Program Interventions
Collaboration with Industries
Objectives of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
- Contribute to a Clean Environment
- Assist Peripheral Community in Sustainable Development
- Enrich Socio-Economic Development in the Region / Country
- Contribute to Millennium Development Goals
Involvement of MITTRA in CSR:
Project |
Sponsored by |
Core component/s |
Activity location |
Afforestation Programme, Nagothane |
Reliance Industries Ltd |
Forestry Plantation, Wadi, Water Resource Development |
Nagothane, district Raigad. |
Rural Development Programme, |
Reliance Industries Ltd |
Comprehensive Rural Development Programme |
Roha and Pen blocks, district Raigad. |
Sunhara Kal |
ITC |
Cattle Development Center |
Amravati, Wardha, Pune |
Jan Samruddhi |
Ballarpur Industries Limited |
Cattle Development Center |
Chandrapur, Gadchiroli |
Participatory Restoration of sacred grove at Kalamvira |
Praj Industries Ltd, Pune |
Restoration of sacred groves |
Jawhar,Tamhini |
Tribal Development Programme, Akole. |
General Mills |
Water Resource Development |
Akole |
1) Reliance Industries Limited (RIL):
- Afforestration programme around factory premises:
RIL under took afforestration and horticulture development activity over 450 hecters area in its Nagothane plant.
This involved maintenance of 14000 old plants and 800 fruit orchards. More than 17 lack multi purpose use trees are planted in the area with a survival rate of 77%.
Other activities under taken through afforestration and horticulture development by RIL are as follows -
- Gerbera cultivation in poly house
- Mushroom cultivation
- Vermicompost production from waste material
- Organic cultivation of paddy
- Honey bee units
- Meadow orchard in guava
- Rural Development activities through MADER
Seeking women’s empowerment and improvement in quality of life, Skill development training is imparted in 13 villages.Other activities for comprehensive rural development are also conducted.
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| Bamboo craft training for villagers |
Products made from Bamboo |
3) Ballarpur Industries Ltd. (BILT):
MITTTRA is implementing Jana Samrudhi Project with support from BILT in Gadchiroli, with focus on Livestock Development, Wadi – Agro Horti Forestry development, Vegetable cultivation and Oraganic farming. The Jan Samrudhi project has enabled increase in income of 369 tribal families in Ashti and Chamorshi talukas of Gadchiroli.
3) Sunhara Kal:
Livestock Development programme is being implemented in collaboration with ITC in the districts of Amrawati, Wardha and Pune. Around 270 villages are being covered through 23 Cattle Development Centers. The centers are providing artificial insemination, preventive health, and fodder development activities to the villagers.
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| Best Calf at the Calf Rally organized in Wardha on 19.12.2009 |
4) General Mills:
MITTRA and General Mills work together in Akole block of Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra. Development interventions like Watershed Development, Improved agriculture, Women’s development through Self Help Groups, Community Health programme are underway in nine selected villages.
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| Bamboo craft training for villagers |
Products made from Bamboo |
5) The Infosys Foundation:
The ‘Suprakashita’ (meaning enlightened) programme is being supported by Infosys Foundation and is implemented by MITTRA in Nashik and Ahmednagar districts.
184 SHGs have registered their participation in ‘Suprakashita’ program in which the capacities of the women members of the participant Self Help Groups are developed to improve personal, family and community’s quality of life. This is achieved through providing inputs and information to the members about community health, waste water management, kitchen garden, improved agricultural techniques, livelihood opportunities, government schemes and programmes. Awareness among the society is generated through enlightened members of the SHG. This ensures community mobilization for development.
| Safe drinking water demonstration |
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