gathering of the situation in the global metals sector looks bleak and challenging. The global market is facing slowdown of demand of Copper in China. The LME price of Copper is at six year low and prices are very near to breakeven point level.

However, he noted that it was heartening to see that compared to last year, metal-in-concentrate production is increasing, production in the month of July 2015 has been best in last 28 months. Malanjkhand and Khetri Units have to take the lead in this area. Fixed cost accounts for 75% of the cost of Khetri production, therefore there was an urgent need to increase MIC production at least to 1000 MT per month, he added.

On the expansion front, the Company’s flagship project of Malanjkhand underground mine has commenced at site and in the course of the year he was hopeful of getting all the relevant statutory clearances.

Shri K.D. Diwan, CMD, HCL,hoisting the Tricolour in the presence of S/Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations), V.V. Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance), Rakesh Kumar, Chief Vigilance Officer and other employees

Shri K.D. Diwan, CMD, HCL, addressing the gathering in the presence of S/Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), S. Nanda, the then Director (Operations), V.V. Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance), and Rakesh Kumar, Chief Vigilance Officer and other employees

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Shri Diwan talked about the acquisition of Jhagadia Copper Limited, a state-of-the-Art technology plant, which will increase production capacity of refined Copper by 50,000 MT. This fifth Unit of the Company has been rechristened as Gujarat Copper Project. The acquisition will compliment the exiting smelting business and will induce more flexibility in the operations.

Under the Swachh Bharat Mission, he was glad to inform that HCL has achieved 100% target that was set by the Government of India.

Shri Diwan also threw light on the fact that HCL has been committed towards inclusive growth and has consequently earmarked two percent of profit towards CSR activities. The CSR project of ‘Systematic Rice Intensification’ at Ghatsila has been conferred the SKOCH Order of Merit for CSR and has been selected as one of the best projects in the country.

He encouraged the employees to come forward and actively participate in fora like “Samvad”, “Quality Circle”, “Srijan” and others to enhance productivity with cost reduction in mind. He also mentioned how Quality Circle teams of Khetri & Taloja have brought laurels to the Company at national level events and house journal “Tamralipi” have received a number of awards.

In conclusion, he advised the Copper family collective, to update the technological developments and knowledge on

Shri O.N. Tiwari, ED, MCP, unfurling the National Tricolour

Shri O.N. Tiwari, ED, MCP, inspecting the Guard of Honour

a continuous basis and work with innovative attitude for the growth of the organization to meet competition.

Shri Diwan gave away the scholarships for the session 2014-15 under the Company’s Grant of Scholarship to the Employees’ Children Rule-2007 to the wards of the employees.

In MCP, Shri O.N. Tiwari, Executive Director and Unit Head, MCP, unfurled the National Tricolour as the Chief Guest amidst a huge gathering of senior executives, Union Members, other employees and locals.

Flag hoisting was followed by rendition of the national anthem by the school students. Shri Tiwari also inspected the Guard of Honour presented by the security contingents and the school children. The audience was deeply touched by the beautiful rendition of the patriotic songs presented by the students of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Malanjkhand. Shri A.K. Sharma read out the Independence Day Message of Shri K.D.Diwan, CMD, HCL.

Shri Tiwari, in his address, said that in view of the diminishing trend of Copper ore in open cast mining and that of LME prices of Copper, the fast implementation of the underground mines project at MCP is the only feasible option. Shri Tiwari emphasized on the skill development of the local youth so that they are employable in the upcoming underground mining project of MCP.

Taking note of the Company’s contribution under the Corporate Social Responsibility Scheme, Shri Tiwari, informed that, in addition to various ongoing work,

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refurbishment of Karamsara school building is in progress. To comply with the directives of the Government under the Prime Minister’s ambitious project “Swachha Bharat Mission”, MCP has already successfully completed the construction of fifty three new toilets as well as refurbishing and renovation of another fifty four toilets in the schools across the Balaghat District.

Taking stock of the Company’s business in the last fiscal, Shri Tiwari expressed his gratitude to all the departments of MCP for their praiseworthy contribution towards the holistic performance of the Company. He also gave his compliments to BKMS, a recognized Union of MCP, KKMS,

INTUC, OA and employees in general for their valuable contribution towards maintaining healthy industrial relations and team work in the project.

A total of twenty one wards of employees of MCP, who excelled in the academics, were awarded Scholarship for the session 2014-15 under the Company’s Grant of Scholarship to Employees’ Children Rule, 2007.

The Ladies Club, MCP, distributed fruits to the inmates of the project hospital. Curtains came down on the Independence Day celebrations with a plantation programme organized in the Shri Sanatan Dham Mandir premises.

KCC celebrated the 69h Independence Day at Nehru Maidan, Khetri Nagar, where Shri Amit Kumar Sen, ED, KCC unfurled the National Flag as the Chief Guest of this occasion. He also inspected the parade contingents comprising of the security personnel, NCC Cadets and school students.

Shri O.N. Tiwari, ED, MCP, participating in a plantation programme organized in the Shri Sanatan Dham Mandir premises

Shri Amit Kumar Sen, ED, KCC reading out the Independence Day message of Shri K.D.Diwan, CMD, HCL.

Shri Amit Kumar Sen, ED, KCC, paying respect to the Tricolour on the occasion of Independence Day

Shri Amit Kumar Sen, ED, KCC, and Unit Head, read out the CMD, HCL’s Independence Day Message in English and Shri Naresh Kumar, GM (HR) delivered the Hindi version of the message. Shri Sen informed the gathering of the present scenario and future plans of the Company vis-à-vis KCC. He sought full co-operation from everybody for achieving higher targets and overcoming the challenges. He complimented the role of the employees, Trade Unions, Mahila Samaj and the people in general for maintaining an atmosphere of peace and harmony. He thanked the schools and the security personnel for putting up a grand show during Independence Day celebrations at the Nehru Maidan, Khetri Nagar.

On this occasion, forty employees of KCC were rewarded under the Srijan Suggestion Scheme of the Company and Shri Amit Sen stressed on the fact that other employees should come up with suggestion for improvement of performance at KCC.

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Shri Amit Kumar Sen, ED, KCC, inspecting the Guard of Honour

Shri H.C. Shrivastava, the then ED, ICC, hoisting the Tricolour on the occasion of Independence Day

Shri H.C. Shrivastava, the then ED, ICC, inspecting the Guard of Honour

A glimpse of the cultural event

There is a tradition of rewarding two best workers of KCC under the auspices of R.C. Memorial Trust. For the year 2014-2015, Shri Sultan Singh, Welder ’B’, KCC Mines, was awarded the Gold Medal and Shri Shrawan Ram, Helper, Concentrator Plant, was awarded the Silver Medal for their exemplary work.

In a bid to implement Official Language, a Hindi Workshop was organized on 24.06.2015 at KCC and a Hindi Noting and Drafting competition was held as the concluding

session. The top three employees of KCC were rewarded on Independence Day.

Parade contingents belonging to different schools had put up three best performances and were awarded with rolling shields. The best parade was performed by the boys of Rajasthan Sr. Secondary School. Girls from Sophia School came a close second. The girls from Central Academy came third. The parade band conducted by students of Sophia School received huge applause and a glittering shield for their sterling performance. Later in the day, fruits were distributed to the inmates of KCC Hospital by Shri Amit Sen, ED, KCC.

In ICC, Shri H.C. Shrivastava, the then ED, ICC, and the Chief Guest offered rich floral tributes to the martyrs at the Shahid Sthal along with S/Shri K.P. Bisoi, AGM (HR&A), Sanjay Singh, AGM(ES-W), S.S. Sethi, AGM(W), S. Bhaskar Rao, AGM(PPC & R&D) and President, Officers’ Association, ICC Unit, B.N. Singhdeo, President, ICCWU O.P. Singh, GS, ICCWU, Smt. Geeta Shrivastava, the then President, Ladies Club and other senior executives and employees.

Shri Shrivastava as Chief Guest hoisted the national flag which was followed by the rendition of the national anthem at the Tamra Pratibha Manch Ground. Thereafter, he inspected the parades of the security contingents and school students.

Shri Shrivastava in his address emphasized on the need to complete the mini shutdown process which was undertaken on 03.08.2015 within the targeted period so that ICC Smelter could achieve new heights in production through cost-

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efficient measures. He also read out the Independence Day message of CMD, HCL on the occasion.

He also mentioned the various welfare measures undertaken for the employees such as repairs of quarters and township roads, facilities of drinking water and sports, providing sufficient lighting arrangements in public places etc.

Shri B.N. Singhdeo, President, ICCWU in his Independence Day message appealed for better production and productivity.

Shri Shrivastava handed over Scholarship Certificates to twenty six wards of the employees awarded under the Hindustan Copper Employees Grant of Scholarship to Employees’ Children Rules-2007 for the academic year 2014-2015.

A number of cultural events and competitions were organized for the school children and Smt Geeta Srivastava, President, Ladies Club distributed prizes to the winners.

A tug-of-War Competition between ICC Red Team Vs ICC Blue team was organized. Executives and Union Officials participated in this thoroughly enjoyable competition.

Smt. Geeta Srivastava, the then President, Ladies Club, distributed fruits to the inmates of ICC Works Hospital, Moubhandar.

The tricolour was also unfurled at the Moubhandar Works by Shri Sanjay Singh, AGM (ES-W), at the Surda Mines by Shri Deepak Srivastava, AGM (Project), at the Mosaboni Concentrator Plant by Shri Parvez Alam, Mines Manager. At ICC Workers’ Union Office, the tricolor was hoisted by Shri O.P. Singh, GS, ICCWU, and at Bari Maidan by Shri B.N. Singhdeo, President of ICCWU and various others registered Union Offices, clubs etc.

Tug of War Competition between ICC Red Team Vs ICC Blue team

Shri Nandeesh H N, G.M., TCP and Unit Head inspecting the Guard of Honour

Shri Nandeesh H N, G.M., TCP and Unit Head addressing the gathering on the occasion of Independence Day

Shri Nandeesh H N, G.M., TCP and Unit Head paying tribute to the Tricolour

In TCP, Shri Nandeesh H N, G.M., TCP and Unit Head, unfurled the National Flag and addressed the gathering of employees and their families. He also read out CMD’s Independence Day message during the ceremony.

Meritorious children were awarded cash prizes by Shri Nandeesh H N and Smt Sujatha Nandeesh for their excellent academic performance for the Academic Year 2014-15.

Under the HCL Grant of Scholarship to Employees’ Children Rules – 2007, children of following employees were awarded Scholarship for the year 2014-15 by GM/TCP:

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RAjbhAShA SAPTAh

The Annual Rajbhasha Saptah (Hindi Week) was celebrated at the Corporate Office and the Units

At the Corporate Office, three competitions were held for twenty employees. A Hindi workshop was also organized by the Corporate Office on 20.08.2015 in the run up to the Rajbhasha Week. The guest speaker was Shri Buddhi Nath Mishra, eminent poet, lyricist and scholar of the Hindi language. The session was presided over by Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel) and it was hugely appreciated by the gathering of twenty.

At MCP, Rajbhasha Week was celebrated with various programs and competitions conducted for a large number of Hindi speaking and non-Hindi speaking employees, school children and housewives. Prizes and certificates were given away to the winners in a concluding ceremony held at the Sanatan Dharm Mandir premises on 17.10.2015. The Project Head Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP, was the Chief Guest of the occasion.

Shri Buddhi Nath Mishra, eminent poet, lyricist and scholar of the Hindi language addressing the session that was presided over by Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel)

Shri Tiwari, ED, MCP, addressing the gathering of employees

Shri Tiwari addressed the large gathering of audience comprising of employees and their families, office bearers of recognised Unions, BKMS, KKMS, INTUC, Officers’ Association and Sarwajanik Durga Ewam Dussehra Samiti, Malanjkhand, and the locals. In his address he mentioned the cultural programs like poetic symposium or the ones based on folk art organized by the Company every year as a part of Rajbhasha Saptah and commented that these programs help us connect with the mass which in turn results in goodwill. On this occasion, the five employees under the Incentive Scheme for Promotion of Official Work in Hindi, for the Calendar Year-2014 were also felicitated by the Chief Guest, Shri Tiwari, ED, MCP. Shri Paramjeet Singh, Chief Manager (Security & Estate) was awarded the first prize, S/Shri T.C.Sandilya, Dy. Manager (HR) and S.D.Pashine, Dy. Manager (Finance) stood second while S/Shri R.B.Sahu, Security Supervisor and Premraj Meena, Security Supervisor took away the third prizes.The Prize Distribution Ceremony was followed by a poetic symposium (Kavi Sammelan). The poets that took part were: 1.Shri Dinesha Dehati, Tirodi, MP 2. Shri Braj Kishor Patel, Hoshangabad, MP 3. Dr Subodh Gaur, Korba, Chattisgarh 4 .Ms. Sarita Saroj, Gondia, M.S. 5. Shri Yusuf ‘Sagar’, Bhilai, Chattisgarh 6. Shri Pramod Sahu, Tumsar, M.S. and 7. Shri Anuj Tiwari, Amai, MP.

