TBB BUREAUBHUBANESWAR, JULY 5, 2021It has now been over two decades that the Microfinance industry has been helping women from the low income and under-served groups with access to collateral-free easy credit. A lesser-known fact is how microfinance institutions stand by the borrower as a strong pillar of support in difficult times and help in the holistic development of the ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 4, 2021 Reinforcing the safety awareness, Tata Power Central Odisha Distribution Ltd (TPCODL) organised massive awareness campaigns on the occasion of the 2nd National Electrical Safety Week, held from 26th June to 2nd July 2021. TPCODL, committed to the safety of its employees and stakeholders, has been regularly taking up various initiatives to improve the safety ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JULY 2, 2021 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium and its value-added products, has launched the ‘#GreenHearts’ campaign, encouraging all to plant a sapling in solidarity with the Covid warriors and all who have been affected by the pandemic during the Van Mahotsav week. Van Mahotsav is an annual celebration of plantation of trees observed ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 2, 2021 The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned Rs.388 crore to the Odisha Government under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) for setting up of four Mega Piped Drinking Water Supply Projects in the State. The sanctioned amount would also be used for construction or up-gradation of 20 village roads across 15 ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, JULY 1, 2021 Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Group on Thursday announced a Rs 5,000 crore social impact programme with focus on nutrition, women and child development, healthcare, animal welfare and grass root level sports, including investments in a Corona-free village project across several states to combat the pandemic. The first of its kind social impact programme will ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, JUNE 30, 2021 In a new CSR initiative, Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd. (MCL) is extending financial support to the tune of Rs. 3.65 crore to the Balangir district administration under project ‘PRAGATI’ for improving health and education infrastructure of the district. An MoU to this effect was signed by Chanchal Rana, Collector & DM, Balangir and PK Chakraborty, ...

TBB BUREAU RAJGANGPUR, JUNE 21, 2021            As part of its corporate social responsibility, the Rajgangpur Unit of Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd. (DCBL) has renovated the Shani Temple at Khadagali Sahi in Ward 3 of Rajgangpur Municipality.             Keeping in view the religious sentiments of the local people, the CSR wing of DCBL Rajgangpur has spent over Rs 4 lakh ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 19, 2021 Vedanta Aluminium Power and Business, India’s largest producer of aluminium and its value-added products, has dedicated a 200-bed state-of-the-art COVID Hospital to the people of Odisha, to support the state government in providing timely and proper care to the critically ailing patients. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday inaugurated Vedanta’s largest Covid hospital ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 17, 2021 State-run Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) has contributed Rs 500 crore to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) on Thursday for supporting the State government’s efforts to control the present COVID-19 situation. OMC Chairman Surendra Kumar handed over a cheque worth Rs 500 crore to State Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra at Lok Seva Bhawan ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR/TIKIRI, JUNE 17      Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL), a unit of Hindalco Industries Limited, and Entrepreneurship Development Initiative of India (EDII) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday, to set up a Rural Business Incubation Centre ‘UDYAMEEE’ in Kashipur Block under Rayagada District.   The MoU was signed by Utkal Alumina Unit Head Mazhar Beig, and ...