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ANNUAL REPORT PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT

2016-17

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PUBLIC AFFAIRS FUNCTIONS

As per the new organogram proposed by OIL Management, the Public Relations Department was renamed as PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT. The PA department has to deal with an increasingly complex and dynamic environment. The issues could be as diverse as business ethics to equal opportunity, from global commerce to

environment

PA Department helps improving Company’s public image through a sustainable PR strategy. From improving media relations to controlling negative media coverage and from satisfying the stakeholders to mitigating and or managing the crisis situations. Right from setting the client’s expectations right to dealing with the bureaucratic jig-saws

and from turning the perception of media from negative to positive to identify possible crisis, the PA job is not easy.

Implementation of Official Language Policy under Official Language Act, 1961 is also being done effectively and efficiently by PA Department.

PREFACE TO THE REPORT

As a management philosophy, the Company

decided to induct public relations practice as far back as 1963, as an integral part of the day-to-day working of the Company. The main task of

the Department is to establish, maintain and sustain strategic approaches to project a

positive image of the Company by building mutually beneficial relationships with the public (both internal and external) and the corporate

world to achieve the overall mission of the Company. The Department also looks after the

implementation of the Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives of the Company.

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Corporate Communication

Corporate Social Responsibility

FUNCTIONS OF PUBLIC

AFFAIRSPublic Relations

Official language

implementation

Sustainability Reporting

Earns good will for the Company

Enhance brand image

Public Relations/Grievance

Management

Promotion of official language

Mitigating impacts, Social, Environment

& Economic

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Corporate Social

Responsibility

OIL CSR PORTFOLIO

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Details of the CSR expenditure incurred by Oil India Limited (OIL) in alignment with Schedule VII of Companies Act 2013, for the FY-2016-17

Sr. No.

Thrust Area and Project Description Name of Implementing Agency Amount spent on CSR Activity/

Project (Rs In crore)

Under Healthcare

1 Project OIL Arogya: reduction of Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR)

IL&FS Education & Technology Services, New Delhi (Guwahati Centre)

0.89

2 Project Sparsha: Mobile healthcare services St. Luke’s (Tinsukia and Chabua) and Piramal Swasthya

2.80

3 Health Camps Socio-cultural groups, Lions Club, Rotary Club etc.

0.04

Under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

4 Initiatives under Swacchh Bharat Abhiyaan Oil India Ltd. 3.22

Under Education

5 Project OIL Super 30: 11 months free residential coaching to students of BPL families for IIT / Engineering entrance examination for admission to IITs and other prestigious institutions in the country

Centre for Social Responsibility and Leadership (CSRL),New Delhi

2.90

6 Project OIL Dikhya: promotion of computer education and school intervention programs for students of remote schools in OIL's operational areas

State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD) and IL&FS Education & Technology Services, New Delhi (Guwahati Centre)

9.73

7 Project OIL Dikhya: Adult Education programs of village elderly/tea garden community in OIL's operational areas

State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD)

3.14

8 Career Counseling and Guidance by organizing Edufair in different cities/towns for students of North East.

Partnership with The Assam Tribune Group.

0.40

9 OIL Awards & OIL Merit Scholarships and OIL Shikshya Ratna Puraskar: to meritorious school students of operational areas while the OIL Shikshya Ratna Puraskar is awarded for recognizing the all-round contribution of the teaching fraternity from provincialized schools and colleges of Assam

Oil India Ltd. 4.03

10 Assistance for Development of educational Infrastructure of School/college/university/technical institutions etc for promoting education

District Administration 4.29

Under Sustainable Livelihood Generation

11 Project Rupantar: support to SHGs/JLGs for sustainable livelihood opportunities and self-employment generation, on various economic activities in the Agro based industry and other allied sectors

State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD), Assam

6.09

12 Agriculture Development under the Oil India Rural Development Society (OIRDS): by providing them expert training and assistance on modern methods of Agriculture.

In Collaboration with State Agriculture Deptt. And Assam Agriculture University, Jorhat

1.79

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13 Project OIL Jeevika - cluster based livelihood project for sustainable income generation

Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship, Guwahati

0.51

Under Skill Development

14 Project OIL Swabalamban: (a) placement linked skills training to youth of OIL's operational areas in courses like housekeeping & hospitality, food & beverages, sewing machine operator, electrician, BPO/Voice calling, general duty assistant, etc. certified by NSDC, Govt. of India. (b) Skill Development Institute, Visakhapatnam, Skill Development Institute, Kochi and Hydrocarbon Sector Skill Council

(a) IL&FS Education & Technology Services (New Delhi, Guwahati Centre), Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (Guwahati), Pragati Edutech (Guwahati), Gyanjyoti Foundation (Guwahati), Gram Tarang (Guwahati) and Downtown Charitable Trust (Guwahati) (b) Government of India

12.07

Under Capacity Building and empowerment of Women

15 Handicraft Training and Production Centre (HTPC): 9 month stipendiary training to young girls

Oil India Ltd 0.28

16 OIL Nursing School: 3 year residential training on General Nursing Midwifery (GNM)

Oil India Ltd 1.20

Under Environment

17 Project OIL Urja: Provide renewable, cost effective & clean energy solutions (e.g. solar driven accessories, fuel efficient chullahs, etc.) to the rural households of OIL’s operational areas thereby reducing carbon emissions

Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship, Guwahati

2.00

18 Biodiversity Conservation Community-based Environment Protection Groups

0.03

Under Promotion of Art, Culture & Heritage

19 Statue of Unity Govt. of India 25.00

20 Promotion of local culture, promotion and development of traditional arts, handicrafts, socio-cultural activities, music, drama, theatre, dance etc.

Community based cultural groups 0.71

Under Promotion of Sports

21 Development of Sports with focus on Rural Sports: to encourage and nurture budding talents in various sports including traditional sports.

Local Sports Clubs of OIL operational areas.

1.57

Under Augmentation Of Rural Infrastructure

22 Development Roads & Bridges District Administration 5.76

23 Other Rural Infrastructures: development of waiting sheds, community halls / public auditoriums, cultural centres etc.

District Administration 3.09

24 Rural Water Supply in KG Basin State Government/District Administration 0.25

Under Schemes for Differently Abled

25 Project OIL Sakshyam: support to rehabilitation projects for Persons with Disabilities

Mrinaljyoti Rehabilitation Centre, Duliajan and Moran Blind School, Moran

0.78

Free LPG Connections to BPL Families under PMUY

26 Contribution towards free LPG connection to BPL households

Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) who is the co-ordinator PSU of the scheme.

15.80

TOTAL CSR EXPENDITURE-2016-17 108.37

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CSR EXPENDITURE OF OIL IN FY 2016-17

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ROJECT OIL SPARSHA:

Currently the project is

being implemented

through St. Luke’s (Tinsukia

and Chabua), a charitable

hospital and Piramal Swasthya,

a Pan-India NGO. Started in early 1980s, the

project takes doctors and paramedics to remote

areas where access to primary healthcare is a

challenge. The Mobile Dispensary services of OIL

‘Sparsha’ have always been one of the most

significant community welfare projects of the

Company. During early days, OIL’s Mobile Health

Care services were carried out with in-house

doctors and paramedics in remote areas of

Dibrugarh District. In view of OIL’s increasing

operations and more and more remote areas to be

annually covered OIL had associated with St.

Luke’s Hospital & Piramal Swasthya through signing

of MoUs. Presently, the mobile health care project

“Sparsha”, covers OIL operational areas of

Dibrugarh, Tinsukia & Charaideo districts of Upper

Assam and Miao & Manabhum districts of

Arunachal Pradesh. This effort of OIL caters to the

primary health care needs of the people in OIL

operational areas.

In FY 2016-17, Project Sparsha has conducted a

total of around 1725 nos. of camps screening

around 2,53,064.00 in various interior villages of

OIL’s operational areas of Dibrugarh, Tinsukia &

Charaideo districts of Upper Assam and Miao &

Manabhum districts of Arunachal Pradesh, Since

2014-15 fiscal, the project has conducted around

3860 camps screening 5,59,992 patients till 2016-

17 fiscal.

PROJECT OIL AROGYA:

Being implemented by IL&FS

Education & Technology

Services (IETS) in 20 villages

for reduction of IMR (Infant

Mortality Rate) & Maternal

Mortality Rate (MMR), this

project includes pre and post-

natal health check-ups, sensitising women on

maternal, child health and benefits of institutional

delivery, tracking and counselling of pregnant

women, immunisation of babies and pregnant

women, training in and awareness of on community

health for better hygiene, sanitation and family

planning.