Kavi Sammelan in progress

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In KCC, the Hindi Diwas messages of Shri K.D.Diwan, CMD, HCL and Shri Rajnath Singh, the Honourable Minister of Home Affairs were read out by S/Shri Amit Kumar Sen, ED, KCC and Naresh Kumar, GM (HR), respectively to the gathering of the employees. During the week seven Hindi competitions were organized for a large number of employees.

In ICC, Shri H.C. Shrivastava, the then ED, ICC, inaugurated the first day of the Hindi Week on 14.09.2015 and read out the message of the Hon’ble Home Minister, Govt. of India. He also expressed his views on the importance of giving due recognition to Hindi in daily work.

Employees participating in the Hindi Noting and Drafting competition.

Shri H.C.Shrivastava, the then ED, ICC, reading out the message of the Hon’ble Home Minister, Govt. of India

Shri Nandeesh H.N., DGM, TCP and Unit Head, reading out Home Minister's and the CMD's messages

Participants in one of the competitions

Shri K.P.Bisoi, AGM (HR&A) read out the message of Shri K.D. Diwan, CMD, HCL, to the employees. Shri S. Shivdarshi, CM (A&S) & in-charge, Official Language, highlighted the weeklong activities in the presence of senior executives.

On the occasion, cash prizes were awarded to the employees by Shri Shrivastava, the then ED, ICC, under the Incentive Scheme of Promotion of doing official work in Hindi.

Various competitions were organized for Hindi and non-Hindi speaking employees, Ladies Club members and school children during the week and winners were duly awarded.

In TCP, the Hindi Diwas messages of Shri K.D.Diwan, CMD, HCL and Shri Rajnath Singh, the Honourable Minister of Home Affairs were read out by Shri Nandeesh H.N., DGM, TCP, and Unit Head. He also addressed the gathering on the occasion of Hindi Week and gave away the awards to the winners of the various competitions on 19.09.2015.

OBITUARYShri Jayanta Sarkar, STS, I.D.No. 84110, Tank House

Department, had joined ICC on 30.03.1984, passed away on 19.03.2015. He is survived by his wife, father and a

daughter.

The Copper family offers condolences to the bereaved family.

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AChIEVEMENTS

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MCPC.B.S.E. Class – XII Science StreamC.B.S.E. Class – X, Kendriya Vidyalaya,

Malanjkhand

Ankita Dash, D/o Shri Sitendu Dash, AGM (Systems), scored an aggregate of 92.3% in ICSE with 99% in Computer Application. She is now pursuing higher secondary education at DPS, Ruby Park, Kolkata.

Satwik Gupta, S/o Dr. B.P. Gupta and Dr Sangita Gupta, both Medical Superintendents, MCP Hospital, have secured an aggregate of 95.4 % from DAV Public School, Kota (Rajasthan).

Mayur Karthik, S/o Shri Kumar Swamy, Chief Manager (Conc.), have secured an aggregate of 10 Grade Points.

Trisha Chowdhury, D/o Shri Swapan Chowdhury, LDC, Administration Department has secured an aggregate of 90.33% in the Central Board of Secondary Education.

Ashish Meravi, S/o Bhupendra Singh Meravi, Storekeeper, have secured an aggregate of 72.8% from Central Academy, Malanjkhand.

Preeti Mandle, D/o Shri D.L. Mandle, Sr. H.E.M.E Operator, have secured an aggregate of 9.8 Grade Points.

Prakhar Dave, S/o Dr. Medha Dave, Chief Medical Superintendent, MCP Hospital, and Shri Praveen Dave, CM (Mines), have secured an aggregate of 9.2 Grade Points.

Sayantan Das, S/o Shri Sanjay Das, LDC, Administration Department, has secured an aggregate of 94.58% and has ranked 10th in the North 24 Pargana District in West Bengal Board of Secondary Education.

Karishma Wasnik, D/o Kalicharan Wasnik, Jr. Mgr. (Maintenance), have secured an aggregate of 91.2% from Sagar Public School, Bhopal.

Swati Mandle, D/o Shri D.L. Mandle, Sr. H.E.M.E Operator, have secured an aggregate of 10 Grade Points.

Anwesha Lahiri, D/o Smt Sampa Chakrabarty Lahiri, CM (Corporate Communications), scored an aggregate of 85% in Madhyamik Examination conducted by West Bengal Board of Secondary Education with 90% in the Science stream. She is presently pursuing her Higher Secondary studies in Science.

Dr. Kaustubha S.Gour, S/o Shri S.R.Gour, AGM (Concentrator), MCP, has ranked 13th in the Entrance Examination for admission to MS degree conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. He joined AIIMS, Delhi for MS studies on 01.01.2016. He also secured 4th Rank in the similar

examination conducted by the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh this year. Dr. Kaustubha had completed his MBBS with merit from Govt. Medical College Hubli, affiliated to Karnataka Institute of Medical Science.

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Kumudini Rajora, D/o Shri J.K. Rajora, CM (Chemical), working in the Vigilance Department, Delhi Office, has secured an aggregate of 9.4 Grade Points in C.B.S.E. Class X examinations of session 2013-15.

Delhi Office

TCP

ICC

Higher Secondary Certificate, Maharashtra State Board

Senior Secondary Certificate, Maharashtra State Board

Ashwini M. Thakare, D/o Shri Madhukar S. Thakare, Supervisor (Mat.), has obtained a first class degree in Master of Computer Applications from the University of Mumbai.

Prathmesh D. Zuge, S/o Shri Dilip K. Zuge, Chargeman, passed with an aggregate of 69.69%.

Ritik D. Gaikar, S/o Shri Dilip N. Gaikar, Sr. Electrician, passed with an aggregate of 93.60%.

Sumeet S. Patil, S/o Shri Sharad N. Patil, Technician, passed with an aggregate of 62.15%.

Suyog S. Bhandari, S/o Sanjay G. Bhandari, Sr. Storekeeper, passed with an aggregate of 88.80%.

Aparna Shubhra, D/o Shri Samir Kumar Jha, CM(Chemical), PPC has cracked the TISSNET Examination and has got admission in M.A in Water Policy and Governance at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.

Akanksha D. Zuge, D/o Shri Dilip K. Zuge, Chargeman, passed with an aggregate of 87%.

Rishikesh C. Mahajan, S/o Chandrakant N. Mahajan, Sr. Technician, passed with an aggregate of 75%.

Amit Kumar, S/o Shri Nawal Singh, Sr. Chargeman, E.R. Plant, has secured 99.41% in CAT-2014. He got interview calls from all the IIMs that included three premier ones namely, IIM-A, IIM-B and IIM-C though finally got into the IIM, Bangalore. He did B.Tech from IIT Guwahati and had worked in Reliance, Jamnagar.

Debankita De, D/o. Shri Debasis De, AGM (Finance), secured 94.80% marks in the Science stream of C.B.S.E. Class – XII from Sai International School, Bhubaneswar.

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R. Abhishek, S/o Shri Pashupati Rajak, AGM (Mech.), got through IIT BHU (Banaras Hindu University) and joined the Electrical Engineering Department in July, 2015.

Suman Kasana, D/o Shri Mahaveer Prasad, CRO, Power House, passed C.B.S.E. Class X with an aggregate of 8.8 Grade Points from Central Academy, Khetri Nagar, in the academic year 2014-15.

Mohit Kumar, S/o Shri Mahendra Kumar Sen, PA, Law Department, was awarded by Shri Naresh Kumar, GM (HR), KCC, with a memento and citation for his sterling performance in the Summer Football Training Camp on the concluding day of the Camp on 30.06.2015.

Jatin Kumar Meena S/o Shri Mani Ram Meena, Field Clerk, PPC Deptt. Class 11th, Central Academy, Khetri Nagar, had won the under-19 (Doubles) in the Inter-school Badminton Tournament 2015 organized by the Copper Club, Khetri Nagar.

Ankur Chawala, S/o Shri Keshar Chawala, Staff Car Driver, Admn. Department Class 12th, Central Academy, Khetri Nagar, had won the under-19 (Doubles) in the Inter-school Badminton Tournament 2015 organized by the Copper Club, Khetri Nagar.

Neha Gupta, D/o Shri Sunil Kumar Gupta, Helper, KCC Mining Workshop, obtained B.Ed. degree from the University of Rajasthan with an aggregate of 75% in the academic year 2014-15.

Farheen Anjum, D/o Shri Shahadat Husain, Rigger, KCC Mines, passed C.B.S.E. Class-XII with an aggregate of 84.4% in 2015 from Central Academy, Khetri Nagar.

Swati Dhayal, D/o Shri Om Prakash Dhayal, UDC. Purchase Department, KCC, got admission in the first semester of B.Sc.(Agri), Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyadeeth, Rahuri College of Agriculture/Horticulture, Pune through ICAR, Pusa, New Delhi.

All three children of Shri Jagmal Singh, Sampler, Concentrator Plant, KCC, did their parents as well as the Copper Family proud as under:

Congratulations. The Copper Family is proud of all of you.

Arun got his B. Tech (Chemical-DGPA 8.04) from IIT BHU, Varanasi in May, 2015, and also gained 77th All India rank. Now he has joined in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. as Assistant Manager (Chem.) May 2015.

Rachana obtained her MSW degree from University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, in 2013 and got Gold Medal in her batch and she has joined as the District Programme Officer with the National Rural Health Mission, Hanumangarh (Rajasthan) in October 2015.

Sunita gained her MBBS degree from Dr. MGR Medical University, Tamil Nadu, with an aggregate of 64.12% in March 2014.

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TRAININg PROgRAMS ANd ACTIVITIES

Corporate OfficeSpecialized Training Programme on Implementation of Govt. Guidelines on SC/ST/OBC & Maintenance of Rosters: A daylong training program was organized for maintaining reservation roster on 12.05.2015 at the Corporate Office. This was conducted to provide knowledge on the system prescribed for preparation and maintenance of rosters for promotion pertaining to SC/ST/OBC/Ex-servicemen/PWD categories of employees. One executive from MCP was nominated to attend the programme and other Units.

Workshop on MoU AwarenessShri M P Fulzele, Former Joint Director (DPE) was invited to conduct a daylong Workshop on MoU Awareness for executives of HCL at the Corporate Office, Kolkata, on 07.08.2015 for around twenty participants from across HCL. The objective was to improve awareness on Memorandum of Understanding which HCL has signed with the Ministry of Mines and providing a platform to educate our executives. The program was inaugurated by Shri S Nanda, the then Director (Operations).

Lecture on Leadership and its ChallengesDr Prof Taposh Ghoshal, Dean, School of Management Sciences, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, and from the Astra Training Consultancy, delivered a lecture at the Corporate Office, Kolkata, on 27.08.2015. The program was inaugurated by Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), to a full house.Prof. Ghoshal shared his reflections on transferable skills of leadership. He defined leader as someone who could guide others, influence the value of others, inspire others and finally have the capacity to translate vision into reality. He also spoke on attitude, adapting to change and making a concerted effort to avoid time-wasting activities.

Board Development Program Institute of Public Enterprises (IPE), Hyderabad, had organized a three-day ‘Residential Board Development Program’ under the aegis of National Foundation for Corporate Governance (NFCG) from 23.09.2015 to 25.09.2015 at Leonia Holistic Destination, Hyderabad. Shri S K Bhattacharya, Director (Mining) attended the program that provided the participants an overview of the changes in the new Companies Act 2013 that has implications for Corporate Governance.

