SCCL giving top priority to employees’ welfare: Director Balram
Kothagudem: The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has been giving top priority to the employees’ welfare, stated the company Director (Finance) N Balram. The expenditure incurred on welfare nearly doubled in 2020-21 when the company spent around Rs 2.07 lakh on welfare per employee in the year while the amount spent on welfare in 2014-15 […]
Kothagudem: The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has been giving top priority to the employees’ welfare, stated the company Director (Finance) N Balram.
The expenditure incurred on welfare nearly doubled in 2020-21 when the company spent around Rs 2.07 lakh on welfare per employee in the year while the amount spent on welfare in 2014-15 was Rs 1.23 lakh. The total expenditure on welfare in 20-21 was Rs 91 crore, he said
Speaking to the media here on Thursday, the Director informed that as part of the State government’s decision to provide compassionate employment to the kin of the deceased or medically invalid employees, as many as 12, 813 candidates were given employment till Dec 31, 2021.
Balram said that the SCCL was fully geared up to tackle the Omicron crisis. As many as 1, 578 were available at seven Area Hospitals and 21 dispensaries in all areas under the limits of the company.
First dose Covid vaccination was 100 percent complete while 98 percent of employees were given the second dose. Last year five medical oxygen units were set up at five hospitals to meet the patients’ needs.
An amount of Rs 70 crore was spent on the procurement of medical equipment last year. In all Rs 280 crore was spent on medical and health during 2020-21. Steps were being taken to keep the employees in good health through 20 yoga centres, Balram noted.
A total of 59, 845 employees were paid Telangana increment with a financial impact of Rs 5.04 crore per month with effect from August 2014. The percentage of profits share which was 16 percent in 2010-11 increased to 29 percent last year.
An annual merit scholarship of Rs 10, 000 was paid to 130 children of National Coal Wage Agreement (NCWA) employees and executives, who got admission into medical and engineering colleges through common entrance tests since 2015, besides reimbursement of tuition fees to those secured admission into IITs/IIMs.
As part of the Chief Minister’s assurance, electricity connections for air-conditioning (AC) were provided to 26, 170 NCWA residential quarters. AC connections to another 12, 170 quarters would be given soo. Around 6000 employees installed ACs, informed Director (E&M) D Satyanarayana Rao.
Director (operations) S Chandrashekar informed that the survey for a floating solar power plant at Lower Manair Dam (LMD) reservoir in Karimnagar was underway. Environmental clearance was given to Naini coal block in Odisha and groundbreaking would take place in next May or June. The works related to Kothagudem -Sathupalli railway would be complete by next March 31.
GM (Personnel) K Basavaiah and others were present.
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