The activities carried out under 2016-17 fiscal is as

follows:

• Total ANC (Ante Natal Care)/PNC (Post Natal Care) women tracked: 256

• Total children (0-5 years) tracked: 254 • Total children (0-5 years) immunized (ANC/PNC):

1827 • Number of meetings carried out by 64 numbers of

Saathiya Clubs: 386 • Number of health camps: 5 benefitting 253

participants • Number of community health trainings: 10

benefitting 311 participants

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HEALTH

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• Number of home visits to counsel pregnant women: 684 benefitting 473 women

• Adoption of 4 Girls’ School: Sarvajanin Girls’ High School (Tinsukia), Kakopather Girls’ High School (Tinsukia), Chabua Girls’ High School (Dibrugarh), Lahowal Girls’ High School (Dibrugarh) benefitting a total of 618 girls of classes IX and X.

• Number of baby care kit distributed: 4 • Celebration of special days: International

Women’s Day, International Women’s Health Day, World Breast Feeding Week and World AIDS Day.

Another landmark initiative under Health Sector is

the signing of a MoU with Global Fund and IL&FS

for combating HIV, Malaria and T.B. Under Project

OIL Arogya Oil India Limited became the first Indian

PSU to partner the “Global Fund” in the fight against

HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria in OIL’s

operational areas of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh,

Mizoram, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan in India

for a period of five years. Implemented by IETS,

under project OIL Arogya, the program had

conducted health camps, carried out community

sensitization through various tools of behaviour

change communication like street plays, display of

hoardings, filming of documentaries, distribution of

leaflets and individual counselling. Since 2014-15 till

2016-17 fiscal, in Assam and Rajasthan a total of 28

health camps were conducted wherein 5,262

pregnant women and others were screened and

tested for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

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il India Rural Development Society

(OIRDS): Registered under Society

Registration Act XXXI of 1860, OIRDS is

one of the foremost social welfare projects of OIL

conceived with the principle objective of promoting

sustainable growth of rural economy and welfare of

rural people especially the unemployed youth of

OIL’s operational areas of Upper Assam. The

society, guided by a Board of Directors comprises of

senior OIL officers, agriculture experts from Assam

Agriculture University (AAU) and informed locals,

envisages developing the existing skills of the

beneficiaries through handholding and training

providing knowledge of science and technology,

financial aid, and other knowhow. OIRDS focusses

on two core areas.

Agriculture Project: Started in the year 1991, the

project entails introduction of modern methods of

cultivation for maximizing farm yield by extending in-

field training by experts from Assam Agriculture

Department and AAU providing high yield variety

seeds, organic manure, farming tools and

implements. The patterns of crops are mostly Sali

and Rabi. In FY 2016-17, 12 nos. of new villages

were adopted (Sali cultivation 2400 bighas and Rabi

cultivation 1105 bighas) from OIL’s operational

areas of Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts. Since

1991-92 till 2016-17, OIRDS has adopted 118

villages under various farmers’ collectives, covering

around 17,221 farm families. Recently, OIL has also

signed MoU with AAU to promote integrated farming

in villages of OIL’s operational areas in Upper

Assam.

Handicraft Training and Production Centre

(HTPC): Established in 1984 as OIL’s Silver Jubilee

Year Project for women empowerment, HTPC is

located in Duliajan, Assam. The centre provides

young girls/women nine-month stipendiary training

in knitting, embroidery, cutting, tailoring and

weaving for generating self-employment

opportunities. The women who complete training

successfully are provided looms, sewing machines,

thread, etc. In FY 2016-17, 38 nos. of women were

provided training and the students have completed

nine-month stipendiary training in Weaving, Cutting

& Tailoring and Embroidery & Knitting at the Centre.

Since, inception of the project more than 900 nos. of

women from OIL’s operational areas have been

trained under the centre.

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SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD

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roject OIL Rupantar: The growing

unemployment problem has posed a serious

threat to OIL’s long term business goals.

This is because OIL is one of the major industries in

this part of the Country, which is catering to the

socio-economic development of the residents of its

operational areas. More and more unemployed

youths expect OIL as the only source of

direct/indirect employment.

OIL being a responsible corporate citizen deeply

committed to socio-economic development in its

areas of operation has collaborated with State

Institute of Rural Development (SIRD) Assam, with

a common goal to work towards the socio-economic

development of people in the OIL’s operational

areas. The joint venture christened as Project

“Rupantar” (meaning transformation) aspires to

overcome unemployment in the areas, mainly

among the youth by means of taking up

entrepreneurship development programmes (EDP),

exploring self-employment opportunities in the

primary, secondary and tertiary sectors. The project

strengthening the rural economy and supporting the

beneficiaries focuses assisting Self Help Groups for

development of agro-based industries,

diversification in handloom products with special

focus on Eri and Muga (world famous golden silk of

Assam), poultry farming, pig breeding, duck rearing,

fishery, sericulture, organic farming, etc. along with

a Computer Centre thereby help the unemployed

youths to find alternate employment providing a

scope for entrepreneurship. The marketing outlet

‘AASTHA’ at Duliajan has been satisfactorily

providing the requisite support to the marketing

needs of the SHGs of OIL’s operational areas.

OIL in association with SIRD aims to take up

collaborative activities in OIL’s operational areas in

Upper Assam for addressing the needs and

aspirations of the communities through capacity

building, skill up gradation for application of

appropriate technology, provide support services

and arranging credit linkages under Project

Rupantar.

World Petroleum Congress held in Doha in

December 2011 recognised Project OIL Rupantar

as one of 12 best CSR initiatives by the global oil

and gas industry and showcased it in the Social

Responsibility Global village, as part of the

Congress.

Assistance to SHGs/JLGs: Since 2008 OIL has

exclusively formed 2450 SHGs/JLGs to which the

company has extended 50% subsidy, other financial

and material inputs. The groups were involved in

self-employment ventures in order to economically

support their respective households. The

beneficiaries of the Project are mainly unemployed

rural people, especially the farmers, women & youth

with focus on Tea Garden areas. In FY 2016-17, a

total of 300 groups consisting of around 2225

families were involved in self-employment ventures

enabling them to generate additional income to

support their respective households.

The last three fiscals saw OIL forming 1,300

SHGs/JLGs for poultry, piggery, handloom

(weaving) and farm mechanisation (power tiller)

assisting 9,725 farm families. The achievements of

FY 2016-17 are as follows:

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Computer Centre: Since 2004, SIRD is

successfully implementing a computer education

programme under OIL’s Project Rupantar in

Duliajan. The Computer centre offers various short

term courses to students as well as other

candidates at a subsidized rate of Rs 500.00 per

month. Moreover, SIRD has been regularly

imparting training on Information Education and

Communication (IEC) and Panchayati Raj Institution

(PRI), rural development etc. In last two years,

around 1200 nos. of students were trained in the

Computer Centre with an annual intake of around

600 students in various 3-6 months short term

courses. About 600 students are trained annually in

courses such as Basic, DTP, Web Page Designing,

Tally, C Language, C++, Java, Linux, Visual Basic

and Visual Basic Script.

Project OIL Jeevika: Launched in 2016-17 fiscal

and implemented by Indian Institute of

Entrepreneurship (IIE), Guwhati, OIL Jeevika, a

community-cluster based sustainable rural

livelihood promotion project, is currently

implemented in OIL’s operational villages of

Arunachal Pradesh benefitting 400 households.

The project aims at imparting skill development and

up-gradation training to the targeted beneficiaries

on beekeeping & honey processing, mustard,

buckwheat & local pulse processing as well as

providing handholding support to them for

generation of alternate source of income and

formation of self sustaining livelihood clusters.

Inauguration of the Project at Innao, Changlang District,

Arunachal Pradesh

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OIL Merit Scholarships and OIL Awards: The OIL

Merit Scholarship Scheme (OMSS) and OIL Awards

were instituted in 1997 and 2006 respectively to

encourage meritorious students from areas where

OIL carries out its E&P activities. The OMSS is a

merit-based scholarship for students passing X and

XII exams under CBSE, ICSE, Assam and other

State boards. The OIL Awards honour all state rank-

holders in HSLC and HSSLC from the company’s

areas of operation in Assam. Since 2012, OIL has

also been honouring underprivileged students with

special abilities and needs. OIL has enhanced its

brand image by awarding scholarships to 12,000

students till the 2015-16 fiscal. In 2016-17 fiscal,

5,905 students are to be awarded.

Project OIL Dikhya: Seven programmes under this

project are implemented through IETS and SIRD in

the OIL operation areas of Upper Assam.