Shri S K Bhattacharya, Director (Mining), inaugurating the program

Shri S K Bhattacharya Director (Mining), HCL with other participants

MCPMaintenance Management: A daylong programme on Maintenance Management was conducted on 08.05.2015 for nineteen executives and three non-executives.Vocational Training for College Students: Thirty seven, one hundred and twenty four, one hundred and eighteen, seventy one and four MBA/ Engineering students attended field study programme conducted in May, June, July, August and September 2015 respectively. The programme was aimed to give vocational training to students from different institutions pursuing degree/diploma courses in engineering, technology and management registered for getting practical training in the project.Trade Apprentice Training (Trade Apprentice Act-1961): A month-long course under the Trade Apprentice Act-1961 in various trades including Welder, Turner, Electrician, Mechanical (Diesel Mechanic) was conducted for fifty apprentices each in May, June, July, August and September 2015 respectively. Classes for the new session with a fresh batch of fifty seven trade apprentices have started from

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25.09.2015. Remaining part of the course of outgoing batch of Trade apprentices was conducted between 01.10.2015 to 12.10.2015 for forty nine apprentices.Classes for new batch of trade apprentice was conducted from 01.10.2015 to 31.10.2015 under Trade Apprentice Act - 1961 in various trades including Welder, Turner, Electrician, Mechanical (Diesel Mechanic). Total 57 candidates have been selected for the new session.Refresher Training under Mines Act - Batches 1 and 2 : Eleven workers participated in the programme organized each time in June and July 2015 under the Mines Act. The programme was aimed at giving exposure on working in open cast mines, safety, material handling, etc.Training under the Factories Act - Batches 1, 2, 3 & 4 : Five and six employees under Batches 1 and 2 respectively in June and nine and six in Batches 3 and 4 respectively in July 2015 attended the training programme. The participants were exposed to the technological upgradation in plant operations, safety, material handling and team building and Safety aspects to enlighten the workers for their better performance in the field.Workshop on Learning and Development: A two-day workshop on Learning & Development was organized at Ranchi by the Steel Authority of India (SAIL) from 23.06-2015 to 24.06.2015 in which one executive from the project was nominated.Safety Management: One executive from the project was nominated to attend the safety management programme organized at Kolkata by the Jadavpur University each time in June as well as in July 2015. Programme on Vigilance: A half-day session on Vigilance was conducted for twenty three senior executives of the project by Shri Rakesh Kumar, Chief Vigilance Officer, HCL, during his visit to MCP on 26.06.2015.IOCL Explosives Conclave: An Executive from MCP was nominated to attend the Explosives Conclave organized by the Indian Oil Corporation Limited at Kolkata in July 2015. Refresher Course under Vocational Basic Training Course (Under Mines Act, Batch No. 34) : Eleven contractual employees attended the refresher course conducted between 03.08.2015 and 08.08.2015. The participants were exposed to working of open cast mining, technological updates in drilling, blasting and materials handling, team building and Safety aspects to enlighten the workers for their better performance in the field.

Basic Training Course (Under MVTR Act) : Basic Training Course was conducted for hundred and four contract labourers in August, thirty one in September and fifteen in October 2015. The participants were exposed to working of open cast mining, technological update in drilling, blasting and material handling, team building and Safety aspects to enlighten the workers for better performance.

Environmental Aspects of Mining Industry: Two executives were nominated to attend a three-day programme in Dhanbad on Environmental Aspects of Mining Industry organized by the Indian School of Mines, ISM, Dhanbad from 03.09.2015 to 05.09.2015.

Workshop on “Spirit of RTI Act and Its Implementation in PSUs”: A daylong Workshop on “Spirit of RTI Act-2005 and Its Implementation in PSUs” was held at MCP on 22.09.2015.

The workshop was conceived by Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP and Unit Head for the benefit of thirty five Division Heads, departmental heads and executives across all levels and departments. Shri S.K.Tiwari, a retired IAS Officer and Ex-Commissioner, State Information Commission, Government of Chhattisgarh was invited as the faculty.

Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP, in his inaugural address highlighted the nature of information sought by the citizens under the RTI Act-2005 in the applications received at MCP. He expressed concerns over the increasing workload on the departments due to rising number of RTI applications. In order to ensure effective disposal of these applications without affecting the interest of the Company, Shri Tiwari emphasized on the need of exposure of executives to the RTI Act and its implementation.

In his address, Shri S.K.Tiwari, faculty of the Workshop discussed the background of this Act and highlighted its importance in a democracy. He explained different Sections of the Act in detail. Later Shri Tiwari referred to many genuine cases while presenting the useful guidelines for disposal of RTI applications in an effective manner without hurting the interest or image of organization. The session turned interactive as a number of questions were asked by the participants which were satisfactorily answered by the learned faculty.

Cycle Testing of ERP upgrade with GCP setup: Five executives were nominated to attend a ten-day programme on Cycle Testing of ERP upgrade with GCP setup, organized by the Corporate Office, at Dhanbad from 05.10.2015 to 16.10.2015.

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Geology Engineering: A three-day workshop on Geology Engineering was held at IIT Delhi from 27.10.2015 to 29.10.2015 in which one executive from MCP was nominated who also presented a technical paper.

ICCAs per request from the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Jamshedpur ICC facilitated to organize a workshop “PF APKE DWAR AND UAN ACTIVATION” on 28.05.2015, which as per the initiative of the Prime Ministers’ Office is part of Labour Reforms.

About forty five superannuated employees, employees who are going to superannuate, the dealing officials, Union representatives and heads of department participated and interacted in this workshop conducted by A.P.F.C. Shri S K Azad and his team.

A glimpse of the training camp

MCP ICC

Corporate Office

KCCJanuary to July 2015

Basic Training programmes were conducted for two hundred and fifty employees and contractors.‘Refresher Training’ programmes were conducted for two hundred and forty two employees and contractual workers.Seven and five GET/MTs participated in the training held in April and May 2015 respectively.Induction Training was conducted for fourteen newly inducted executives and workmen.Training programmes on ‘Maintenance Management’ was conducted on 06.05.2015 by Shri P.K. Mohanty, ex-GM (L & T), for twenty executives.Seminar on ‘Latest Trend in Reclamation & Hard Facing’ was organized on 26.05.2015 for thirty one executives and six non-executives.Refresher training programmes on Safety & Health under the Factories Act-1948 was conducted for plant operatives in March 2015 for twenty two employees and in July 2015 for sixteen employees.Programme on ‘Safe operation of Material Handling’ was conducted from 09.03.2015 to 13.03.2015 for seventeen employees.Safe operation of Hoisting System training was conducted on 31.01.2015 for 19 employees of KCC.102nd All India Trade Test of Apprentices was conducted at KCC Training Centre in April for eight Trade Apprentices.A daylong Hindi Workshop was organized on 24.06.2015 for twenty five employees.A Right to Information Workshop was held at the Conference Hall of KCC Administration Building in July 2015 for twenty seven executives.

Sadbhavna Diwas, the Birth Anniversary of Late Rajiv Gandhi, Ex-Prime Minister of India, was observed at the Corporate Office as well as the Units on 20.08.2015 at 11 am.

At the Corporate Office, the pledge was administered by Shri Anupam Anand, Director (Personnel), in the presence of S/Shri S.Nanda, the then Director (Operations), V. V. Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance) and senior executives of the company

The pledge was administered by Shri H.C. Shrivastava, the then ED, ICC, O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP, Amit Kumar Sen, ED, KCC and Nandeesh H N, GM, TCP, in ICC, MCP, KCC and TCP respectively.

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Quami Ekta Diwas, the Birth Anniversary of Late Indira Gandhi, Ex-Prime Minister of India, was observed at the Corporate Office as well as the Units on 19.11.2015 at 11 am. At the Corporate Office, the pledge was administered by Shri in the presence of S/ShriIn MCP, Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP, administered the pledge to the employees and a campaign was initiated involving display of banners and posters at prominent

Quami Ekta Diwasplaces in the project and the township.S/Shri Naresh Kumar, GM (HR) and Raj Kumar Sah, GM(Mines) administered the National Integration Pledge to the employees at KCC.In ICC, Shri.K.P.Bisoi, AGM(HR &A) administered the oath to the employees of General Office .In TCP, Shri Nandeesh H N, GM/TCP administered the pledge to the employees assembled.

TCP KCC

KCC.

MCP TCP

ICCCorporate Office

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REPublIC dAy

The 67th Republic Day was celebrated across the Units with great zeal and patriotism on 26.01.2016.

In MCP, Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP, and Unit Head, unfurled the National Tricolour as the Chief Guest of the occasion. This was followed by the rendition of the National Anthem by the school students. Shri Tiwari inspected the Guard of Honour presented by the security personnel and students under the command of Shri Paramjeet Singh. The students also presented a bouquet of patriotic songs.

Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP, addressing the gathering highlighted the work done by the Project as a part of implementation of plans and programmes launched by the Prime Minister, which includes construction of fifty three new toilets and reconstruction of fifty four old toilets in the schools spread across the Balaghat District under the “Swachchh Bharat”.

Signing of a MOU with the National Skill Development Corporation under “Skill India” initiatives for providing vocational Training to local youth is another contribution of the Company. Besides, in order to extend quality education to the wards of local population, DAV-Public School has been started at MCP from the current session.

On the other hand, Shri Tiwari expressed his gratitude to the Union Govt. for making the ways cleared for development of Underground mining at Malanjkhand on fast track basis in line with the spirit of “Make in India” initiative.

Expressing his concerns over the continuous decline in the LME price of Copper, Shri Tiwari said that the current recession can affect the implementation of many programmes undertaken by the Company. Despite this, he assured that the work in the area of environment protection will be kept unaffected.

Shri Tiwari hailed the efforts of the project for inclusion of the indigenous population in its different events and

Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP, and Unit Head, inspecting the Guard of Honour Shri O.N.Tiwari, ED, MCP, addressing the gathering on the occasion of Republic Day

Tableau on environment by DAV Public School

activities organized from time to time. He praised the Ladies Club for its welfare activities and the Trade Unions and social fora for maintaining healthy industrial relations in the project.

The Republic Day Celebrations at MCP is known for the display of colorful tableaux presented by various cultural organizations working in the project. The concluding ceremonies of Annual Sports, under which daylong group events and other athletic events are organized are also held on Republic Day. The celebrations were spiced up with the several food stalls where different regional dishes were served.

The athletic events were followed by felicitation of employees for their suggestions selected under the employees’ suggestion scheme SRIJAN. A total of thirty five employees from different departments were awarded with letter of appreciation and cash by the Chief Guest.

Curtains came down on the day with prize distribution to the winners of the Annual Sports and to the participants of tableaux and that of parade by the Chief Guest, Shri Tiwari and Smt Nirmala Tiwari, President, Ladies Club. S/Shri

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Umesh Kumar, DGM (Metallurgy) and Ashish Deb, DGM (Mechanical) also shared the stage.

Smt Nirmala Tiwari, President and the office bearers of the Ladies Club distributed sweets and fruits to indoor patients of the project hospital later in the day.

In ICC, Shri D.K.Choudhury, GM, ICC, paid rich floral tributes to the martyrs at the “Shahid Sthhal” along with Dr P.N.Mishra, DGM (M&HS), S/Shri K.P.Bisoi, AGM (HR&A), S. Bhaskar Rao, President, Officers’ Association, B.N.Singhdeo, President, ICCWU, O.P.Singh, GS, ICCWU and other senior executives.

Shri Choudhury hoisted the National Flag as the Chief Guest followed by rendition of the National Anthem by the school students at the Tamra Pratibha Manch Ground. Thereafter he inspected the Guard of Honour presented by the security personnel and school students.

In his address Shri Choudhary emphasized on the fact that the LME price of Copper is gradually going down consequently affecting the cost of production. He appealed for united efforts from all concerned to meet the challenges at this juncture.

In recent months he added that after the renewal of the Surda Mining lease, ore production is getting increased gradually hence the cost of Copper Concentrate will get reduced improving the financial health of ICC.

He also announced the several socio-economic development programmes that ICC has undertaken in adjoining villages under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).He further announced that HCL joined hands with the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s Nation Building Programme by constructing toilets for girls and boys in thirty schools in different districts of Jharkhand earmarked in the website of Ministry of Humans Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India.

Shri O. P. Singh, GS, ICCWU in his Republic Day message greeted the employees and appealed to them to come forward in extending all support and co-operation in achieving the desired production and productivity.

On the occasion, schoolchildren presented a beautiful cultural programme. Other sports events including tug of war competition for married women and Management Eleven Vs Union Eleven was also organized amidst loud cheers.

National Flag was also hoisted at Moubhandar Works by Shri S.S.Sethi AGM (W), ICC Workers’ Union Office by Shri .O.P.Singh, GS,ICCWU and at Bari Maidan by Shri. B.N.Singhdeo President of ICCWU and at various other registered Union Offices and clubs etc. in the township.

Smt Papia De, President, accompanied by the members of Ladies Club distributed fruits to the Indoor patient at ICC Works Hospital. She also distributed prizes to the winners of various competitions organized on the occasion. Earlier, Smt Papia De,President,Ladies Club hoisted the Natioinal Flag at Toddlers’ Roost Nursery School run by Ladies Club, Moubhandar.

