India, Sept. 22 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
For a company whose operations touch some of the most resource-poor and tribal-dominated districts of India, the idea of giving back to the community is not new to Coal India Limited (CIL). Long before the Companies Act, 2013 made Corporate Social Responsibility a legal obligation for corporate India, CIL and its subsidiaries were already engaged in welfare activities in and around their mining areas under the Community Development (CD) Policy, 2005.
Under this earlier CD regime, subsidiaries supported villages within an 8 km radius of mining operations through drinking water facilities, health camps, and small infrastructure works - meaningful interventions that fostered ha...