Computer Education to Schools: Launched in

2012 for students of rural schools after a baseline

study, the project is being implemented in 30

schools (classes VI to VIII) located in OIL’s

operational areas of Upper Assam. The program

has so far benefitted 19,466 students via custom

designed and fabricated mobile education

buses/vans. Value added sessions on creative

studies, environmental science, cleanliness and

behavioural science too are taught along with the

computer classes. Facility of mobile library is also

provided to the students. In FY 2016-17, a total of

5032 students were taught by IETS in 24 schools

and a total of 2100 students were taught by SIRD in

6 schools.

EDUCATION

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Knowledge-Yan with K-Class: In FY 2016-17, a

total of 50 nos. of K-Yan (all in one educational

device) with high end computer, advanced

projection system, in built interactivity with image

processing technology, DVD player and inbuilt

audio system were distributed in schools from

Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and parts of newly formed

Charaideo districts. In addition, in FY 2016-17, OIL

distributed 5 nos of K-Yans to 5 schools in Longding

District, Arunachal Pradesh in presence of Deputy

Commissioner, Govt officials, and Principals /

Teachers of the district. The K-Yan with multi-lingual

course module helped the students to understand

difficult courses through audio-visual techniques.

Since FY 2014-15, OIL distributed 350 K-Yans.

Life Skills Education in Girls’ Schools: Under

Project Dikhya, Life skill programmes are being

implemented in selected schools in OIL operational

areas of Upper Assam. In FY 2016-17, 7077 girl

students were impacted under the programme

covering 75 schools in OIL operational areas of

Tinsukia, Dibrugarh & parts of Charaideo districts.

Under this programme, two level of life skill

programs were delivered, they are Level I: based on

sports and Level II: life anchor. Both these levels

are based on 16 session’s module focusing on the

girl students. The broad objective of the programme

is all round personality development of the girl

students thereby helping them to become a good

decision maker. The broad topics covered under the

programme were “Rapport Building”, “Hygiene”,

“Environment”, “Gender”, “Financial literacy” etc.

Since FY 2014-15, a total of 16,333 girls of classes

VII and VIII were impacted.

Primary School Teacher Training: In FY 2016-17,

training was provided to 150 primary school

teachers on innovative teaching methodologies. In

order to enable capacity building among the

teachers of Tinsukia and Dibrugarh district the IETS

team was entrusted with the responsibility for rolling

out the trainings in OIL’s operational areas of Upper

Assam. Before the rollout of the programme and as

part of the project deliverables, a training need

analysis was carried out to understand the specifics

of the area and context and also to create a module

for proper delivery of the training to maximize

learning and teaching experiences. The Teacher

training program focuses on enhancing the

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characteristics of the teachers, teacher behaviour

towards students affecting learning styles, learner

achievement and learner motivation. The

programme seeks to build on the existing

knowledge, skills and experiences of the teachers.

The module is positioned as an in-service training

requirement in order to re-orient teachers to their

professional needs. Since FY 2013-14, a total of

600 primary school teachers were trained.

Adding Dimensions: In FY 2016-17, Adding

Dimensions’ comprised of interactive learning

interventions which illustrated concepts from the

curriculum, in English, Maths and Science to make

learning real, interactive and fun. Adding

Dimensions also aimed at improving creativity /

thinking skills and sensitization in life skills though

interventions focused on health & hygiene, self-

expression, optical illusions, games, etc. were

implemented in 30 schools.

Adding Dimensions as a concept enabled the

students and teachers to interact with the

environment, where the physical spaces of the

classrooms were redefined which were used as

teaching aids. The teachers were sensitized on

usage of the concepts illustrated through the

physical infrastructure through training and capacity

building initiatives. Thus, Adding Dimensions is an

end to end solution aimed at a seamless integration

of design and educational processes to impact

learning outcomes. In the last two fiscal, the activity

of fabricating the classrooms with interesting

teaching-learning aids carried out in 30 schools

under OIL operational areas benefitted 6,000

students till 2016-17 fiscal.

Distribution of Learning Kits: A new initiative in

2016-17 fiscal, interactive learning kits on English,

Science and Maths were distributed in 30 schools of

OIL’s operational areas of Upper Assam promoting

activity based teaching & learning. The English

relay program, Science kits and Math Master use

the kit based approach (constructive approach) for

building foundation skills in curricular subjects

through games & activities, where learning happens

through experimentation, trial & error and joyful

experiences. The program has covered 6,954

students of 30 schools.

Adult Education: On the other hand, launched in

the same year, adult education classes are

conducted in 30 areas targeting illiterate and semi-

literate people of the rural and tea Garden areas. In

FY 2016-17, 1,500 nos. of adults were provided

education classes from OIL’s operational areas of

Tinsukia, Dibrugarh and parts of Newly formed

Charaideo districts. Since 2012-13, 4200 adults

have been benefitted. The course module is

designed based on the government of Assam

approved textbooks of Sarva Shikshya Abhiyan.

Apart from the regular course, sessions on other

important issues like women empowerment, health,

hygiene, sanitation, awareness on available

government schemes, child rearing, etc. are also

taught to the elderly participants.

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OIL Shikshya Ratna Puraskar: Oil India Limited

introduced “OIL Shikshya Ratna Puraskar” for

recognizing the all-round contribution of the

teaching fraternity from provincialised schools and

colleges from all over Assam. In FY 2016-17, 6 nos.

of teachers were awarded. Started in the year 2013,

so far, 23 teachers have received the award

comprising Rs. 1.00 lakh in cheque and a silver

salver each.

Oil India Super 30: Started in 2010-11, OIL has

engaged Centre for Social Responsibility and

Leadership (CSRL), a New Delhi-based NGO, for a

free 11-month (July to May) residential coaching for

meritorious students from disadvantaged sections in

Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Rajasthan. Such

students are prepared for JEE Mains, Advanced

and other Engineering entrance examinations.

Guwahati, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, and Itanagar and

Jodhpur have a residential coaching centre to

accommodate 30 students in each centre. Till

academic year 2015-16, out of the 510 students

trained, 476 have been well placed in various

reputed colleges. Out of 476 students, 97 were

placed in IITs/ISRO/BITS, 126 were placed in

NITs/IIITs and 253 were placed in State

Engineering colleges, Medical colleges, etc.

The student strength in each centre in FY 2016-17

is as follows:

Results of OIL Super 30 2015-16:

General Nursing Midwifery (GNM) training:

Established in 1991, the nursing school in OIL

Hospital Duliajan conducts 3 years General Nursing

Midwifery (GNM) training courses which is

recognized by the Directorate of Medical Education,

Government of Assam. The annual intake is 20

(Twenty) young women, out of which one vacancy

each is reserved for SC and ST candidate. Stipend

is paid to the students in addition to limited hostel

accommodation, uniform and protective clothing.

The target sector for post training employment is

Government, semi-government and private. Since

inception around 300 women have successfully

completed the training. In last two years, 40 (20

every year) new students were given admissions

and trained under the ongoing 3-year course.

Centres No of students

under coaching

No of students admitted in various institutes/colleges

Guwahati 31 Entrance Examinations in

process Dibrugarh 29

Jorhat 31

Jodhpur 30

Itanagar 26

Total 147

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Financial Contribution to IITG, Guwahati: In FY

2016-17, OIL as an industry partner had contributed

its share (Rs. 1.87 cr.) towards the capital cost of

the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT)

Guwahati. In order to address the challenges faced

by Indian IT industry and growth of the domestic IT

market, the Ministry of Human Resource

Development (MHRD) had initiated the

establishment of twenty Indian Institute of

Information Technology (IIIT), on a Not-for-Profit

Public Private Partnership (N-PPP) basis. The

partners in setting up the IIITs are the MHRD,

Governments of the respective states where each

IIIT is being established and the industry operating

in the region. The Government of Assam had taken

the decision to establish a world class institution for

development of information technology together

with advanced and applied sciences under the

banner of IIIT at Guwahati. Oil India Limited (OIL) is

one of the industry partners for setting up of IIIT

Guwahati.

Assistance to schools & colleges: OIL has been

committed to socio-economic development in its

areas of operation encompassing education as one

of the most important areas indispensable for the

overall development of an individual and well-being

of the society at large. In FY 2016-17, OIL had

provided financial assistance to various educational

institutions towards enhancement of infrastructure &

value of education in OIL's operational areas,

namely towards construction of 22 nos. of

classrooms in rural schools, 34 nos. of boundary

wall cum fencing and provided 4 nos. of computers

to rural schools, public library at Duliajan and

student organizations.