Shri D.K. Choudhury, GM, ICC, inspecting the Guard of Honour

A glimpse of the cultural program by the school students

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Shri Amit Kumar Sen, ED., KCC hoisting the National flag on the occasion of 67 R/Day

Shri Amit Kumar Sen, ED., KCC inspecting the Guard of Honour

Students of Sophia School presenting a cultural programme

Shri Nandeesh H N, GM, TCP, unfurling the National Flag

Children participating in sports

In KCC, Chief Guest, Shri Amit Kumar Sen, ED., KCC unfurled the National Flag and inspected the Guard of Honour. In his address Shri Sen, ED, KCC informed about the present position and future plans of the Company in general and KCC in particular. He sought full co-operation from everyone for achieving higher targets and overcoming the challenges. He complimented the role of the employees, Trade Unions, Mahila Samaj and the general public for keeping peace and harmony. He thanked them, the schools and the security personnel for putting up a grand parade during the Republic Day celebrations at Nehru Maidan, Khetri Nagar. On this occasion school students presented a colourful cultural program that was appreciated by all. Thirty one employees of KCC were rewarded under the Srijan Suggestion Scheme of the Company. These employees’ suggestions have benefitted the production and productivity of KCC. To promote the Official Language in day-to-day official work, annual Hindi Week 2015 was observed from 14th Sept. to 20th Sept.2015. During the week seven Hindi competitions were held and the twenty one winners of these competitions were awarded by the ED,KCC on Republic Day. Parade contingents belonging to different schools putting up three best performances were awarded with shield by Smt. Samita Sen, President, Mahila Samaj, Khetri Nagar. The best parade was performed by girls of Central Academy, with runners up being the girls of Kendriya Vidyalaya and consolation Shield won by the boys of Sophia School. The parade Band conducted by students of Sophia School received applauds.Later in the day fruits were distributed to the Indoor patients of KCC Hospital by Smt. Samita Sen, President, Mahila Samaj.

In TCP, Shri Nandeesh H N, GM, unfurled the National Flag and addressed the gathering of employees and their families. Sports were also arranged for the employees and their families. Children along with the employees of TCP took active participation in various sports events organized and the winners along with all participants were awarded prize by Shri Nandeesh H N.

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The Nickel episode

Liberator sludge & Lib. cathode Expected Copper & Nickel plate

Low pressure burner trial at ICC smelter

Study report received for future concentrator plant

Pilot study report on hydrometallurgical production of Copper from MCP concentrate received

GCP commissioning expected in FY-2015-16HCL acquired the erstwhile Jhagadia Copper Limited (JCL) in FY-15-16 and it was rechristened as Gujarat Copper Project (GCP). The plant has state-of-the-art technology to produce 50,000 MT of LME-A grade refined Copper per annum through secondary route. It is the only plant in India for e-waste treatment in an environment friendly manner. Since the production of the Unit was suspended

for the last five years, HCL has planned to refurbish it prior to commissioning. The total refurbishment work was divided into 21 packages, and out of them, most of the job has already been awarded and it is expected that the work will be completed within the FY-2015-16 and the production will follow subsequently.

The Company has undertaken trials for installation of the latest low pressure burner to improve combustion efficiency at its smelter plant at Ghatsila, Jharkhand. The low pressure burners of rating 5kg/sq cm has been installed at the smelter plant in place of existing high pressure burners of rating

The Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) had undertaken a mineral processing study on the Copper ore samples taken from MCP, KCC and ICC mines. The Study is connected with the capacity expansion/greenfield projects of the corresponding mines and concentrators. The objective of the test work at GTK was to develop optimum processing

HCL is evaluating a hydro metallurgical route for production of Copper Cathode from the Malanjkhand Copper Project (MCP) concentrate. M/s Outotec had first carried out a desktop trial which was then followed by a pilot plant

22kg/sq cm in the month of Feb-March 2015. The trials have been successful and furnace oil consumption has reduced by 5%. Based on the outcome, the Company has planned to replace all the existing 11 high pressure burners with low pressure ones like that of the smelter plant.

routes for the three different Copper ores originating from the different mines of HCL. The test work was carried out in the mineral processing laboratory of GTK Mintec in Outokumpu at Finland in autumn 2015 and the report has been received for comment from HCL.

study. The process is expected to enable us to recover gold and silver in saleable form apart from producing LME-A grade Copper Cathode.

HCL is bringing Nickel into its ambit in ICC tentatively by FY-2015-16. The Singhbhum Copper Belt has unique ore characteristics and contains appreciable quantity of Nickel that the Company plans to recover as Nickel plate. The annual demand for Nickel in India is around 40,000 MT and its market in India is totally dependent on import. With this project, considering the current production rate of Surda mines, the Company will be able to recover around 50 MT of Nickel per annum. The Nickel output may increase with the expansion of ICC group of mines.

The proposed project will replace the age-old process of liberator cell operation in the Refinery. Currently, Copper is recovered from bleed electrolyte as liberator Cathode having only 50-90% purity and liberator sludge with 50-60% purity. Interestingly the process consumes 15-20 MT LME-A grade Cathode per annum. This project will utilize an eco-friendly technology and will check pollution, eliminate the use of lead, will generate 75% less solid waste, provide safe working environment and utilize and conserve natural resources.

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July 2015

August 2015

Name Designation UnitR.M. Khan AGM (Expl.) MCPM.L. Dewangan Sr. Manager (R&D) MCPBiren Singh Parte Sr. Tech. MCPN.P. Vishwakarma Sr. Elect. MCPChandra Bhan Rai Sr. Elect. MCPRama Rao Phate Sr. Fitter MCPGirish Kr. Shukla Sr. Mech. MCPGuha Sen Helper MCPManohar Yawatkar Cooking Supr. MCPAmravati Helper MCPSuru Murmu Female Mazdoor ICCRam Chandra Soi Sr. Crane Operator ICCBaijnath Sharma Sr. Blacksmith ICCBiswanath Manna Cook 'B' ICCTapan Jena Sr. Mechanic ICCKrishna Ch. Purty Sr. Crane Operator ICCAmal Kanti Ghosh Executive Director KCCKurda Ram Electrician 'B' KCCGajraj Singh Asstt. Mgr. (Chemical) KCCMangal Chand Welder 'B' KCCMahesh Kumar Turner 'A' KCCMali Ram Sharma Fitter 'A' KCCBajrang Lal Saini Helper KCCBeerbal Ram Smelterman 'A' (Mechnl) KCCMangej Lal Smelterman 'A' (Process) KCCGiriraj Singh Chargeman(Mechanical) KCCNarpal Singh Helper KCCBajarang Lal Helper KCCChunni Lal Sr.Tank House Techn. KCCRichhapal Smelterman 'C'(Process) KCCHarish Chand Gupta Loco Driver KCCKarni Ram Store Attendant 'B' KCCMadan Lal Saini Sampler KCC

Name Designation UnitS.A. Khan Dy.Manager (Civil) MCPPran Gopal Saha Store Supvr. MCP

Name Designation UnitMali Ram Saini Tank Houseman 'B' KCCMahesh Chandra Welder 'B' KCCAshok Kumar AM (Electrical) KCCVijandra Pal Singh Helper KCCKamal Chand Field Clerk KCCBirdi Chand Welder 'B' KCCBahadar Singh D.H.D. Assistant KCCAmi Lal Miner KCCMange Ram Jack Hammer Driller KCCK K Patra Chargeman (Mechl.) KCCPratap Singh Jr. Accountant KCCMool Chand Saini Smelterman 'C' (Process) KCCShyam Sunder Sharma Asstt. Mgr. (Finance) KCCJ P Saini Assistant KCCArjun Ram D.H.D. Assistant KCCPit Ram Singh Laboratory Assistant

(Chemical)KCC

Yogendra Prasad Helper KCCBhagwan Singh Fitter 'A' KCCGyarsi Lal Mazdoor 'A' KCCLaxmi Narain Millman 'B' KCCLeeladhar Smelterman 'C'(Process) KCCBhikha Ram Sharma Machinist 'C' KCCGulam Sabir Sheikh Telephone Mechanic 'A' KCCNiranjan Lal Ventillation Fan

Attendant 'B'KCC

Mool Chand Millman 'B' KCCRaghuveer Pd. Saini Jr. Accountant KCCThana Ram Sampler KCCSuresh Kumar Timber Mistry 'C' KCCRam Swroop Blaster KCCJ S Sekhawat Helper KCCDharampal Mazdoor 'A' KCCC R Majumdar Manager (Fin) CO

Name Designation UnitDhani Ram Bisen Sr. Welder MCPSukntin Bai Helper MCP

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August 2015 (Continued)

September 2015Name Designation UnitR.S. Tiwari Dy.Mgr. (Elect.) MCPHargovind Helper MCPBhagwan Singh Thakur Sr. Mech. MCPArath Singh Parte Sr. Mech. MCPDulichand Gondhare Sr. HEME Optr. MCPGoutam Sinha Sr. Office Assistant ICCKeshav Prasad Mechanic 'B' KCCPrithvi Raj Helper (Instrument) KCCSubhash Candra Mill Technician KCCBhoop Singh Chargeman

(Electrical)KCC

Name Designation UnitSumer Singh Mazdoor 'A' KCCRam Gopal Safai Karamchari KCCGugan Singh Sampling Supervisor KCCDevi Lal Electrician 'B' KCCSunil Kr. Gupta Helper KCCRaj Kumar Ch. Laboratory

Techn.KCC

Jai Singh Saini Helper KCCMohan Das Gupta Manager (Systems) KCCHoshiar Singh Mann Manager (HR) KCCBishambhar Dayal Helper KCC

Name Designation UnitR.K. Joshi Sr. Asstt. MCPMangal Prasad Helper MCPDulal Mukherjee Jr. Accountant ICCHawalder Singh Chief Manager (HR) ICCRam Kishore Sr. Mill Technician KCCRamautar Jangir Turner 'B' KCCSunil Kr. Saxena Water Treatment Plant

OperatorKCC

Megha Ram Fitter 'B' KCCSatish Kumar Sr.Operator (Acid &

Fertilizer)KCC

Bhima Ram Smelterman 'B' (Mecnl. Operation)

KCC

Mohan Lal Meena Smelterman 'A'(Process) KCCJai Mal Tank House Technician KCCHanumana Ram Smelter Technician

(Process)KCC

Mohar Singh Mine Fitter 'C' KCCPyare Lal Sinding Engine Driver (SG) KCCPrahlad Rai Sharma Mining Mate KCCVijay Singh Helper KCCSharwan Singh Fitter 'B' KCCOm Prakash Sharma Welder 'B' KCCGumana Ram Welder 'A' KCC

Name Designation UnitVijai Singh Control Room Optr.'A' KCCParta Ram Saini Millman 'A' KCCBajrang Lal Aldia Fitter 'B' KCCManohar Lal Jangir Jr. Field Assistant KCCMahabeer Prasad D.H.D. Operator KCCNemichand Meena Fitter 'C' KCCRamji Lal Jr. Field Assistant KCCSheela B Singh Sister In-charge KCCBhanwar Khan Mazdoor 'A' KCCKurda Ram Meltingman 'C' KCCSurja Ram Lamp Room Fitter KCCHanuman Singh Chief Mgr.(Electrical) KCCMani Ram Tank Houseman 'B' KCCBabu Lal Chargeman (Electrical) KCCR P Yadav Dy. Mgr. (Electrical) KCCJagdish Singh Mill Technician KCCHari Ram Sr.Generator Optr. Cum

MechanicKCC

Khyali Ram Gujar Electrician 'B' KCCMadan Lal Mishra Armature Winder 'C' KCCChandgi Ram Auto Electrician 'C' KCCJeewan Singh Mazdoor 'A' KCCSatya Narayan Millman 'A' KCCKajal Dey Manager (Admn.) CO

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Name Designation UnitJames K.T. Dy.Manager (Admn.) MCPS.D. Pashine Asstt. Mgr. (Fin) MCPM.K. Shukla AGM – Expl. MCPD.N. Singh Manager (Mines) MCPShukhlal Helper MCPDurab Baig Sr. Mech. MCPGulab Chand Thakre Jr. Mech. MCPDeepak Kr. Das Sr. HEME Optr. MCPPrabhudayal Bisen Sr. HEME Optr. MCP

November 2015Name Designation UnitDesh Raj Choudhary Sr. HEME Optr. MCPTapas Das Sampler ICCKhela Hembram Sr. Crane Operator ICCG K Acharya K.R. Chief Lab.Technicial ICCShyam Lal Sr. Fitter ICCSubani Kui Female Mazdoor ICCJanga Purty Female Mazdoor ICCParamanand Mishra Dy.Manager (R&D) ICCAloke Kr. Sen Sr.M (Mechanical) ICC

October 2015Name Designation UnitB.L. Soni Jr. Manager

(Elect.)MCP

K.P. Das Manager (Elect.) MCPSewak Ram Sr. Carpenter MCPRas Bihari Sharma Sr. Tech. MCPHarendra Bhakat Operator – I ICCNishar Mahammed U.D.C. ICCS N Sharma Sr. Chargeman

(W)ICC

Arjun Prasad Rajak Sr. Office Assistant ICCSmt. S.K. Amburkar Staff Nurse ICCJ. Sengupta CM (Indl.Engg.) ICCAmar Singh Asstt. Mgr.

(Electrical)KCC

Radhey Shyam Saini Conveyor Operator

KCC

Banwari Lal Fitter 'C' KCCKailash Chander Electrician 'B' KCCSawai Singh Nirwan Helper KCCBulla Ram Drifter Assistant KCC

Name Designation UnitKishan Lal Light Vehicle

DriverKCC

Surendra Kumar Sr. Gas Turbine Techn.

