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UAIL’s Project Wadi lending a helping hand to farmers

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 12, 2022 Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL), a 100 percent subsidiary of Aditya Birla Group company Hindalco has been helping the farmers of Kashipur Block in doubling their income through Project Wadi. Launched in 2018 in partnership with NABARD with a six-year tenure for implementation, UAIL’s Project Wadi covers 17 villages of Kashipur in Rayagada District and ...

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Cabinet approves continuation of PMAY-U up to December 2024

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, AUGUST 11, 2022 The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) Ministry proposal for continuation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U) up to 31st December 2024 wherein financial assistance is to be provided for the completion of already sanctioned 122.69 lakh houses till 31st ...

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JSPL Foundation offers financial assistance to 508 girls under its Jindal Swayam Sampanna Nari programme

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 10, 2022 JSPL Foundation, the CSR wing of Jindal Steel & Power (JSP), offered scholarships to 508 meritorious girls from weaker sections of the society in Odisha and Chhattishgarh to support their vocational training and higher education under its Jindal Swayam Sampanna Nari programme. JSPL Foundation Chairperson Shallu Jindal inaugurated the programme and distributed scholarship letters ...

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Dalmia Cement promotes mushroom cultivation to strengthen livelihood security of women in Odisha

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 9, 2022 Dalmia Bharat Foundation (DBF), the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd (DCBL), is facilitating a range of training and exposure programs for Se​l​f Help Groups (SHGs), to ensure a dynamic and​ ​enabled environment geared towards growth and development. In continuation of its women empowerment initiatives for communities​ ​surrounding its Cuttack ...

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Aditya Aluminium observes World Breastfeeding Week-2022

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 6, 2022 Aditya Aluminium, Lapanga which has been actively working on improving the nutrition intake amongst women, adolescent girls and children under its Project Suposhan, observed World Breastfeeding Week-2022 with the theme “Step up: Support and Educate” in six gram panchayats of Rengali Block from August 1. On each day of the week, an event was ...

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Gopalpur Port’s mobile health check-up camp benefits over 300 patients

TBB BUREAU CHHATRAPUR, AUGUST 6, 2022          As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Gopalpur Ports Ltd. (GPL) organised a mobile health check-up camp at the Government Upper Primary School in Kalipali Gram Panchayat with an aim to provide quality healthcare to people living in the port periphery. Over 300 people from different villages under the panchayat participated in ...

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‘Growth of SHGs crucial to women empowerment’

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 6, 2022 The growth of native Self-Help Groups is crucial to the nation’s development and women empowerment, said Odisha’s Energy Minister Pratap Keshari Deb while speaking to Abha Shakti members (women self-help groups) at a programme organised by Tata Power Central Odisha Distribution Ltd. (TPCODL) here on the eve of National Handloom Day. The event was ...

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World Breastfeeding Week: Vedanta Aluminium steps up to protect, promote and support breastfeeding in Odisha

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 2, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, is undertaking a series of awareness sessions on breastfeeding practices for pregnant and lactating mothers in Jharsuguda and Kalahandi districts of Odisha during World Breastfeeding Week. Themed on “Step up for Breastfeeding”, the sessions will be held in partnership with National Rural Health Mission, Vedanta Hospital (Lanjigarh) ...

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JSPL Foundation observes World Breastfeeding Week

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, AUGUST 1, 2022 JSPL Foundation in association with the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS), National Health Mission (NHM) and Odisha Livelihood Mission (OLM) of Angul District observed the first day of the World Breastfeeding Week 2022 at Natada Gram Panchayat under Chhendipada Block. The week-long program aims to spread the message ‘Step Up for Breastfeeding: Educate and ...

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Over 125 SHG women attend JSPL Foundation’s capacity building program

TBB BUREAU JODA/BARBIL, AUGUST 1, 2022 Empowering women is paramount for inclusive and holistic social development.  Pursuant to this mission, JSPL Foundation organized a two-day workshop-cum-capacity building program in Joda and Barbil region under its women empowerment initiatives with the objective of making rural women self-reliant by inculcating entrepreneurship spirits in them. The program was inaugurated by Padmashree Tulasi Munda and ...

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