Career Counselling & Guidance: In FY 2016-17,

title sponsored by Oil India Ltd., and implemented

by the Assam Tribune Group, Edufair, an annual

event of career counselling and guidance was

organized at Guwahati, Shillong, Silchar &

Dibrugarh. The event is one of largest and

prestigious educational events of North East India

wherein several reputed institutions affiliated to

government bodies and universities from across the

country participate with over 10,000

students/parents at all the locations taken together.

The fair provides excellent opportunity to the

students to learn innovative career options along

with interaction with reputed institutions with valid

recognition/affiliation to government/universities

under one roof. The most important features of the

fair are the career guidance workshops including a

psychometric test, information on educational

institutions, admission procedures, fees structure,

educational loans, etc.

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OIL Swabalamban: OIL’s thrust on placement

linked skill and capacity building is in view of the

large number of unemployed youth in OIL’s

operational areas, emphasis on skill building by

Govt. of India and the demand of skilled manpower

in various industrial and service sectors.

The project was launched in Dec 2013-14 fiscal for

providing sustainable employment opportunities to

the unemployed youths from OIL’s operational

areas through various industry relevant placement

linked skill and capacity building programs. The

project is implemented through signing of MoUs

with IL&FS Education & Technology Services (New

Delhi), Construction Industry Development Council

(New Delhi), Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship

(Guwahati), Pragati Edutech (Guwahati), Gyanjyoti

Foundation (Guwahati), Gram Tarang (Guwahati)

and Downtown Charitable Trust (Guwahati). A

number of short-term courses/trades were offered

under the project like construction industry trades

(plumbing, masonry, carpentry, welding, etc.)

housekeeping & hospitality, food & beverages,

sewing machine operator, electrician, BPO/Voice

calling, general duty assistant, etc. certified by

NSDC, Govt. of India.

In FY 2016-17, 2498 nos. of candidates were

trained and 2078 were placed in the trades of Food

& Beverages, Housekeeping & hospitality, sewing

machine operator, electrician, CRM Domestic

Voice, Fitter, BPO/Voice calling, general duty

assistant and CCD Training for Differently Abled.

Since 2013-14 till 2016-17 fiscal, a total of 8,560

candidates were successfully trained and 6,669

have been placed in various industries across the

country. Since 2013-14 till 2016-17 fiscal, a total of

8,560 candidates were successfully trained and

6,669 have been placed in various industries across

the country.

SKILL & CAPACITY BUILDING

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Rural Sports: OIL has organised number of rural

sports events in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts of

Assam. Envisaged to provide a platform for budding

athletes at the village level, such events have

helped unite communities, mobilise, inspire and

instil responsible behaviour among the children and

youth. The events are held in collaboration with

social groups, district administration and sports

bodies. These OIL-sponsored rural sports events

have produced young athletes who are now

participating at district, state and national levels.

In FY 2016-17, the following rural sports events

were organized:

Tinsukia District:

Dibrugarh District:

Contribution to other sporting events: Apart from

rural sports in FY 2016-17, OIL has provided

financial assistance to several schools & sports

organizations for development of playground

benefitting large number of youth. Financial

assistances were extended towards many district,

state and national level sports associations/events.

Some of them are All Assam Tennis Association,

Assam Sports Journalists Welfare Association, All

Assam Chess Association, Guwahati, Assam

Badminton Association, Bodousa Sports Club,

Dibrugarh District Taekwondo Association, Upper

Assam Golf Association, etc.

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Project OIL Urja: Started in 2016-17 fiscal, keeping

in view the need to create a safer environment for

the people at large, the project aims at reducing

carbon emissions through the use of renewable

energy and prevention of indoor air pollution for

communities of OIL’s operational areas. Under the

project, fuel efficient cook stoves will be constructed

and installed in 3000 rural households of OIL’s

operational areas of upper Assam in a span of 1

year. Further, Solar Solutions in alignment with the

MNRE (Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Govt.

Of India) Clean Cooking & Lighting Solution under

Happy Home Package will be provided to 3 villages

of Upper Assam where accessibility to electricity is

poor or negligible targeting 400 households in a

span of 2 years. The project is implemented in

association with IIE (Guwahati), ICCO (Guwahati)

and North East Agency Pvt. Ltd. (Guwahati).

Adoption of rhino calves: OIL was one of the first

PSU to adopt 3 rhino calves orphaned by the

devastating floods of 2016 in Kaziranga National

Park. The rhino calves are undergoing rehabilitation

for reintroduction in the wild later. Around

Rs.50,00,000.00 (Rupees Fifty Lakh) will be

provided by OIL for looking after the Rhino calves

for a three-year period.

Support to Assam state Zoo: Oil India Ltd had

provided financial assistance towards meeting the

cost of construction of a Quarantine House and

Fabrication of squeeze and transportation cages for

rescued animals and their rehabilitation after

providing necessary care and veterinary treatment.

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Project OIL Sakshyam: OIL has ventured into the

noblest areas of welfare under CSR by extending

need based support to the communities of

physically challenged. Every year as a special

gesture under the OIL Merit Scholarship Scheme,

OIL provides scholarship in the form of monetary

support to students with disabilities and special

needs, studying in two special schools of Mrinaljyoti

Rehabilitation Centre and Moran Blind School. The

two schools visibly located in the OIL’s operational

areas of Upper Assam in Duliajan and Moran

respectively cater to students not only from Upper

Assam but also from far flung areas of North East.

Apart from monetary support as a special initiative,

Head of Fields’ OIL, Duliajan also handed over a

Maruti Eco Van to Mrinaljyoti Rehabilitation Centre,

Duliajan which has been helping the students to

travel from their homes to the Centre, free of cost.

OIL believes that such gestures can be great moral

boosters to these special children and for the

society at large.

However, OIL has visualized that in the long run for

sustainable growth and empowerment of this

special section of the society much needs to be

done apart from supporting them on piecemeal

basis. Hence, after several visits by the officials of

OIL and brainstorming sessions with the

management of the two schools, the ambitious

initiative called “Project Sakshyam” was

conceptualized referring to sustainable

“empowerment”. The Project was initiated with the

prime objective of catering to the needs of

Mrinaljyoti Rehabilitation Centre (Duliajan) and

Moran Blind School-J.A.A.B. (Moran) whether in

terms of infrastructure development, running costs

or any special project which will act as a support

base for enabling the students as productive and

independent citizens of the mainstream.

In the last two years, financial assistance was

provided to the students of both the schools in the

form of annual scholarships. At the same time,

financial assistance was provided to Mrinaljyoti

Rehabilitation Centre, Duliajan for construction of a

shelter home for girls (one time), procurement of a

diesel generator set (one time) and annual grant (in

each year) for extension of services of the Centre.

Similarly, Moran Blind School, Moran was provided

annual grant for incurring the running cost of the

school (in each year). A new initiative started in

2016-17 fiscal, 20 differently abled candidates were

trained in the trades of sewing machine operator

and quick service restaurant from OIL’s operational

areas as well as other parts of Assam. Out of 20, 15

candidates were placed at various

industries/restaurants across the country.

ABLING DIFFERENTLY-ABLED

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The Company has invested heavily in developing

rural infrastructure to bring about all round

development of the region. Over the years the

company has built over 1500 kilometres of roads to

facilitate and improve basic communication. OIL has

constructed many Public Stages, Auditoriums,

Libraries, Lecture Halls, Computer Centres,

roadside waiting sheds, upgraded & developed rural

hospitals, rural schools & institutes of higher

development in various OIL operational districts of

North East India. The score in the last two years

has been more than 350 km of rural roads,

boundary wall cum fencing of more than 100 rural

schools, more than 70 classrooms in schools, more

than 60 community stage cum auditoriums and

around 20 waiting sheds besides development of 20

playgrounds in various villages of OIL operational

areas of Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, parts of Newly formed

Charaideo districts in Upper Assam and Arunachal

Pradesh. In FY 2016-17, OIL had taken up

construction of 105.78 Km of rural roads along with

9 nos. of rural culverts which were in a very

dilapidated state. Further, 5 nos. of playgrounds, 13

nos. of community auditoriums and 11 nos. of

waiting sheds were also taken up for construction.

INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

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SWACHH BHARAT ABHIYAN

Inspired by Honourable PM Narendra Modi’s call in

2014 for a clean India by 2019, OIL has taken part

in Swachh Bharat Abhiyan In the last three fiscal

under Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan had constructed

1,471 toilets for boys and girls in government

schools in seven districts of Assam, toilets for adults

in two villages of Rajasthan, provided 20 RO/UV

drinking water plants in KG Basin Project area,

1,000 garbage bins and two garbage disposal

trucks to Guwahati Municipal Corporation,

renovation of 13 nos. School & AWD Centre Toilets

under Araimuria GP, constructed toilets in several

other areas of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh

besides cleaning and maintaining of Bondajan water

body in Guwahati and training of sanitation workers

under Project Anubhav. Further, under Ministry of

Drinking Water and Sanitation and Swachh Bharat

Mission, Kamakhya Temple in Assam is selected as

one of the site and Oil India Ltd has taken the

opportunity to contribute towards the said initiative.

Additionally, OIL took up a toilet utilization

assessment survey of the already constructed

toilets in various schools.

SMOKELESS VILLAGE CAMPAIGN

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas directed OIL to make five villages smokeless to mark Oil and Gas

Conservation Fortnight, 2016. OIL distributed free LPG connection to 131 households at Innao village in Arunachal

Pradesh’s Changlang district and 117 households in Amdanga and Telulguri villages of Nagaon district, Assam. Two

other villages –Beldanga village near Alipurduar in West Bengal; and Tanot desert village in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer –

will be made smokeless soon. The villages were chosen after a 2015-16 survey which revealed the majority of the

households were using unhealthy firewood/biomass for cooking. Awareness and handling of LPG kit is also part of the

campaign. This noble initiative of OIL, aims to reduce indoor smoke and the drudgery of the homemakers while

catering to the needs of their families.

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Contribution towards Government of India Schemes/Projects

in FY 2016-17:

Sl.No. Scheme/project Financial contribution ) in INR

1 LPG Subsidy under Prime Minister’s Ujjwala Yojna 15.8 Cr

2 Skill Development Institute, Visakhapatnam 01.50 Cr

3 Skill Development Institute, Kochi 01.50 Cr

4 Hydrocarbon Sector Skill Council 0.50 Cr

6 Statue of Unity, Gujarat 25.00 Cr

7 Development of Kamakhya Temple under Ministry of Drinking Water

and Sanitation and Swachh Bharat Mission

03.00 Cr

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CORPORATE COMMUNICATION

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Internal Communication OIL News: Publication of OIL News, the in-house

Journal covering all major activities of the Company,

aimed at bringing about awareness, understanding

and creating a mutual platform for all employees to

interact and share relevant and up to date

information about the Company.

OIL Kiran: OIL Kiran is a bi annually Hindi house

journal of OIL published by Hindi section of PA

Deptt. The journal acts as an official language

promotional tool and also provides platform to

officer and employees to showcase their literary flair

in Hindi.

Calendar: The theme of 2017 Special Calendar

was ‘Energy.’ The Calendar illustrated how OIL

indirectly has affected the livelihood of the common

people. Two types of calendar were designed to

cater to the needs of diverse stakeholder.

Diary: The OIL Diary 2017 was given a new look

with alteration in size and paper quality. The fresh

look was appreciated by the stakeholders.

Pragati: 4 issues of quarterly E Bulletin on CSR

‘Pragatii’ were published.

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External

Communication elevant Effective Press Releases and

briefings were made available to the

media, as and when required to inform and

update the general public about the

activities both at the corporate level and at the fields

HQ. Moreover, the department organised press

meets and maintained constant interaction and

liaison with Media to ensure that OIL’s

achievements and image is projected in good light.

Print Advertising Campaign: PA Department in

the FY 2016-17 had robustly come up with

numerous Advertising Campaigns published in

leading national and local dailies. A series of 7

quarter ads, one half page and one full page

advertisement was published in newspapers with

the prime objective of making external stakeholders

understand OIL’s indispensable contribution

towards the economy of the state and its CSR

Projects.

Airport Advertising: Significant initiatives have

been taken in order to develop the brand image of

OIL in Upper Assam and at strategic locations in

Guwahati and Dibrugarh. Airport hoardings being an

effective tool of brand promotion highlighting OIL’s

contribution

towards the economy and

development of the state were put up at

strategic locations in Dibrugarh and Guwahati

Airport.

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Advertisement (NITs/tenders/Notices): All press

advertisements related to recruitment, tender,

contracts, materials procurement etc. were handled

by the department in a cost-effective manner and a

new policy for the same has also been adopted

keeping in perspective Media outreach and brand

building. In the year 2016-17, a total number of 239

advertisements were published in the local and

national dailies. The advertisements were

published in a total of 17 different national and 26

regional newspapers.

Tracking of Articles/News/Advertisements/

NITs/Tenders/Notices: PA Department everyday

uninterruptedly tracks down the news related to OIL

and oil & gas sector /advertisements/NITs etc

published in various local and national dailies.

These are then widely circulated every morning to

key persons in the Company and also filed properly

for future reference. In the year 2016-17

approximately 1,200 of news were tracked and

archived.

Photography and Video: Photographs of OIL’s

Operations in North East were taken to update the

collection of photographs, which were extensively

used in exhibitions and publications. In order to

cover Company events organised by various

departments at FHQ, PA department has engaged

a third party vendor to execute the job apart from

Department’s in-house photographer. PA

Department has provided uninterrupted service of

covering these important events throughout the

year. The hard copies of the photograph are sent to

respective departments for record. PA Department

also keeps an archive of all the photographs in hard

and soft copy. In the year 2016-17, a total of 11,375

nos. of photographs were printed and a total of 19

events were videographed.

ADVERTISEMENTS, NEWS TRACKING

PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO

239 NITs Published

1200 News tracked

11,375 Photographs clicked

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Press Releases: The PA department has published

more than 20 (twenty) press releases in the year

2016-17 pertaining to various events organised in

the Company. The news about the various events of

the Company was well covered by the local and

national print as well as electronic media.

Press Meet: The PA team was actively involved in

various fronts during the 57th Annual General

Meeting. The team was involved in preparing

hoardings, banners, brochures, CMD’s AGM

speech booklet and press kit. The team also

successfully organised the AGM Press Meet at

MTDC on 27th September 2016 where around 40

media personnel were present. The media persons

actively participated in the Press Meet.

Exhibition: PA Department was actively involved in

various exhibitions in the FY 2016-17. The

departmental representative provided necessary

support in designing of brochure, translides and

stall.

1. Petrotech 2016: Oil India Limited won the Award

for the “Best Overall Display” at the Petrotech-2016

Exhibition, held from 4th to 7th December, 2016 at

Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The Award was

presented to the OIL team by Shri Anish Aggarwal,

Director (Pipelines), IOCL and Chairman Exhibition

Committee, Petrotech-2016, along with Shri A.K.

Sharma, Director (Finance), IOCL, at the Petrotech-

2016 Exhibition Awards ceremony, on 7th

December, 2016 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The

Award for the “Best Overall Display” is in recognition

of Oil India Limited’s vibrant and engaging

Exhibition Stall, which showcased the company’s

glorious legacy, its growth as a truly integrated E&P

company, its futuristic outlook and shed light on its

international foray & its contribution to the society as

a truly responsible corporate citizen.

2. OIL puts up stall in Namami Brahmaputra

River Festival 2017

OIL being the principal sponsor of Namami

Brahmaputra Festival 2017 in Dibrugarh and

Tinsukia, has put up stalls at the respective venues

i.e. on the banks of River Brahmaputra at

Kacharighat, Dibrugarh and at Dhola in Tinsukia

showcasing Company’s rich legacy, CSR and E&P

activities. In the five-day festival a host of activities

to showcase the region’s art, heritage and culture

like exhibition, traditional dance, music, drama, etc

is being organised by the Government of Assam.

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OIL Signs MoU for extending its CSR Project

‘SPARSHA’ a Mobile Healthcare Service

OIL signed two significant MoUs with St. Luke’s

Hospitals & Piramal Swasthya Management &

Research Institute for two years, to conduct the

mobile healthcare project, “SPARSHA” on 30th May

2016. The two experienced agencies as part of the

MoU will extend the Mobile healthcare Services to

Dibrugarh, Tinsukia & in newly formed Charaideo

districts of Upper Assam and in Miao & Manabhum

areas of Arunachal Pradesh. The Mobile Healthcare

Services of OIL have always been one of the most

significant CSR activities of the Company. The MoU

comes with a wider scope of extending primary

health care service to OIL’s operational areas.

OIL Shikshya Ratna Puraskar 2016

Oil India Ltd. under its educational CSR initiatives has been awarding “OIL Shikshya Ratna Puraskar” honoring the exemplary service of In-service

teachers of all provincialized schools (Elementary to Secondary) of Government of Assam and all affiliated non-technical undergraduate colleges under state universities of Assam since 2013.