KCC

Balbir Singh Dhaka Fitter 'B' KCCBajrang Lal Blaster Assistant KCCKaran Singh Yadav Helper KCCParmeshwar Blaster Assistant KCCChhote Lal Sampler KCCMool Chand Tank Houseman 'C' KCCNourang Lal Bundela Laboratory

AttendantKCC

Lila Ram Hauler Operator 'B' KCCSheoram Singh Chargeman

(Mechanical Operation)

KCC

Prem Kumar Control Room Optr. 'C'

KCC

Matu Ram Khalasi KCCM. Ramakrishnan Asstt. Mgr.

(Finance)Bengaluru Office

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Name Designation UnitJeet Lal Markam Sr. Astt. MCPMansha Ram Choudhary

Sr. Mech. MCP

Netlal Chouhan Helper MCPH.C. Srivastava Executive Director ICCPithanath Tudu Sr. Mechanic ICCSambhu Nath Paul Sr. Tech. Supv. ICCGour Hari Shit Sr. Chargeman (W) ICCBasanta Kr. Chain Sr. Office Assistant ICCN L Patel Jr. Accountant ICCJugal Kishor Sr. Tech. Supv. ICCHarbhajan Singh Sr. Office Assistant ICCR. Bhattacharya Staff Nurse ICCNarottam Lal Store Attendant 'B' KCCDhura Ram Light Vehicle Driver KCCKailash Meena Mazdoor 'A' KCCKuldeep Kumar Fitter 'A' KCCUmakant Sharma Smelter Techn( Process) KCCMadan Singh Jr. Field Assistant KCCChhaju Ram Saini Slag Car Cum Dumper

OperatorKCC

Bahadur Singh Helper KCC

November 2015 (Continued)

December 2015Name Designation UnitShiv Karan Singh Fel. Cum Salt Scraper

OperatorKCC

Suresh Singh Fitter 'C' KCCBajrang Lal Chargeman

(Mechanical)KCC

Ram Awtar Sharma Asstt. Mgr. (Finance) KCCBanwari Lal Saraswat Sr. Manager (Admn.) KCCKhem Chand Mason 'B' KCCData Ram Jr. Operator-I KCCDinesh Kumar Operator (Acid &

Fertilizer)KCC

Tara Chand Fitter 'C' KCCKaran Singh Drifter Assistant KCCShiv Kumar Pathak Manager (R & D) KCCOm Prakash Helper KCCChhaju Ram Jangir Engineering Assistant KCCBahadur Mazdoor 'A' KCCSurendra Singh Mazdoor 'A' KCCAltaf Ali Peon KCCHans Raj Helper KCCD C Paul Manager (Admn.) CO

Name Designation UnitN B Nandy Manager (Materials) ICCT S Mahapatro Dy.Manager (Mines) ICCParvin Kr. Jain Optr. (Acid & Fertilizer) KCCNarayana Ram Rigger 'B' KCCRajveer Singh Smelterman‘B’(Process) KCCPuran Mal Electrician 'B' KCCBhagwana Ram Moulder 'B' KCCLeela Dhar Fitter 'C' KCCDarshan Kumar Auto Electrician 'A' KCC

Name Designation UnitOm Prakash Miner KCCNaurang Lal Survey Helper KCCTulchha Ram Optr. (Acid & Fertilizer) KCCBhim Singh Chargeman (Mechnl.) KCCP K Pillai K N Electrician 'B' KCCIndraj Badetia Jr. Field Assistant KCCBadri Prasad Mazdoor 'A' KCCNayan Kr. Mukherjee Dy.Manager (Admn.) CO

Keeping in mind their dedication and valuable service rendered to the organization, the Copper

family wishes them all a long, healthy and productive life.

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Respected Anand Sahab,I have read your article on The Eve of Inauguration of Malanjkhand Underground Mines. It was very pleasant to read.In this article, you have captured your thoughts between 2.00 a.m. to 4.50 a.m. and have expressed exactly through words. Sir, when the whole world was sleeping around you, how very awake were you at that time! At this point I quote a shloka from Geeta :Ya nisha sarvabhootana, tasyam jagrati sanyami.Yasyam jagrati bhootani sa nisha pashyato muneha..

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Instead of deliberating upon this shloka, I just wish to say that you are a thinker, a philosopher.Sir, the subject of the article was simple. But, in it, you deliberated upon many subjects and made it so interesting, that it was compelling to read from beginning to its last word. In this article, you have dwelled upon the human nature, the opportunistic aspect of humans, the burning desire to reap dividends and cursing the almighty on failure and have made us aware of your views about these matters.Sir, here again I would quote a shloka from Geeta :Karmanyevadhikaraste ma phaleshu kadachana.Ma karmaphalaheturbhoorma te sangoastuvakarmani..

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We have been given the right to perform our deeds, not its fruits (gains/results). Neither it should be, that we stop our deeds and aspire for the gains. But, we are such that we are driven by the gains and are disappointed on its non-deliverance to us. You have followed what has been quoted in the shloka.Sir, I do not know, whether this happens to be your first article, but it is the first one for me. In this regard, I request that, if you have other articles of yours, please make them available to us. If it is the first article of yours, then, Sir, please take time to write more. We all know about your busy schedule, but the request still stands.With heartfelt wishes for your success in all that you cherish,I remain,One of your appreciators,Yours trulySd/-(Jag Mohan Mishra)19/08/2015

To,Shri Anupam Anand,Director (Personnel)Hindustan Copper LimitedCorporate OfficeKolkata

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TRIPlE bOTTOM lINE

It was John Elkington who finally, after a number of failed attempts by a number of persons, tried computing sustainability by encompassing a new framework to measure performance of corporates. This accounting framework, called the triple bottom line (TBL), went beyond the traditional measures of profits, return on

investment, and shareholder value to include environmental and social dimensions.

By focusing on inclusive investment results along the interrelated dimensions of profits, people and the planet, triple bottom line reporting can be an important tool to support sustainability. The TBL is an accounting framework that incorporates three dimensions of performance: social, environmental and financial. This differs from traditional reporting frameworks as it includes ecological (or environmental) and social measures that can be difficult to assign appropriate means of measurement. The TBL dimensions are also commonly called the three Ps: people, planet and profits.

There is no universal standard method for calculating the TBL and this is the biggest strength of the framework as it allows the user to adapt the general framework to the needs of different entities, different projects or policies, or different geographic boundaries. Both a business and local government agency may gauge environmental sustainability in the same terms, say reducing the amount of solid waste that goes into landfills, but a local mass transit might measure success in terms of passenger miles, while a for-profit bus company would measure success in terms of earnings per share. The TBL can accommodate these differences.

Additionally, the TBL is able to be case specific and allows a broad scope—measuring impacts across large geographic boundaries—or a narrow geographic scope like a small town. A case specific TBL would measure the effects of a particular project in a specific location, such as a community building a park. The TBL can also apply to infrastructure projects at the state level or energy policy at the national level. For eg, at HCL, it can both measure its recent initiative

of buying and re operationalisation of the Jhagadia Copper Plant renamed as the Gujarat Copper Project as well as the organizations skill development plan. The level of the entity, type of project and the geographic scope will drive many of the decisions about what measures to include. And the set of measures will ultimately be determined by stakeholders and experts conducting research in the sector.

However, some generic variables in the three spheres could be listed out. Economic variables can be variables that deal with the bottom line and the flow of money. It could look at income or expenditures, taxes, business climate factors,

employment, and business diversity factors. Environmental variables should represent measurements of natural resources and reflect the latent influence to its feasibility. It could include air and water quality, energy consumption, natural resources, solid and toxic waste, land use, etc. Ideally, having long-range trends available for each of the environmental variables helps organizations identify the impacts a project would have on the area. Social variables refer to social dimensions of a region and could include measurements of education,

equity and access to social resources, health and well-being, quality of life, and social capital.

So when we measure the skill development in HCL on TBL variables, what we evaluate is if the time required for employees to reach peak efficiency levels has shortened or not; has it contributed significantly in increasing the quality and quantity of work processed so as to reduce waste as well as use of natural resources; and has it led to gain of knowledge to the employees, thereby increasing their well being, access of resources and quality of life.

The TBL and its core value of sustainability have become compelling in the business world due to accumulating evidence of greater long-term profitability. For example, reducing waste from packaging can also reduce costs. Among the firms that have been exemplars of these approaches are General Electric, Unilever, Proctor and Gamble, 3M,etc.

However there maybe totally different variables adopted by companies on the basis of their core operational activities,

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geographical area or even on the basis of size of the company. But the basic guiding factor for determining ones indicators for measuring the sustainability of the company is its sphere of influence which encompasses its different stakeholders.

For eg, the mining sector. What needs to be examined essentially is the primary sustainability issues that the mining industry faces in all the three areas.

Among the most pressing environmental concerns for stakeholders are mining companies’ energy and water use, the impact of mining activities on biodiversity. Pollution varies widely depending on the type of material being produced and on the specific operation but it is still one of the major issues. Also of concern is the management of other waste produced during the mining process. Wastes including overburden and waste rock, contaminated by heavy metals, arsenic and lead. More recently, efforts have been made to account for environmental practices throughout the supply chain. Suppliers’ practices and transportation of materials and workers are increasingly under scrutiny for their environmental impacts.

In the social sphere, the sector seeks to meet challenges regarding worker and community safety, stakeholder engagement, HIV/AIDS reduction, and human rights of all within its sphere of influence. Many companies have sought ways to develop the communities that surround their operations, largely in response to claims that extractive industries have deleterious effects on communities. Stakeholders also express numerous concerns about mining companies fundamentally changing cultural practices in new mining communities. So mining companies are expected to work to preserve indigenous culture and heritage, particularly since many mines are located in areas with indigenous populations.

It has been again and again claimed that mining companies do not operate in ways that will provide them with long-term economic sustainability. By operating irresponsibly in the social and environmental spheres, mining companies can undermine trust in their organizations. This mistrust diminishes investors’ trust in companies, damages their

reputations, and therefore harms their investment potential. Thus to maintain economic sustainability, the above factors must be taken into account, in addition to the traditional factors, such as net sales, payments and debts.

To give an example of focus on the TBL by a mining company, an example can be given of HCL, itself. At HCL, a waste recycling project has led to coal fines from the refinery boilers being used as a substitute for the coke burned in the kilns at a cement plant in the region. The innovative recycling concept has the potential to produce significant environmental and socio-economic benefits, including:

• Reducing storage of coal fines at the plant by 18,000 tons per year

• Developing a highly efficient recycling technology at low cost

• Reducing fugitive emissions, with subsequent health, environmental and visual benefits

• Saving huge amounts of money by avoiding the need for a new coal fines

• Disposal area• Increasing awareness of our endeavours to provide

leadership in environmental management.

The mining industry relies heavily on natural resources to fuel its operations, so it is with Copper. As the resources dwindle, the imperative is clear –alternatives have to be sought out and the use of existing resources has to be reduced. Only then can sustainable business be carried out, and a corporate can truly say it is contributing to the preservation of the environment. The Copper industry relies heavily on natural resources to fuel its operations. As these dwindle, the imperative is clear–alternative sources of energy have to be sought out and the use of existing resources has to be reduced, or eliminated altogether. Only then can sustainable business be carried out, and a corporate can truly say it is contributing to the preservation

of the environment. And HCL’s biggest step in this direction is it completing the sustainability cycle as well as using already used resources through processing of scrap to produce Copper at its newly bought Jhagadia Plant.

