1. Brief out line CSR Policy of the Company:

The Company’s CSR programs are guided by Corporate Social Responsibility Policy (‘CSR Policy’) duly approved by the Board in the Board Meeting dated 14/06/2017. The Company’s CSR Policy framework details the mechanisms for undertaking various programs in accordance with section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 (the “Act”) read with Schedule VII to the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 (“Rules”) for the benefit of the community.

The Company is committed towards its works and its CSR policy by making a big and lasting difference, through sustainable measures, by actively contribute to the Social, Economic and Environmental development of the community in which we operate ensuring participation from the community and thereby create value for the nation.

The Company has identified the following thrust areas around which the Company shall be focusing its CSR initiatives/programmes:

• HEALTH CARE: Promoting healthcare including preventive healthcare and sanitation, eradicating hunger, poverty and malnutrition and making available safe drinking water, providing financial support for healthcare, conducting health camps and providing consultation, medicines etc. 
• EDUCATION: Promoting education, including special education and employment enhancing vocation skills especially among children, women, elderly, and the differently abled and livelihood enhancement projects, providing support at every stage of a child’s educational cycle including but not limited to developing infrastructure for schools/educational centers/ universities/hostels, scholarships including financial support to students for education, conducting education programs, skill development and vocational training, support to sports for development of students in both urban and rural settings, digital literacy initiatives and other holistic education initiatives for rural & urban youth.
• RURAL DEVELOPMENT: Improving water conservation and rain-water harvesting, developing community infrastructure and strengthening rural areas by improving accessibility, education, healthcare, housing, street roads /lights, drinking water, sanitation, power and livelihoods, thereby creating sustainable villages.
• GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN: Promoting gender equality, empowering women, setting up homes and hostels for women and orphans; setting up old age homes, daycare centers and such other facilities for senior citizens and measures for reducing inequalities faced by socially and economically backward groups.
• ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: Ensuring environmental sustainability, ecological balance, protection of flora and fauna, animal welfare, agro-forestry, conservation of natural resources, maintaining quality of soil, air and water, tree plantation, promoting renewable energy and developing gardens.
• NATIONAL HERITAGE, ART AND CULTURE: Protection of national heritage, art and culture including restoration of buildings and sites of historical importance and works of art; setting up public libraries; promotion and development of traditional arts and handicrafts and preserving & promoting music and sports.
• DISASTER RESPONSE: Supporting disaster management, including relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction activities and provide relief and assistance to victims of disasters and calamities.
• CONTRIBUTION TO FUNDS: Contribution to various funds, projects, universities, bodies, departments, etc. as specified in Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013.
• OTHER INITIATIVES:  To undertake other need based initiatives in compliance with Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013 and amendments thereto from time to time