OIL awarded OIL Shikshya Ratna Puraskar, 2016 to 6 (six) teachers at an award ceremony held on 26th September 2016 at Duliajan Club followed by a Teachers’ Workshop. The Shikshya Ratna Puraskar consisted of cash incentive of Rupees One Lakh, a silver salver and mementoes to each of the awardees.

The award ceremony was followed by a Teachers’ Workshop conducted by resource persons of IL&FS Education. Around 300 teachers from OIL’s operational areas participated in the workshop.

OIL provides post training assistance under

HTPC

As a part of the ongoing CSR Project under Oil

India Rural Development Society (OIRDS), trainees

of Handicraft Training & Production Centre (HTPC)

were provided with post training assistance at a

ceremonious event held at HTPC complex, Duliajan

on 19th August, 2016. Post training assistance like

sewing machine, fly shuttle handloom sets and

weaving & embroidery accessories along with

certificate were provided to 50 successfully passed

out trainees for the year 2014 and 2015 to

encourage them for self-employment.

OIL’s flagship social welfare project Handicraft Training

and Production Centre was instituted in 1984 as a Silver

Jubilee Project of the company. This institute is run by Oil

India Rural Development Society (OIRDS) under direct

patronage of Oil India Limited. Young girls from OIL’s

operational areas are imparted 11 months free training in

cutting, knitting, embroidery and weaving in this center

along with a monthly stipend. Three decades ago OIL

took initiative to imbibe sense of self sufficiency among

rural women folk and is still pursuing it with same zeal

and enthusiasm. Till date more than 1000 women

completed training from this institute.

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OIL signs MoU under Project Swabalamban

As part of its endeavor to skill more youths, under

Project Swabalamban OIL signed another MoU with

four reputed organizations working in the areas of

Skill and Capacity Building for partnering in OIL’s

CSR activities in Skill and Capacity Building in its

operational areas in NE India. The placement linked

skill training MoUs were signed between OIL and

the four parties viz. Pragati Edutech Pvt Ltd,

Downtown Charitable Trust, Gram Tarang

Employability Training Services and Gyanjyoti

Foundation on 12th August 2016. The MoU signing

ceremony held at its Field Headquarter Duliajan

was graced by Shri J K Borgohain, RCE, OIL, Shri

C Pal, GM (F&A), Shri Pranjit Deka, GM (Public

Affairs) and other officials of OIL along with the

project implementing partners.

The parties will be imparting skill training to youths

from OIL’s operational areas in North East India in

trades like House Keeping & Hospitality, General

Duty Assistant, Fitter CTC, Fitter, BPO (V/Non V)

and CRM Domestic Voice.

OIL adopted three orphaned rhino calves in

Kaziranga

Oil India Limited under its Corporate Social

Responsibility initiative has adopted three orphaned

Rhino calves which are being looked after by Wild

Life Trust of India (WTI)’s, Centre for Wild Life

Rehabilitation and Conservation located near

Kaziranga in Panbari Borguri, Bokakhat, under

Golaghat District in Assam. In the recent

devastating floods in Assam, Kaziranga National

Park has been severely affected and a lot of wild

animals have lost their lives, while quite a few have

been rescued by local people, NGOs and Forest

officials.

Responding to a news report published in a local

Assamese daily on 2nd August 2016 regarding

need of willing benefactors to adopt 8 (eight)

numbers of rhino calves orphaned due to the floods,

OIL Management readily offered to adopt three

Rhino calves, each around one month old, till the

age of around three years after which they can be

released from their captivity into the forest and

monitored for a brief period as per norms. Around

Rs.50,00,000.00 (Rupees Fifty Lakh) will be

provided by OIL for looking after the Rhino calves.

Initial amount of Rs. 3.00 Lakhs (Rupees Three

Lakhs) in form of cheque was ceremoniously

handed by Mr Bhaskar Khaund, ED (HR), OIL to Mr

Vivek Menon, Founder & CEO, WTI, at OIL’ s

Corporate Office in Noida, Uttar Pradesh as an

initial amount to take care of immediate needs of

the three Rhino calves. Subsequently, the Company

will be releasing the financial assistance

periodically. A team from OIL’s Public Affairs

Department based in OIL’s Field Headquarters in

Duliajan, Assam visited Centre for Wild Life

Rehabilitation and Conservation in Kaziranga on 8th

August, 2016 to take a first-hand view of the Centre,

the rescued Rhinos calves and had detailed

discussion with the officials of WTI.

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OIL organises medical camps under project

‘Sparsha’ in flood affected area of Majuli

As part of its CSR initiative, Oil India Ltd in

collaboration with Srimanta Foundation for Culture

and Society under Project SPARSHA had organised

free health camps on 27th and 28th August 2016 in

flood affected areas at Koritipar, Samuguri, Bilotiya

villages in Majuli.

The health camps were jointly implemented by OIL

Hospital and Piramal Swasthya (OIL’s Project

Implementing partner). The team from OIL Hospital

was represented by Dr B K Sarmah, Dr D Duarah,

and Dr. Nihar Deka.

The team had to outdo the river and bad road

condition to reach to the ailing villagers. The team

had to carry medicines in boat, motorcycle, on foot

and in bullock cart as the roads were damaged due

to recent floods.

On 27th August a total of 435 villagers were

administered health check up in the camp, i.e. 289

at Kortipar, Majuli and 146 at Namoni Samoguri,

Majuli. On 28th August, a total of 229 patients were

given medical assistance at Sikali Chapori.

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OIL provides 40 KW Solar Power Plant at Sasoni

Merbeel Eco Tourism Project

Shri Utpal Bora, Chairman and Managing Director,

Oil India Limited inaugurated a 40 KW Solar Power

Plant in Sasoni Merbeel Eco-Tourism Project, which

has been provided by OIL under the Company’s

CSR initiatives. OIL had sanctioned a financial

package of Rs 1 (One) Crore, which included

besides the Solar Power Plant, other components

like 13 pedal boats, a four wheeler, two eco-friendly

green vehicles, construction of Jetty and a bio

digester plant bio digester for Sewage disposal.

The Sasoni Merbeel Eco Tourism Project located in

the heart of the operational area of Oil India Limited,

around 20 odd kms from OIL’s Field HQs, Duliajan

in Dibrugarh District is all set to become one of

Assam’s most sought after natural retreat. Merbeel

is an ox-bow lake in Naharkatia LAC in Dibrugarh

district and covers an area of almost 1550 bighas

including an island of around 933 bighas. The

wetland is also famous for endangered species of

fresh water turtles and various other aquatic life

forms.

Inauguration of OIL Jeevika – A Livelihood

Promotion and Cluster Development Project

Under its CSR intuitive, Oil India Limited

inaugurated a livelihood promotion and cluster

development project ‘OIL Jeevika’ at Innao,

Changlang District Arunachal Pradesh on 20th

December 2016. OIL has started this one and half

year project with the objective to impart skills

training and generate sustainable livelihood

opportunities through capacity building, marketing

and financial linkages and handholding support.

Initially the Project aims at Livelihood Promotion

and Cluster Development for Beekeeping and

Honey Processing Program in a phased manner.

OIL will implement the project in 5 nos. of villages of

Diyun Circle namely, Kumchai Ka, Innao, Innao

Chengmai, Innao Pathar and Piyong having a total

population of around 400 households. The project

will be implemented by OIL’s CSR implementing

partner Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship,

Guwahati.

Inauguration of OIL CSR Project under OIRDS –

“Augmentation of agriculture through effective

resource utilisation with participatory approach”

Under its CSR initiative, Oil India Limited with

technical support from Assam Agricultural University

(AAU), Jorhat inaugurated a CSR project under Oil

India Rural Development Society (OIRDS)

“Augmentation of Agriculture through Effective

Resource Utilisation with participatory Approach” on

24th December 2016.

OIL has initiated this three-year program at a total

project cost of Rs 164,36,163.00 (Rupees One

Hundred Sixty-Four Lakh Thirty-Six thousand and

One Hundred Sixty-Three only) with the objective to

facilitate agriculture-centric livelihood and economic

empowerment options for rural people in operational

areas of OIL. While developing economic activity

spreading linkage model among the farmers, the

project through workshops and training will educate

farmers about conservation of resources for

escalating farm income and build capacities in

different aspect of modern agriculture.