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lEgAl uPdATES

Laws/Rules/Policies

Ordinance to Amend Arbitration Act

The Union Cabinet on 21 October 2015 has approved the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance 2015 ('the Ordinance') which was promulgated on 23 October 2015 after having received Presidential assent. The Ordinance introduces several significant changes to the Arbitration & Conciliation Act 1996. The object of these changes is to expedite the arbitration process and minimize court intervention in arbitration. The ordinance adopts the amendments as recommended by the 246th report of the Law Commission. These changes make dispute resolution less expensive and the timeline more effective. This comes out as a positive signal for the foreign investors who have in the past opted for Arbitration outside India. The ordinance is available athttp://lawmin.nic.in/la/Arbitration.pdf

The Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2015

The Mines and Mineral Development and Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2015 was passed by the Parliament during the Budget Session. This Act amends certain provisions of the Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation (MMDR) Act, 1957 and seeks to address emergent policy and regulatory issues pertaining to the mining. The Bill adds a new Fourth Schedule to the Act. It includes bauxite, iron ore, limestone and manganese ore and are defined as notified minerals. The Bill also creates a new category of mining license i.e. the prospecting license-cum-mining lease, which is a two-stage concession for the purpose of undertaking prospecting operations, followed by mining operations. The bill has also introduced amendments in areas such as Maximum area for mining, lease period, lease extensions, auction of notified and other minerals, transfer of mineral concessions, etc. The Bill provides for the creation of a District Mineral Foundation (DMF) and a National Mineral Exploration Trust (NMET) for the benefit of persons in districts affected by mining related operations for regional and detailed mine exploration, respectively. The act is available athttp://www.indiacode.nic.in/acts-in-pdf/2015/201510.pdf

The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Bill, 2015

The Government of India has put up a bill to amend the Payment of Bonus Act, which enhances the eligibility

limit for payment of bonus from Rs 10,000 per month to Rs 21,000 per month. The Central Government will also raise the calculation ceiling from Rs 3500 per month to Rs 7000 per month or the minimum wage for the scheduled employment, as fixed by the appropriate government, whichever is higher. The amendment bill will be made effective from April 1, 2015, and it will be applicable to every factory and other establishment in which 20 or more persons are employed on any day during an accounting

year. The bill also provides for a new proviso in Section 12, which empowers the Central Government to vary the bases of computing bonus. The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 (the Act) was enacted with a view of providing for

the payment of bonus to persons, employed in certain establishments, on the basis of profits or on the

basis of production or productivity and for matters connected therewith.The bill can be perused at http://www.prsindia.org/

uploads/media/Payment%20of%20Bonus/Payment%20of%20Bonus%20Bill,%202015.pdf

To Gain in SMEs Government tweaks Procurement Norms

Central government ministries and public sector undertakings (PSUs) would now be required to procure at least 20 per cent of their annual value of goods or services from SMEs, with the government tweaking provisions of the procurement policy. Under this, every central government ministry, department and public sector undertaking has to procure a minimum of 20 per cent of their total annual value of goods or services from micro and small enterprises. The change has been made in provision 6 of the policy wherein the phrase “up to” has been substituted with “at least”. Full article available at www.business-standard.com/.../govt-tweaks-procurement-norms-to-benefit- mses-115111601302_1.html

Landmark Judgments

Employees insured under the ESI Act not entitled to ben-efit under the Workmen Compensation Act

The Supreme Court of India in Dhropadabai and Others Versus M/s. Technocraft Toolings CIVIL APPEAL NO.8155 OF 2014 has ruled that employees insured under the Section 2 (14) of the Employee State Insurance Act, 1948 are not

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entitled to any compensation from the employer under the Workmen Compensation Act, 1923. The judgment was delivered by a two bench judge comprising Justices PC Pant and Dipak Misra while hearing a plea by a woman whose husband lost his life at the place of employment. The woman, legal successor of the deceased was awarded a compensation of INR 3 lakh + 18 per cent interest under the 1923 Act. In his defense, the employer, respondent in the case, claimed that the legal heirs of the deceased employee were not entitled to any compensation under the 1923 Act as he was insured under the 1948 Act. “The deceased employee was clearly an ‘insured person’, as defined in the Act. As the deceased employee has suffered an employment injury as defined under Section 2(8) of the Act and there is no dispute that he was in employment of the employer, by operation of Section 53 of the Act, proceedings under the Compensation Act were excluded statutorily.” read the SC judgment. The full judgment is available athttp://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/FileServer/ 2015-03-25_14272 68447.pdf

Supreme Court imposes limit on suspension of Govt Employees

A new ruling by the Supreme Court of India in Ajay Kumar Choudhary Vs. Union Of India -Civil Appeal No. 1912 Of 2015 will ensure that no government employees can be kept suspended for over three months unless they are formally made aware of the charges against them. The apex court argued that suspended employees are entitled to know the reason behind their suspension owing to the principle of human dignity and their constitutional right to speedy trial. The ruling also made it categorically clear that if the memorandum of charges or charge sheet is served within three months, it was possible to legally extend the suspension even further. SC, however, said that the government had the option to transfer the employee to another location, or department/sub-department in order to ensure that he or she can not obstruct the departmental proceedings in the case. The full judgment is available athttp://www.researchatsashwaat.com/judgement_files/201502 18153145_Order%20dated%2016.02.2015,%20Ajay%20Kumar%20Choudhary%20-vs-%20UOI.pdf

Conciliation Proceedings not to be disclosed under RTI Act

The Chief Information Commission passed an order dated 08.08.2015 in Rama Aggarwal v. Delhi State Legal Services Authority holding that notwithstanding that the Right to Information Act, 2005 overrode the provisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, conciliation

proceedings were confidential in nature and that the Public Information Officer was not bound to disclose information relating to, or pertaining to, conciliation proceedings in view of Sections 8(1)(e) and 8(1)(j) of the Right to Information Act, 2005. The full order is available athttp://rti.india.gov.in/cic_decisions/CIC_SA_A_2015_ 900305_ M_161354.pdf

Other Updates

Justice T S Thakur sworn in as the New Chief Justice of India

On 3rd December, Justice T S Thakur turning 63 years was sworn in as the 43rd Chief Justice of India by Pranab Mukherjee, the Honourable President of India. Justice Thakur has delivered many important judgments during his term as the Supreme Court judge like holding that polygamy can be regulated by the government by formulating law and regulating the functions of BCCI by passing many orders during his tenure. Yet another important role played by Justice Thakur is supervision of the Ganga project as well as the issue of chit fund scam.

An online course on the Sexual Harassment at the Work-place (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal ) Act, 2013

The "Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013." was formally passed in 2013. The Centre for Social Research in New Delhi has launched an online course on the Sexual Harassment at the Workplace Act, in partnership with Rainmaker, to help women gain awareness of the law and the options available to those who have been faced with sexual harassment. The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is

free and includes lectures along with written course material explaining the requirements of the sexual harassment law. The two-week course will not only provide an understanding of the provisions of the law in a lucid manner, it will also help women understand the mechanisms and procedures instituted by the Act to enable a safe working environment for women. Details can be found on

www.mylaw.net/.../Free_MOOC_on_Prevention_of_Sexual_Harassment_at_ the_Workplace/

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My dear Soldiers

Oh! Defenders of borders

You are great sons of my land

When we are all asleep

You still hold on to your deed

Windy season or snowy days

Or scorching sun's sweltering rays

You are there guarding all the time awake

Treading the lonely expanses as yogis

Climbing the heights or striding the valleys

Defending the deserts or guarding the marshes

Surveillance in seas and by securing the air

Prime of your youth given to the nation!!

Wind chimes of my land vibrate your feat

We pray for you brave men!!

May the Lord bless you all!!

The Vision

I climbed and climbed

Where is the peak, my Lord?

I ploughed and ploughed,

Where is the knowledge treasure, my Lord?

I sailed and sailed,

Where is the island of peace, my Lord?

Almighty, bless my nation

With vision and sweat resulting into happiness

Rock Walls

Some build rock walls all their lives,

When they die miles of walls divide them.

Others build rock walls, one rock on another,

And: then build a terrace, where they pray for love.

Yet others build walls to enclose orchards,

Endeavouring to find ways to fulfill hunger.

A few others build rock walls - to make a home,

It is their mission to serve humanity and nature.

I build no walls, to confirm to joy or sorrow;

To sacrifice or achieve, or to gain or lose,

I just grow flowers on all open spaces,

And float lilies on ponds and rivers.

I keep planting trees, for birds to have nests,

At the dawn of the sun, when morning breeze blow.

Sun light get filtered through shining tree leaves,

Birds' flight gives me sense of freedom and pleasure.

Scattered light of colour and treasure,

Fragrance of flowers gives me delight of creator.

Lilies floating over like nature's dance,

Why should I build walls to confine them all?

I have no house, only open spaces,

Filled with truth, kindness and dreams.

Desire to see my country developed and great,

Dreams to see everywhere happiness and peace.

SOME POEMS by dR. KAlAM

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Sir, Aap ke liye…

Srijan Pal Singh shares a heart-rending account of the former President’s last day.

APJ Abdul Kalam made a rough journey to Shillong where he breathed his last. His advisor Srijan Pal Singh wrote that they had a turbulent two-and-a-half journey hour monsoon flight followed by another two-and-a-half by road to the Indian Institute of Management, where Kalam suffered a fatal heart attack two minutes into his speech.

Here is an excerpt from Srijan’s facebook wall.

Sleep eludes me and memories keep flushing down, sometimes as tears. Our day, 27th July, began at 12 noon, when we took our seats in the flight to Guhawati. Dr. Kalam was 1A and I was IC. He was wearing a dark colored “Kalam suit”, and I started off complimenting, “Nice color!” Little did I know this was going to be the last color I will see on him.

Long, 2.5 hours of flying in the monsoon weather. I hate turbulence, and he had mastered over them. Whenever he would see me go cold in shaking plane, he would just pull

A TRIbuTE TO dR. KAlAM

Srijan Pal Singh with APJ Abdul Kalam (Facebook photo)

down the window pane and say, “Now you don’t see any fear!”.

That was followed by another 2.5 hours of car drive to IIM Shillong. For these two legged trip of five hours we talked, discussed and debated. These were amongst hundreds of the long flights and longer drives we have been together over the last six years.

As each of them, this was as special too. One of the lasting memories of our last trip was an experience from the beauty of his humility.

We were in a convoy of 6-7 cars. Dr. Kalam and I were in the second car. Ahead of us was an open gypsy with three soldiers in it. Two of them were sitting on either side and one lean guy was standing atop, holding his gun.

One hour into the road journey, Dr. Kalam said, “Why is he standing? He will get tired. This is like punishment. Can you ask a wireless message to be given that he may sit?”

I had to convince him, he has been probably instructed to keep standing for better security. He did not relent. We tried radio messaging, that did not work.

For the next 1.5 hours of the journey, he reminded me thrice to see if I can hand signal him to sit down. Finally, realizing there is little we can do – he told me, “I want to meet him and thank him”.

Later, when we landed in IIM Shillong, I went inquiring through security people and got hold of the standing guy. I took him inside and Dr. Kalam greeted him. He shook his hand, said thank you buddy. “Are you tired? Would you like something to eat? I am sorry you had to stand so long because of me”.

The young lean guard, draped in black cloth, was surprised at the treatment. He lost words, just said, “Sir, aap ke liye to 6 ghante bhi khade rahenge”.

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Srijan Pal Singh is an Indian author, public speaker and social entrepreneur. A Management graduate from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), Srijan worked with Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam who served as the 11th President of India, in promoting various assignments such as "What Can I Give Movement", Energy Independence for the nation, nuclear and space missions, and Providing Urban Amenities to Rural Areas.

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Ten life lessons from Dr APJ Abdul KalamThe Times of India

India’s ‘Missile Man’ Kalam died on July 27, 2015 after he was hospitalized in a very critical condition at a private hospital in Shillong. He was a renowned scientist and is considered to be the main brain behind India’s space launch vehicle (SLV) and missile programme.

Here are some of Kalam’s inspirational sayings through which he will be remembered forever…

• “You have to dream before your dreams can come true.”

• “If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.”

• “My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.”

• “To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.”

• “Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity.”

• “Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.”

• “Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.”

• “Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.”

• “Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.”

• “You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.”

Source: http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/the-photo-blog/10-life-lessons-from-apj-abdul-kalam/

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AdARA ChRISTOS

A short story by Sampa C. Lahiri

One November afternoon in the Greek mountain town of Kastoria,

Adara Christos walked briskly down the cobblestone path towards her old-fashioned stone cottage on the banks of Lake Orestiada. In the dying rays of the autumn sun, the lake water mirrored

the blue sky and Mount Visti in the distance. The air was crisp and chilly as it whispered through the branches of the almond and beech trees.She turned the key into the lock and the door swung open. Hollow loneliness greeted her. It has been always so since her grandma passed away. But today she felt sadder and emptier as she knew that she will have to leave this cottage for good and put it up for sale. Grandma used to run her family’s twenty-five-year old bakery which Adara had to close down after her death. While the costs of ingredients had gone up, sales had plummeted hopelessly. People do not have money to buy bread. They are trying to sell their valuables and furniture to buy food. But there is hardly any buyer.With little money left, Adara wonders what can be done next to pay her bills. She has been seeking a job for quite a long time. In last couple of months she has been begging for a job – any job. Adara is a young college pass-out with no much skill but that she is an interesting talker. And when she strummed her guitar, all stopped to listen. But that is hardly enough to carve a living in Kastoria. Her parents are separated. While her mother is settled in Volos with her second husband, her father is in Larissa with a family of two kids. Both of them care little for her.Grandma was the only person who lived for Adara. She is now lying under a willow tree on the foothills of the Mount Vitsi where the nature is still virgin and the lavenders grow wild and untouched. Grandma loved flowers. The window boxes in her days used to be afire with geraniums, petunias and pansies. Rooms used to be warm and cozy with a whiff of delicious

walnut cookies bathed in cinnamon-flavored honey syrup. The window boxes are barren now and the garden unkempt with weeds. The rooms are cold and forlorn. For Adara world shall never be the same again. Yet Adara could feel the presence of her grandma. Here is a vase she had touched and admired, there is a stole she had embroidered.... With no money left, Adara has no option but to move to

Athens for a job and then to sell off this cottage… This beautiful little cottage under a chestnut tree will no longer be hers. On many a summer evening, she and her Grandma used to have their tea under the chestnut tree watching the swallows come home. The tree used to break into pink blossoms every summer. Soon, her little world will be torn out of her and she shall have moved to a cramped apartment in Athens looking for a living. The cold empty rooms gave Adara a shiver. She would not be able to afford fuel to heat her home this winter. With her scanty money she cannot buy heating oil. Presently, she somehow managed to warm up her single bedroom with a small

electric heater. Last year’s snowstorm had led to a power outage for three days. She wondered what is in store for her this winter. The country is facing a heating-oil crisis. With an economy that has contracted for five years and an unemployment rate at a record low, residents in northern Greece cannot heat their homes. Austerity measures have cut government salaries and benefits, raised the retirement age and reduced

services. Greece’s central government has also cut the funding for heating schools drastically. This winter the children too will not have any heating at school. When temperatures will fall below freezing, older residents in the town will spend their days at a senior center and cafes to save on heating costs, returning home only to sleep. Thankfully, Adara’s grandma did not live to see this day. Kastoria is the center of Greece’s fur

industry and mink is raised in the area. Other industries include the sale and distribution of locally grown produce, particularly wheat, apples, wine and fish. But market is dull now and finding a job is a far away dream. The corridors of recruitment agencies and placement consultants brim

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over with desperate job-seekers queuing up with their resume every day. Days on end Adara has hopped from one employer to another, skipped meals waiting for long hours with other interviewees. Yet not a single job fructified.

