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Small scale farmers in Chitrakonda area of Malkangiri, Odisha have few opportunities of raising their income. After consulting with local authorities, Essar Foundation worked with community members and self-help groups to provide skills and aid the farmers with alternative livelihood opportunities, using existing water bodies for scientific fish farming. Essar Foundation provided skill training, fingerlings, […]

Access to affordable healthcare in remote areas of rural India is a challenge. As part of its community initiatives near Essar’s CBM project at Raniganj (Durgapur, West Bengal), mobile medical units (MMUs) are deployed across several villages. The MMUs ensure that the neighbouring rural communities have access to quality and timely primary healthcare. Since 2010, […]

Essar Foundation’s Project Sufalam, which promotes ‘System of Rice Intensification’, is helping farmers in remote areas of Durgapur, West Bengal. The project is aimed at educating and training farmers on improved methods for better produce and income. Prashanta Mondal, a trainee at Project Sufalam, shares his success story.

Children often develop poor vision due to nutritional or genetic factors, and if not checked regularly may go undiagnosed. A large part of learning problems and performance issues in school is associated with common vision problems and refractive error. Regular eye check-ups are essential for children, and hence eye care camps have been a key […]

Self Help Groups, especially women groups, have been the key drivers for change in rural areas across the world. Not only are they economically enabling women to manage savings and credit, but also leading to enterprise-development through collective action. Maa Laxmi Self Help Group is one of the most enthusiastic among the several women’s groups […]

Every year, 16th September is observed as the International Day for the preservation of Ozone Layer. The day aims to spread awareness, bring everyone’s attention to the depletion of the ozone layer and encourages preventive action. This year the theme was “Keep Cool and Carry On: The Montreal Protocol”. The need of the hour us […]

The coastal cities are under tremendous pressure due to overcrowding, unplanned drainage, and littering by tourists. Often household and industrial waste finds its way into the ocean and comes back with the tide to litter the beaches. Many beaches on the East Coast are in need for regular cleaning towards protection of marine life forms. […]

Malnutrition amongst women is one of the prime causes for babies having low birth-weight and poor growth. Low birth-weight contributes significantly to high infant mortality rates, and surviving babies are likely to suffer from growth retardation and constant ill-health throughout their lives. The National Nutrition Week aims to spread awareness on the criticality of nutrition […]

The CSR Journal Responsible businesses carry people along with them in their journey towards growth. Essar has generated business of more than USD 3bn through nurturing local entrepreneurs and has grown in unison with the communities around its presence. Essar Foundation is the CSR arm of Essar, committed to fuelling development of communities around Essar’s […]

As a responsible business, Essar is committed to ‘Million Hours to Society’ through sustained employee volunteering initiatives for causes close to their hearts. Employees of Essar Power MP Limited, under its employee volunteering drive, have volunteered their time to undertake extra weekly classes for school children. With the beginning of the new academic session, team […]