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OIL takes up project for upgradation of 3 rural

hospitals under CSR

As part of CSR initiative of OIL to provide better

medical facilities to the people of OIL’s operational

areas, three rural hospitals of Dibrugarh District

have been identified for upgradation in consultation

with District Administration and Health Department

of Govt. of Assam. The three hospitals identified for

upgradation are:

1. Ghoramora State Dispensary to FRU 2. Tinthengia PHC to FRU 3. Sensuapukhuri Sub-Centre to Mini PHC OIL will invest an amount of Rs. 7,62,34,349.00

(Rupees Seven Crore Sixty two Lakh Thirty four

thousand Three hundred forty nine) for the above

three hospitals.

To implement the project, OIL has signed MoUs on

4th April, 2017 for the above three hospitals. The

MoUs were signed between Shri B Devchoudhury,

Executive Engineer, Public Works (Building & N.H.)

Department, Govt. of Assam, Dr. Udayan Baruah,

Joint Director of Health Services, Dibrugarh and

Shri Pranjit Deka, ED (HR&A) in presence of Smt

Laya Madduri, IAS, Deputy Commissioner,

Dibrugarh.

OIL Felicitates Kho-Kho Gold Medalist

As part of OIL’s initiative under CSR for promotion

of sports and sports personalities, Ms Sapriya

Gogoi, Gold Medalist in Kho-Kho Women Group in

12th South Asian Games'2016 was recently

felicitated by OIL on 13th February’2017. She was

awarded with a cheque of Rs 50,000 and a citation

handed over by Shri B P Sarma, RCE, OIL in

presence of other senior officials of OIL.

Inauguration Ceremony of Clean Energy

Programme under Project Urja

The opening ceremony of the Clean Energy

Programme under Project Urja, a CSR initiative of

OIL India Ltd. in association with Indian Institute of

Entrepreneurship (IIE) as an implementing partner

and ICCo as a technical partner was held on 10 th

February at Balijan Tea Estate in Dibrugarh District.

Under the provision of this programme, IIE has a

mandate to distribute this particular customised

smokeless Chulha (Cook stove) developed using

Clean Energy in 3000 households in the Tea garden

areas in and around the OIL town of Duliajan.

Gradually, IIE also plans to create 20 women

entrepreneurs through training and capacity building

in the project intervening areas to generate robust

livelihood and economically empower the women in

the tea garden belts.

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OIL extends financial assistance of Rs 50 lakhs

to Assam Sahitya Sabha for Institute of

Translation

Oil India Limited extended a financial assistance of

Rs 20 lakhs as the first instalment of the total

amount of Rs 50 lakhs to Assam Sahitya Sabha

towards setting up an Institute of Translation. At a

well-attended function organised at the Sabha’s

Guwahati office on 28th September, 2016, the

amount was handed over by Chairman and

Managing Director OIL, Shri Utpal Borah.

The project is being proposed for development of

knowledge and skill through translation. The Assam

Sahitya Sabha plans translating and publishing

hundreds of books from world literature, Indian

literature in both fiction and nonfiction category of

books. The aim of this endeavour is to enrich the

society by bringing in new knowledge, ideas, skills

through translations of selected texts from world

literature. These high quality books shall be

selected and translated by a panel of eminent

translators of the state; printed under the Aegis of

Institute of Translation, Assam Sahitya Sabha, the

books will be made available to the reading public at

an affordable and attractive format. More than 100

young writers will be engaged in the translation

works with an objective to develop their literary and

intellectual skills.

Tarun Duvarah Memorial Oil India Award

The award, instituted in the memory of eminent

artist, singer and actor Tarun Duvarah, consists of a

cheleng chador, a memento, a citation and a

cheque of Rs 1.5 lakh. The event is organised by

Gauhati Artists’ Guild (GAG) in association with Oil

India Limited, Assam Tribune and the Directorate of

Cultural Affairs, Assam. The annual award honours

and felicitates personalities from Assam for their

contribution towards promoting the rich art & culture

of the State.

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s per the National Voluntary Guidelines

(NVGs) on Social, Environmental &

Economic Responsibilities of Business

launched on 8 July 2011 by the Ministry of

Corporate Affairs, Government of India, businesses

of all size, ownership, sector, and geography are to

achieve the triple bottom line and inculcate

responsible business practices. In 2012,

subsequent to the release of the NVGs the

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

mandated the Annual Business Responsibility

Reporting (ABRR). Considering the mandatory

requirements, OIL published its 1st Sustainability

Report “Darpan” in 2012-13 as per the MoU with

MOPNG and subsequently in 2013-14 & 2014-15

In FY 2016-17, OIL released its 4th Sustainability

Report ‘Darpan’ for the year 2015-16 in accordance

to the Global Reporting Standards (GRI) G4

guidelines and includes all of OIL’s activities in the

three pillars of Sustainable Development-

Environmental Performance, Social Performance

and Economic Performance as well as Corporate

Governance. As per the reporting guidelines, it is

required that Disclosures on Management Approach

(DMA) have been made for every material aspect

identified during Stakeholder Engagement and

Materiality Analysis process. The report has been

expanded to include all of OIL’s installations

across India & overseas.

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n Pursuance of Official Language Policy

/Act/Rules/ Orders of the Govt. of India efforts

are continuing towards increased use of Official

Language Hindi in Official work. Officers and

employees were motivated to put in their best

efforts to do the official works in Hindi. Hindi

Workshops were conducted regularly so as to

enable officers and employees to work in Hindi

conveniently and efficiently. Quarterly Meetings of

Official Language Implementation Committee were

held in each quarter. The responsibility of the

Chairmanship of Duliajan Town Official Language

Implementation Committee (TOLIC) was also borne

by our Company. Half yearly meeting of Town

Official Language Implementation Committee were

organised as per schedule of Department of Official

Language. Executives/ Employees were

encouraged to attend Hindi Training Classes and to

write more and more words in Hindi through

Incentive Scheme formulated by the Company. A

total of 101 Nos. of officers and employees took

training of Hindi through Hindi class and workshop

in Official Language Section. In- House Journal “OIL

NEWS” was published in Trilingual form i.e.

Assamese, Hindi and English. Hindi Month 2016

was observed in a befitting manner from 01.09.2016

to 30.09.2016 at Field Headquarters Duliajan. To

Propagate Official Language Hindi, amongst

employees and school going children, various

literary competitions were held during Hindi Month

Celebration. New initiative of Hindi section i.e. Aaj

Ka Shabd is being prepared and published in OIL

web daily. In the month of March 2017 all Hindi

Officer belongs to deferent sphere of OIL, co-

ordination meeting was organized in the

Chairmanship of ED (HR&A) to prepare an effective

road map for implementation of Official Language in

OIL.

All translation Jobs from English to Hindi & vice-

versa (Circular, Notification, Office note, Press

Release/Note, Standard form/Formats,

Administrative Report, Parliamentary

Questionnaire/Reports, RTI Queries and other

publication materials) were carried out as per the

requirement. Important documents, to be laid on

the table of Parliament, were also brought out in

bilingual form.

Various types of reports and returns (Monthly,

Quarterly, Half yearly and annually) of Hindi were

sent regularly to concerned Ministries/Depts./Govt.

Agencies. Annual programme of Official Language

Hindi for the year 2016-17, which was issued by

Deptt. of Official Language, Ministry of Home

Affairs, Govt. of India, was circulated to all Deptt. of

Duliajan and regular monitoring and reviewing jobs

are being done in Quarterly Meeting with

Departmental representatives. In–House Hindi

Journal “OIL KIRAN” was published regularly.

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IMPLEMENTATION OF

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE (HINDI)

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risis Management; Networking with Public

Organisations, Government and Non-

Governmental Agencies, Opinion leaders,

PSUs & Private Companies; Information Collection

and Dissemination; Interdepartmental Liaison;

Assess socio-economic needs; Facilitating for

Special Component Plan/Tribal Sub Plan; Study the

Human Climate- to sense its turns, and influence

the Stakeholders towards sustaining a favourable

public opinion towards the Company are required to

be handled under public affairs by the department.

Today PA department has to cater to the growing

needs of the communities residing in OIL’s

operational areas where over 1000 villages in

Assam and Arunachal Pradesh has been covered

under our welfare schemes. PA department

represented the company in various tripartite

meetings with the District Authorities in Assam and

Arunachal Pradesh and public petitioners to

amicably settle disputes and grievances so that the

company’s operations are not hampered.

A number of distinguished visitors and guests

visited OIL fields HQ during the year. PA

department carried out the responsibility of

acquainting them with OIL’s CSR endeavours which

included visits to CSR projects besides carrying out

assigned liaison and co-ordination jobs during such

visits.

