By Shivam Saklani
Reliance Industries Limited, on Friday won
Golden Peacock Award 2017 for Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives. In a
statement, RIL said that the award was recognition, in particular, of the work
done by its CSR arm Reliance Foundation under Founder and Chairman Nita Ambani.
RIL said that Reliance Foundations has touched the lives of over 15 million
people across India, covering more than 13,500 villages and 74 urban locations.
Golden Peacock Awards, instituted by the
Institute of Directors (IOD) in 1991 in India, are regarded as benchmark of
Corporate Excellence. One of the key initiatives recognized by the jury,
chaired by Supreme Court former Justice Arijit Pasayat, aims at impacting
farmer’s livelihood through water and food security interventions.
Under its rural transformation initiative,
Reliance has been implementing a program called “Bharat India Jodo (BIJ)” that
works closely with marginal and small farmers for enhancing lives and
livelihood, and making agriculture a first choice profession.While the initial engagement is aimed at
land development and water security measures, the other key intervention, under
the program promote food and nutritional security and creating linkages for
better price realization.
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