Adara switched on the lamp and walked up to the mirror. A pair of dark exhausted eyes looked back at

her in despair. On verge of losing all that belonged to her, she looked around the gaily coloured room with a deep sense of loss.Even if she had to do away with everything, she will always keep with herself the painting of the Panagia, her Grandma’s silver candlesticks and her vintage mink coat. All these had been very close to her heart all her life.The silver candlesticks stood on the mantlepiece before the painting of Panagia, the Ever Holy. Adara walked up to it and lit a candle – something she has not done for long.She found the wine-red mink coat in the mahogany wardrobe. Suddenly Adara had a strange desire to touch it and then to throw it on her slim shoulders in front of the full-length mirror.Its wine-red hue complemented her brunet hair and her dark eyes. It always looked gorgeous on her, her grandma said. A whiff of Chanel No.5 lingered between the folds of the velvety fabric. She could imagine her grandma in the mink coat. It felt as though she could touch her, smell her and feel her caress. She stole a glance at the silver candlesticks that shone gently in the soft candlelight. The calm glow of the candle washed the painting of Virgin Mary with a tender orange.Selling her home would be as good as losing Grandma again, yet again, losing her touch and her smell one final time. Yet she knew that her Grandma would always have wanted her to survive at all cost. And survive she will.She has been living on takeaway food and coffee ever since her grandma passed away. After a daylong job hunt, she is left with no energy to cook for herself and then none else to share her dinner with. But now she has too little money left. And takeaway food can be costly.

Tomorrow may be she would strum her guitar at the park on her way back home. Some people might drop her some coins if she is lucky. But this can hardly be a solution.Her limbs ached but she was not hungry and it was definitely not bedtime. She left behind a burger on the table in a brown paper wrap. Taking a book from the shelf, she

pulled up the electric heater close to her favourite red-cushioned couch and sank deep in it. The clock ticked away. Adara fell asleep. Dinnertime came and passed. The temperature dropped but she slept like a log without taking a note of the world.

The sunrays touched the freezing peak of Mount Vistis and

streamed through her windows drawing patterns on the stone floor

when Adara’s eyes fluttered open. Feeling strangely warm and comfortable, she could sniff a familiar aroma …. the whiff of buttery croissants. She must be still dreaming, she thought. The burger on the table wrapped in brown paper was uneaten. The candle was still burning on the mantelpiece and the electric heater still glowing. She sat up straight inhaling deeply …. the air indeed was heavy with the smell of piping hot croissants fresh from the oven – something her grandma used to bake for her at breakfast. May be her mind was playing games… Suddenly, she felt

her tears close to the surface. No, she cannot give in. She will have to fight back to the hilt.She got up, washed and combed her hair till it shone. She made herself a cup of strong coffee and checked her inbox. There was a spate of free job alerts as usual along with the bill payment reminders. However, one of the emails looked different.Dear Ms Christos,With reference to your interview last

month with our Operations Director, Mr Cirio Lambros, you are being offered the post of a program host at Kastoria FM Stereo 91.5. In case you are interested, you might drop in to discuss the job terms and conditions at 2 pm tomorrow.Regards, Cosmo Hanas

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KNOW NOTRh EAST

Source:

http://www.indiatimes.com/culture/food/11-incredible-north-east-indian-recipes-you-have-to-try-in-your-kitchen-243802.

And http://www.indiankhana.net/2011/05/momos-steamed-vegetable-dumplings.html

In this edition of Tamralipi, some vegetarian north east recipes have been included. So dig in and have a good time!!!!!

Chi Al Meh

Manipur’s Chi Al Meh is the regular vegetable soup. For Chi Al Meh, one needs chopped onions, capsicum, mushrooms, and spinach. Once chopped, heat a pan and add ginger paste. Add chillies, soy sauce and salt. Add all the veggies and add water to the mixture. Put a lid on the pan and boil the mixture for 10 minutes. Serve hot.

P.S- One can also add noodles to the soup.

Daieneiiong

Daieneiiong is black dal made from black sesame seeds. The dal is served with Meghalaya’s staple food rice. Mix the lentils and water in a saucepan and boil until tender, about 15-20 minutes. In another vessel, roast sesame seeds for about 1-2 minutes. Turn off the flame and let them cool. Grind sesame seeds with 2 teaspoons of water. Transfer the crushed seeds to a bowl and mix with mustard oil and

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ginger garlic paste. Stir to combine. Add to cooked lentils with salt and let it simmer for another 3 minutes until it gets thicker. Serve with rice.

Tel Pitha

Soak rice for an hour and drain it well. Then pound the rice together to a fine powder and sieve it. In a mixer grinder, mix the jaggery with water to a smooth paste. Add the

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jaggery paste to the rice powder. Cover the mixture for 4 hours. Heat mustard oil in a vessel and drop the batter in the oil. Deep fry them until they turn golden brown.

Pukhlein

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For dessert, try making the Meghalayan Pukhlein which is made with rice and jaggery. All one needs is jaggery syrup, rice flour and oil. Take jaggery syrup in a big bowl and add rice flour in it. Keep the mixture aside for few minutes. Heat the oil for deep frying with high flame. Once the batter is thick, drop a spoon of the already prepared rice-jaggery mixture in the oil. Fry until the pukhlein turns brown. Remove on a tissue paper, so they absorb excess oil.

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FINANCE

Data breaches are now as part of life as perhaps, deaths and taxes. Naturally, they can wreak havoc on your finances. In 2014-15, NEFT RTGS cyber frauds caused damages of upto Rs. 80 crore. Then there are hacks, identity theft, data breaches, email scams, viruses, malware and mind you, all happening 24x7. The hackers are really dark and cunning and the only way not to be vulnerable to such crimes is to be disciplined. Here is a list of 10 commandments to better online protection.

Follow them diligently and you'll be e-safe.

1. Compose a Strong Password

Your password configurations are a major defence. It should not be linked to your personal details like birthday or your spouse's birthday . In fact, it should have no connection linkages at all. Make it as less

transparent as possible by using nonsensical combinations of symbols, numbers, and upper-and-lower-case characters. If you think that will be difficult to remember then choose a random theme, say animal names, and spell it using signs and symbols. For instance, say the password is Elephant, spell it as "Eleph@nt". Change your passwords frequently and switch them as well. You should also use a secure password manager application for managing them.

2. Demand Verbal Confirmation from Broker or Wealth Manager before Transacting

If you work with a wealth manager, make sure that any emailed requests for transfers of your funds is backed up by a verbal confirmation at least over the phone. A very common way hackers steal data from you is using your email ID and private account details to send fund transfer requests to an external account. The only way to protect yourself from

10 ways to make your online financial accounts secure Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/plan/10-ways-to-make-your-online-financial-accounts-secure/articleshow-

sp/50528199.cms

such frauds is to ensure that your wealth manager and broker recognises your voice and gives you a phone call before any transaction.

3. Set Limits on Auto Bill Payments

Agreed that you cannot monitor the smallest of transactions such as the monthly bills, SIPs

and EMIs. While SIPs and EMIs are fixed, your bills may fluctuate monthly. However, you can always set a limit for auto payments. So, if the average credit card bill is Rs 3,000, set a limit of Rs 5,000. This will ensure that in case of a fraud, the maximum loss is limited to Rs 5,000 only.

4. Use WiFi with Care

As a rule, you should avoid using public WiFis, especially the open networks. The most common trick in the hacker's book is hosting 'public' WiFi with an innocuous-sounding moniker.

If you travel frequently and don't have a Virtual Private Network (VPN) provided by your company , you may want to consider subscribing to a reputable VPN service provider. And make sure your home WiFi is password-protected.

5. Password-protect

Sensitive documents sent via Emails whether it is a word document or a PDF, if it has any sensitive information, make sure you make it password protected. This is important when you are mailing these documents. Usually, we have open documents with no protection.

However, you can easily change the protection settings and save them again with a password. Do not share the

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password in the same mail. And even if you do, they should be clues to the password and not the password itself.

For one, you can tell the person you are emailing the documents to that the password to the file is his PAN number where the A's have been replaced by the corresponding symbol. Follow the strong password rules and keep it something that only the person receiving the file will know.

6. Update the Operating System

Update the Operating System on Regular Basis Technology is upgrading fast and so are the methods to break the security measures. Update the operating systems on a regular basis with the latest security patches, updates, and drivers. This will ensure that your computer is up to date and will help keep your computer free from viruses and other security threats to stay current with the most robust security measures. You should also consider updating your browser settings to block cookies and other files that store your user data.

7. Protect the Smartphone and Tablets Too

Considering how the latest trend of everything-under-your thumb, it is more important to protect the smartphone than the desktop. Not just your emails and contacts, even your banking app, demat account access is available via in the mobile phone you carry in your pocket. Do not forget to get

firewalls and antivirus for your handheld devices.

8. Wipe Clean Your Devices You are Getting Rid Of

When selling or disposing of old devices, erase all your personal data. Also, be

prepared for a more hostile situation. God forbid, it gets stolen or you lose it, password or the pattern protection may not be enough. You should be able to destroy or at least lock your device remotely. Some devices have pre-installed application.

For others, just run a Google search to find out how it can be done on your device. In the case of Android devices, you don't need a third-party solution, you can simply use Google to visit the Android Device Manager (ADM) to either ring, lock and erase your data. Apple has an online support to help you out.

9. Opt for One-time-password

An OTP , wherever available, is better than password protection. When keying in information such as your online banking account password, rather than using your regular keyboard, use a virtual keyboard. When you use a regular

keyboard, there is always a risk of data interception by spyware.

10. Careful of What you Post on Social Media

If you use Google+ or Facebook often to sign in to other websites, exclude personal information that in any way can be used to hack your account. This not only includes the publicly shared posts but personal messages too. Do not forget to review the privacy policies of all these sites and make sure you're comfortable with them.

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S.No. Nature of transaction

Mandatory quoting of pan (rule 114b)

Existing requirement New requirement

1. Immovable property Sale/purchase valued at `5 lakh or moreI) sale/purchase exceeding `10 lakh; ii) Properties valued by stamp valuation - authority at amount exceeding `10 lakh will also need PAN

2. Motor vehicle (other than two wheeler) All sales/purchases No change

3. Time deposit Time deposit exceeding `50,000 with a banking company

I) deposits with co-op banks, post office, nidhi, NBFC companies will also need PAN ii) Deposits aggregating to more than `5 lakh during the year will also need PAN

4. Deposit with post office savings bank Exceeding `50,000 Discontinued

5. Sale or purchase of securities Contract for sale/purchase of a value exceeding `1 lakh No change

6.Opening an account (other than time deposit) with a banking company

All new accountsI) basic savings bank deposit account excluded (no PAN requirement for opening these accounts); ii) Co-operative banks also to comply

7. Installation of telephone/ cellphone connections All instances Discontinued

8. Hotel/restaurant bill(s) Exceeding `25,000 at any one time (by any mode of payment) Cash payment exceeding `50,000

9. Cash purchase of bank drafts/ pay orders/banker’s cheques

Amount aggregating to `50,000 or more during any one day Exceeding `50,000 on any one day

10. Cash deposit with banking company

Cash aggregating to `50,000 or more during any one day Cash deposit exceeding `50,000 in a day

11. Foreign travel

Cash payment in connection with foreign travel of an amount exceeding `25,000 at any one time (including fare, payment to travel agent, purchase of forex)

Cash payment in connection with foreign (travel or purchase of foreign currency of an amount exceeding `50,000 atariy one time (including fare, payment to travel agent)

12. Credit card Application to banking company/any other company/ institution for credit card No change. Cooperative banks also to comply

13. Mutual fund units Payment of `50,000 or more for purchase Payment exceeding `50,000 for purchase

14. Shares of company Payment of `50,000 or more to a company for acquiring its shares

i) opening a Demat account ii) Purchase or sale of shares of an unlisted company for an amount exceeding `1 lakh per transaction

15. Debentures/bonds Payment of `50,000 or more to a company/institution for acquiring its debentures/bonds Payment exceeding `50,000

16. RBI bonds Payment of `50,000 or more to RBI for acquiring its bonds Payment exceeding `50,000

17. Life insurance premium Payment of `50,000 or more in a year as premium to an insurer Payment exceeding `50,000 in a year

18. Purchase of jewellery/bullion Payment of `5 lakh or more at any one time or against a bill Deleted and merged with next kern in this table

19. Purchases or sales of goods or services No requirement Purchase/sale of any goods or services exceeding `2 lakh

per transaction

20.Cash cards/prepaid instruments issued under payment & settlement act

No requirement Cash payment aggregating to more than `50,000 in a year

Announcing amendment to provisions relating to quoting of PANWith effect from 1st January, 2016

Rule 114B of Income Tax Rules, 1962 regarding Financial Transactions, where quoting of PAN is mandatory, have been amended as tabulated below

Income Tax Department

FINANCE

Source: The Telegraph

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hR@hCl

As the economy around the world continues to struggle, many managers are finding it more and more difficult to continue motivating employees – especially with many employee perks being cut out to lower costs. As a manager, what can you do to keep employees motivated, even when times are tough?