In the last financial year, a significant number of

negotiations/discussions were held which includes

Bipartite and Tripartite Meetings at Field Head

Quarters and Field locations, DC’s Office and Public

Hearings and related meetings. The Public Affairs

Department has to generate big volumes of

proposals / reports etc. per year. The information

below (figures rounded off approximately) reflects

the amount of paper works handled by the

department along with number of public interactions

done.

PA Department has however played a significant

role in enhancing the goodwill of the stakeholders,

especially the people residing in and around OIL’s

operational areas in Upper Assam. PA team

handled several negotiations to address public

grievances on varied matters related to the

Company. The success of these negotiations, pro-

active strategies and impact of CSR interventions

have in its own way contributed to the significant

reduction of bandhs and blockades, which in turn

has helped in reducing the loss of production due to

such issues.

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PUBLIC RELATIONS /

GRIEVANCE MNGT.

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OIL bagged SCOPE Corporate Communication

Excellence Awards-2016 in two categories

Oil India Limited was conferred the first prize in the

SCOPE Corporate Communications Excellence

Awards, 2016, in the “Innovative stakeholder

Interface” and the “Best External Communication

Programme” categories at the awards ceremony

held in the SCOPE Convention Centre in New

Delhi, on 21st July,2016.

The award was received by Mr. Biswajit Roy,

Director (HR & BD), OIL along with the OIL-PA

team led by Mr. Bhaskar Khaund, Executive

Director (HR), from Dr. U.D. Choubey (Director

General, SCOPE), in the presence of Mr. Nirmal

Sinha (Chairman, SCOPE and CMD, HHEC) , Mr.

D.D Misra (Director –HR, ONGC), Padmashree Dr.

K.K. Aggarwal (Hony. Secy. Gen., IMA) and Dr. Ajit

Pathak (National President, PRSI and GM/IC - CC,

IOCL) and Mr Sudhir Chaudhary (Editor and

Channel Head Zee News).

Under ‘Innovative stakeholder Interface’ OIL had

bagged the award for the street play titled ‘Dekhor

Shampad Amar Shampad’ (Nation’s Property, our

Property)’ conducted in villages of OIL’s operational

areas. A total of 156 shows (3 shows every Sunday)

were conducted covering most of the key villages in

OIL’s operational areas.

Under ‘Best External Communication

Programme’ OIL had bagged the award for the

thematic Calendar published by OIL since last 13

years to promote North East India reflecting its rich

tradition, art, culture and flora and fauna.

AWARDS

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SL NAME DESIG GD FROM TO TITLE OF TRG / SEMINAR ETC INSTITUTE/ ORGANISATION

LOCATION

1 Mr. P Deka ED (HR&A) I 30.09.2016 02.10.2016 Creating value Through CSR Projects ISB Mohali

2 Mr. S K Chakravarty CM (CSR-PA)

F 04.10.2016 04.10.2016 NE Regional CSR Conclave ICC Guwahati

21.07.2016 22.07.2016 Sustainable Development IICA Manesar, Gugaon

3 Mr. J K Das (Joined Deptt in Aug 2016)

CM-PA F 17.11.2016 18.11.2016 Strategizing CSR Projects, etc IICA Manesar, Gugaon

4 Mr. DM Baruah (Joined Deptt on 25th of Aug 2016)

CM-PA F 21.07.2016 22.07.2016 Sustainable Development IICA Manesar, Gugaon

05.10.2016 05.10.2016 Online RTI MTDC Duliajan

5 Mr. M P Chaliha (Transfer to L&D deptt in Aug 2016)

SM-PR E 22.06.2016 22.06.2016 Awareness Prog on RTI Act 2005 MTDC Duliajan

6 Mr. T Hazarika CM (CSR &CC) F 22.08.2016 01.09.2016 Leadership Prog for Middle Management IIM Lucknow

09.11.2016 10.11.2016 Media Relations Conclave SCOPE New Delhi

7 Dr. B Khanikar Asst. PAO A 22.12.2016 23.12.2016 Leadership Development Dibrugarh University

Dibrugarh

8 Dr. S Tripathi Asst. PAO (Hindi)

A 18.10.2016 20.10.2016 Communication Skills & Work Performance Centre for Personnel Development

Rishikesh

9 Mr. S Das Supervising Asstt

E1 29.08.2016 02.09.2016 Introduction to SAP ETDC Duliajan

10 Ms. N.G Saikia Jr Engr VIII 22.11.2016 23.11.2016 Anubhuti-Life Skills for Personal Effectiveness

ETDC Duliajan

11 Mr. Mongsa Fu Mog Choudhry

Sr Asstt II VIII 23.05.2016 25.05.2016 First Aid Training ETDC Duliajan

12 Ms. J K Gogoi Sr Asstt II VIII 18.08.2016 18.08.2016 Hindi workshop ETDC Duliajan

22.11.2016 23.11.2016 Anubhuti-Life Skills for Personal Effectiveness

ETDC Duliajan

13 Mr. J Boruah Jr Asstt VII 16.06.2016 16.06.2016 Stress Free Living Through Meditation ETDC Duliajan

TRAINING/SEMINAR

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HUMAN RESOURCE

DGM-PA D K Bhuyan

CM (PA-CSR) S K Chakravarty

CM (Public Affairs) J K Das

CM, (CSR & CC) T Hazarika

Sr. PAO (CSR) Nayana Madhu Dutta

Sr. PAO (CC) J Bormudoi

Sr. PAO (CSR&SD) Sakshi Aggarwal

Asst. PAO Basanta Khanikar

CM (Public Affairs) D M Baruah

Asst. Hindi Officer Shailesh Tripathi

Supported by 13 nos. of staff

New Joining

1. D K Bhuyan, DGM (PA)

2. J K Das, CM (Public Affairs)

3. D M Baruah, CM (Public Affairs)

4. Diganta Deka, Jr Translator, Grade VII

Separation

1. D K Das, Promoted and Transferred as GM (E&I)

2. M P Chaliha, Transferred to L&D Deptt

3. D Bora, Attendant – IV expired

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CHALLENGES AHEAD

With OIL extending its operational activities to new areas in various parts of North

East India, there has been tremendous increase in activities as well as

responsibilities in Corporate Communication and CSR areas. At the same time

with OIL envisioning an ambitious goal of becoming the fastest growing energy

company, a department like PA would require adequate resources (especially a

separate cell for monitoring) to do justice to its role and responsibilities.

As per the Company’s Act the Company need to spend 2% of the average net

profit of the last three financial years on CSR and therefore action needs to be

initiated for timely and effective implementation and monitoring of the CSR

projects, which will witness quantum jump both in financial as well as physical

involvement on part of the PA Department.

The Public Affairs Department has to generate big volumes of proposals / reports

etc every year. The department is also engaged in conducting a significant number

of negotiations/discussions which includes Bipartite and Tripartite Meetings at

Field’s Head Quarters and Field locations, DC’s Office and Public Hearings and

related meetings. The absence of sufficient manpower has been affecting the core

functions of the department and may have adverse impact on expectations of the

internal and external stakeholders of the Company.

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INNOVATIONS

• E PAMS: Web based application for effective CSR, grievance management and timely monitoring with ease of retrieval of complex data at any point of time across

the company.

• OOMS: Web/Mobile based Online Operational Monitoring System to enable real time tracking of public grievances in OIL’s installations & drilling rigs

• E NAMS: Digital Newspaper archiving for retrieving and tracking positive, negative and neutral news published in newspapers about Oil India and oil & gas sector.

Platform to gauge Company’s image in the public and take timely action for mitigating crisis

CONCLUSION

In the wake of the company’s expanding operations, new CSR benchmarks, PA activities have increased in appreciable proportions in comparison to the previous years.

Keeping in perspective the nature of the Department’s operations, the focus was to counter the threats, risks and challenges which get generated while dealing with the

sentiments, growing expectations, suspicions of the community with whom OIL and Oilindians come into contact every day.

We sincerely express our gratitude to all departments and individuals for extending help and valuable suggestions to enable the Department in carrying out the activities in the

best way possible.

We are also grateful to the members of OIL CSR Committee headed by Independent Director, OIL’s CSR Committee (below Board level), OIL-SIRD committee, OIRDS

committee, Oil India Limited Official Language Implementation committee, Local Management and all the Functional Directors and CMD for their guidance, support, advice and

encouragement.

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TEAM PUBLIC AFFAIRS, FIELD HEAD QUARTER, DULIAJAN, ASSAM, 2017

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