Pratik CSR
Pratik CSR
The Company’s CSR will revolve around six guiding principles – Impact, Partnerships,
Affirmative Action, Volunteerism, Communication and Innovation.
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2) SBI Group:
Education
Health
Infrastructure
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Social Change
Environment
Plantation of trees
Making people aware of hazards of use of plastic
According to me, SBI group has a better CSR since it focuses on environmental issues and
the impact of certain hazardous products on the environment. SBI group also focuses on
certain social issues such as dowry marriage. Moreover, the leading banking group also
focuses on the health facilities of mothers, child(new born), physically disabled which is
quite essential or otherwise it will be unhygienic. Though it is noteworthy to mention that
SBI group contributes only 1% of their total profits for CSR activities, still they are able to
carry out many important activities. Bank also donates to Prime Minister and Chief
Minister’s Relief Fund for natural calamities and disasters. In 2013, the bank has donated
1,40,000 fans to 14,000 schools. Some of the notable beneficiaries of bank are:
The bank has won the following awards for the CSR activities:
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Asian CSR Leadership Award-2012
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CSR activities of SBI which helps the society in the following key
areas:
The vast majority of rural population is deprived of basic medical facilities due to lack of
healthcare infrastructure in these parts of the country. We have partnered with Impact India
Foundation to take free medical treatment which includes surgeries conducted for the
restoration of sight, movement, hearing, correction of facial deformities and the prevention
and treatment of epilepsy and dental problems, all free of cost, to the underprivileged in
remote areas using world’s first state of art hospital on train “Life Line express”. Life Line
Express was started in 2017 in thre remote areas out of which Junagarh Rd. Bhavanipatna,
Kalahandi district in Odisha and Kazipet, Warangal district in Telangana. It is worth-
mentioning that Goalpara of Assam has also been included in this list.
SBI Foundation has partnered with Indian Medical and Scientific Research Foundation for
conducting 20,000 high performance Liquid Chromatography ( HPLC) Thalassemia tests in
Rajkot, Saurashtra Region, Gujarat. The main objectives of the project are:
To create an eco-system that develops Social and Institutional processes to mitigate the
damages of Thalassemia and
To reduce the incidence of inherited blood disease, thereby, preventing Thalassemia major
births.
(c) Sanjeevani: Clinic on Wheels
The majority of population in rural India is deprived of primary healthcare facilities due to
lack of accessibility. SBI Foundation has introduced SBI Sanjeevani, ‘Clinic on Wheels’
Mobile medical van, with Bhavishya Bharat NGO, which is equipped with state-of-the-art
multispecialty healthcare facilities at the door step of remote rural communities.
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Absence of toilets leads to open defecation with untreated human waste, posing serious risk
to health. SBI Foundation has partnered with Ramakrishna Mission and started the
construction of toilet block comprising of approx. 203 toilets at new Pilgrims Abode at Belur
Math, Kolkata.
2) Education:
(a) Gyanshala:
SBI Foundation has partnered with Education Support Organsiation (ESO) to further the
common goal of providing quality education to slum children.
To meet to the needs of the visually impaired children, SBIF is providing assistive
technology infrastructure with the help of enabling computer learning solution to visually
impaired students from 3 Blind Schools in Hyderabad district of Telangana state.
As we are all aware that the Girl Child (Beti) in India are neglected and they are deprived of
many things and one of the most important things she is missing out on is Education. To
address this issue, SBI foundation has started “200 BETI PADAO KENDRAs (BPK)” in
association with IIMPACT, an NGO started by alumni of 1978 batch of IIM Ahmadabad.
These Beti Padao Kendras are aimed at imparting basic education (upto class 5) to girl
children in remote rural areas where there are no formal schools.
In India, many of the educated youths are unemployed and they are not able to show their
talents which could have impacted the society to a great extent. Again, the students which are
not bright in studies but have other talents are also not encouraged in our society. Therefore
SBI has started a skill development project which helps in all-round development of these
people. Under the project “Kaushal Vikas”, SBI Foundation provides for skill development
training of youth with emphasis on SC, ST & women.
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4) Sustainability & Environment
Project SBI Corbett will be implemented for creating systems of waste management
(including awareness & waste collection) for the rural community around Corbett Tiger
Reserve and at the same time conducting training for SHG workers for waste collection
and conducting research for zero waste management.
CSR activities of SBI Foundation have always received wide attention and appreciation. SBI
Foundation is proud to be recognized by leading institutions and organization for its CSR
activities and best practices.
The year 2017-18
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