Try these tips:

Tip #1: Act as a role model and help inspire employees to identify what they are passionate about at work; then provide them with some projects in their area of passion or interest – a happy employee is a motivated employee!

Tip #2: Clearly define the organization’s vision, mission and strategy as well as the goals and objectives of each employee (and include your employees in the crafting of these). Make sure everyone on your team understands the key role they play in contributing to the success of the department. Ensure each employee is in alignment towards the overall strategy so your group can work as a team and help each other out. Positive team energy will help motivate

everyone.

Tip #3: Empower your employees to succeed and delegate challenging and meaningful work – in general, people want to succeed and they want to continue learning and growing, so provide them with opportunities.

Tip #4: Work with each employee to create their own personal development plan. Then, provide them with coaching and mentoring and help them increase their skills and their sense of competence and accomplishment.

Tip #5: Monitor the progress of your employees towards accomplishing their goals and objectives – then provide rewards to reinforce positive behavior, increase their sense of progress and keep them motivated. This can include recognition in front

of peers and other rewards that don’t cost a lot of money but are meaningful to the person.

Tips for Motivating Employees

5 ways to Work with Colleague you do not likeWe can choose our workplace but it is never possible to choose our coworkers. So the first step towards easing this process is to accept that you have to work with that person.

Focus on Things You Can Control You cannot change the way your coworker acts. Focus on your own behaviour, as that is what you can control. "Once

you have stepped back and have your reactions in control, introspect if it's because the other person is just different or if the person is doing the job better than you." says Col Gian Singh Kadian, HR manager at One Shield Inc.

Negativity Leads to NegativityAvoid the temptation to vent in front of coworkers as it is contagious and can reflect poorly on you. instead, try spending more time with them. If the project requires close co-ordination, take it as an opportunity, This allows you to know the person better," says Kadian.

Managing Your Own Reaction"You may find the colleague annoying but you need to maintain your composure and not let that colleague know

that you have been affected. If the situation becomes unbearable, simply move out of the situation," says Rishi Puri, vice-president at Lords Hotels & Resorts.

Motivating employees to learn, to grow, to try challenging new assignments, and to work together as a team can be incredibly fulfilling. Seeing the look on someone’s face when they’ve succeeded at something they never thought was possible is a gift itself.

Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/lisaquast/2012/01 /10/5-tips-for-motivating-employees/

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10 Natural Antibiotics that Fight Infection

It’s almost instinctual for us to head to the doctor’s office to get a prescription when faced with an infection or other illness. But the antibiotics often prescribed usually wind up doing much more harm than good, killing off healthy bacteria with the bad ones.

While antibiotics do have their place in medicine, why not think about reaching for a natural solution when you can? Here are 10 natural antibiotics that you’ve probably already got lying around your kitchen.

1. Garlic

By eating a few cloves of garlic each day, you can effectively fight off all sorts of bacteria, viruses and infections. Studies have even found that garlic can assist in areas as severe as AIDS symptoms, diabetes and high blood pressure.

It’s also a great help in relieving the effects of colds, flus and toothaches. It doesn’t hurt that organic garlic is also quite affordable!

Cooking it into a meal is not good enough, however; to maximize its full antibiotic properties, you’ll need to crush the garlic and eat it raw. A great way to try this is in a salad, soup or even drink.

2. Onions

Onions are closely related to garlic and have similar health benefits, reducing pain and inflammation as well as illnesses

like colds and flus.

Similar to garlic, you’ll get the best results by eating onions raw. Cooking onions releases many of their healthiest nutrients, robbing your body of their help.

3. Grapefruit Seed Extract

Graprefruit seed extract, referred to as GSE, is conventionally used as an anti-microbial compound. It has shown great promise in preventing the growth of various fungi and bacteria, even being recommended for use in bathroom cleaning.

4. Horseradish (Hindi – Sahijan)

Horseradish gives your body energy; this stuff is potent! Horseradish helps your body defend itself against potential

illnesses. It also promotes healthy blood circulation and has antibiotic properties when broken down in the stomach.

Horseradish can treat everything from urinary tract infections to kidney stones and bronchitis.

Consume it raw (blended or juiced) or diced up with a light amount of vinegar for best effects.

Be the Buddha If the situation does not mend and you feel it is affecting your job performance, the best course is to informally inform your immediate boss and seek help, says Puri.

Seek HelpIf nothing else works, practice emotional detachment. Ignore the irritating behaviour and perhaps consider taking it to senior management to bring about conflict resolution, says Kadian.

Source: The Economic Times December 04, 2015

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5. Vitamin C

Vitamin C can be found in a wide variety of fruits including oranges and pineapples. It’s known for its ability to strengthen the immune system —that’s why orange juice is so relieving when you’ve got a cold.

Vitamin C works wonders in areas of skin repair and prenatal health.

Getting your hands on a 100% natural organic orange juice is one way to consume vitamin C — also consider eating an orange or two a few days each week.

6. Honey

Medicinal importance of honey has been documented in the world's oldest medical literatures, and since the ancient times, it has been known to possess antimicrobial property as well as wound-healing

activity.

The healing property of honey is due to the fact that it offers antibacterial activity, maintains a moist wound condition, and its high viscosity helps to provide a protective barrier to prevent infection. Its immunomodulatory property is relevant to wound repair too. The antimicrobial activity

in most honeys is due to the enzymatic production of hydrogen peroxide.

7. Cinnamon

Cinnamon can help lower blood sugar in folks dealing with adult onset of diabetic tendencies. It also contains antibiotic properties and can help treat yeast infections.

8. Ginger

It’s incredibly common for ginger to be used in the treatment of flus and colds. It’s also great for treating an upset stomach and for nausea as well as treating muscle and joint pain.

There is reason to avoid consuming ginger in very large amounts if you are expecting

to be pregnant, however; some experts fear it may lead to miscarriage.

9. Eucalyptus

When placed on skin, eucalyptus has many antiseptic properties. It’s also commonly used in teas and inhaled to fight coughs. It’s also great at killing fungus.

Source: http://www.webmd.com/

Here are some benefits of getting a moderate amount of sun exposure:

1. Sunlight and Vitamin D Synthesis

Vitamin D is essential to healthy bones, because it helps you absorb calcium, which strengthens your skeleton. Without the vitamin, you could develop brittle bones, increasing the chance of getting osteoporosis when you’re older.

Children with insufficient vitamin D can develop soft bones, putting them at risk

for rickets. Inadequate amounts of vitamin D can also lead to a weakened immune system.

Our skin naturally contains a precursor to vitamin D. When the sun’s ultraviolet rays touch the skin, they convert the precursor to a molecule called vitamin D3, which then follows a metabolic pathway through the liver and finally to the kidneys, where it’s converted into a molecule called

calcitriol which is the hormonally active metabolite of vitamin D.

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2. Sunlight and whole foods send breast cancer into remission. The American physician Dr. Zane Kime used sunbathing and nutrition to cure his patients. Even in terminal cases, Dr. Kime was able to completely reverse the metastasized cancer.

3. The sun's light kills bad bacteria. The German solders after WWI knew of the discoveries that had been made in 1903 by the Nobel Prize winner, Niels Finsen. They used sunlight to disinfect and heal wounds.

4. Sunlight has a beneficial effect on skin disorders, such as psoriasis, acne, eczema and fungal infections of the skin.

5. Sunlight lowers cholesterol. The sun converts high cholesterol in the blood into steroid hormones and the sex hormones we need for reproduction. In the absence of sunlight, the opposite happens; substances convert to cholesterol.

6. The sun's rays lower blood pressure. Even a single exposure significantly lowers blood pressure in individuals with high blood pressure. On the other hand, pharmaceutical drugs such as Statins have side effects, such as robbing the body of Coenzyme Q10. CoQ10 is essential for cellular and heart energy.

7. Sunlight penetrates deep into the skin to cleanse the blood and blood vessels. Medical literature published in

Europe showed that people with atherosclerosis (hardened arteries) improved with sun exposure.

8. Sunlight increases oxygen content in human blood. And, it also enhances the body's capacity to deliver oxygen to the tissues; very similar to the effects of exercise. The sun has a great effect on stamina, fitness and muscular development.

9. Sunlight builds the immune system. The white blood cells, which increase with sun exposure, are called

lymphocytes, and these play a major role in defending the body against infections.

10. Regular sunlight exposure increases the growth and height of children, especially babies. Many cultures throughout history have recognized this fact. Studies have shown the amount of sun exposure in the first few months has an effect on how tall the person grows.

11. Sunlight can cure depression. The noon sunshine can deliver 100,000 lux. When we sit in offices for the best part of the day, out of the sun, under neon and artificial lights (150-600 lux), we are depriving ourselves of the illumination of nature. Sunlight deprivation can cause a condition called seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a form of depression. It is more common in winter months, but also common in people who work long hours in office buildings.

Source: http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-5999/10-Healing-Benefits-of-the-Sun.html

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Health Benefits of Green Leafy Vegetables

The health benefits of green leafy vegetables are many, and as such they should be an important part of a healthy diet.

Greens are packed with vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients that prevent cancer and other diseases. According to the food pyramid guidelines, an average adult needs 3 cups of leafy greens per week.

Greens that are commonly used in Indian recipes include spinach (palak), fenugreek leaves (methi), mustard greens (sarson ka saag), amaranth (thotakoora), gogu (gongura), bachchali (a kind of spinach), and chukkakura (a tangy leaf).

1. Dark leafy greens are a rich source of vitamin C, K, E, and B, as well as iron, calcium, and fiber, which are essential for good health. Recent studies have shown that Vitamin K plays an important role in preventing osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes, and atherosclerosis. Vitamin E has been shown to prevent skin cancer.

2. Greens contain beta carotene (vitamin A), lutein, and zeaxanthin which are powerful antioxidants that destroy free radicals (that damage and weaken our body cells), and help protect our bodies from cancer. Beta carotene strenghtens the immune system, while lutein and zeaxanthin prevent degenerative eye diseases like cataract.

Vitamin A has also been shown to reduce skin sensitivity to sun. For excellent skin health, include three 1-cup servings of foods rich in beta-carotene such as spinach and other greens.

3. They are also known to slow down general age-related cellular degeneration, and are great for our skin, hair, and nails. Our bodies convert the beta carotene in leafy greens like spinach to vitamin A which regulates the production and turnover of cells so skin’s surface is smooth.

4. Greens also contain folate, which plays an important role in the repair of damaged cells. Folate is known to reduce the risk of colon, lung, cervix, and breast cancer.

5. The phytochemicals or antioxidants in greens like bok choy and kale are enzymes that help fight cancer. These enzymes also help with digestion and keep our digestive tract healthy.

6. Greens are a rich source of potassium and magnesium. Potassium helps regulate blood pressure, and magnesium regulates blood sugar. A new study conducted at University of Leicester, UK, has shown that eating one and a half cup of extra servings of green leafy vegetables a day reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes by 14 percent. Greens such as spinach may also help reduce type 2 diabetes risk due to their high magnesium content.

7. Greens are low in calories, have no cholesterol, and are fat-free, and as such a must for any weight-loss plan. A diet rich in green leafy vegetables coupled with physical exercise, whether yoga or something else, is great for your health.

Sourceshttp://snap.nal.usda.gov

Foods That Heal, H. K. BakhruThe Complete Book of Nutritional Healing, Deborah Mitchell