The vision of sustainable growth drives both business decisions as well as ONGC's Corporate Social Responsibility work. The CSR activities are essentially guided by project based approach in line with the guidelines issued by the Department of Public Enterprises and Ministry of Corporate Affairs of the Government of India. The CSR initiatives in India by ONGC were marked by unrelenting commitment to several large - scale key projects as well as initiation of several new projects identified under the 12 focus areas of ONGC ONGC, in its quest for oil and gas, charters remote rural locations and is in a constant interface with underprivileged local communities which results in better understanding of the community and consequently an enhanced sense of responsibility and accountability to the communities whose lives they touch. A well-defined set of objectives, clearly delineated beneficiaries, strategy and project activities characterize CSR projects undertaken by the oil and gas company to yield discernible, long-term, sustainable benefits for the communities in question. Major CSR projects in India undertaken during the year are enlisted below. -Education including vocational courses, -Health Care, -Entrepreneurship (self-help & livelihood generation) schemes, -Infrastructure support near ONGC operational areas, -Environment protection, ecological conservation, promotion, -Protection of heritage sites, UNESCO heritage monuments etc. -Promotion of artisans, craftsman, musicians, artists etc. for preservation of heritage, Art & Culture, -Women's Empowerment, Girl Child Development, Gender sensitive projects, -Water Management including ground water recharge, -Initiatives for Physically and Mentally challenged, -Sponsorship of seminars, conferences, workshops etc. -Promoting Sports/sports persons; supporting agencies promoting sports / sports persons.

The process of corporate governance through CSR has been enshrined in to law with the enactment of Company's Act 2013 by the Parliament of India and the notification of the same in the Gazette of India on 30th August 2013. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) vide notification dated 27th Feb 2014 has made the provisions of section 135 and amended schedule VII of the said Act applicable w.e.f. 01.04.2014. Schedule VII lists the activities to be undertaken under CSR. ONGC takes up CSR proposals under framework of the Companies Act, 2013, ONGC CSR and Sustainability Policy 2014 and DPE Guidelines for CPSE and follows a 'project based approach' in its CSR activities, preferably in the operational areas of ONGC. The CSR activities of providing various facilities can be implemented by entities out of Section 25 Company, Foundation, Trust or a NGO/Society registered under the Societies Registration Act 1861. ONGC is presently undertaking its CSR activities as per the above mentioned notification and has developed a CSR compliance checklist to ensure compliances to the Government notification and prompt clearances of the proposals. The ONGC CSR checklist may be downloaded through hyperlink ONGC CSR Checklist. The information in respect of proposed CSR activity may be submitted as per ONGC CSR checklist on the address as under: Address: Chief CSR Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited 3rd Floor, Tower A Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Urja Bhawan, 5, Nelson Mandela Marg Vasant Kunj, New Delhi - 110070

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