CSR Fund of Odisha Mining Corporation created and disbursed

CSR Fund of Odisha Mining Corporation created and disbursed

( 2014-15 to 2019-20)

Dear friends

On 14.5.20.,  RTI  Application  was  submitted  to the PIO, office  of Odisha Mining  Corporation, Odisha, Bhubaneswar  seeking  information about  creation of CSR Fund and its utilization since 2014  and  fund  donation to the  Chief Minister Relief Fund. On 26.6.20.,  the PIO supplied  the  following  information.

As per section 135 of the  Companies Act, 2013,  OMC developed  a Policy  on Corporate Social responsibility  in 2014  which  was approved  by Board  in its  406^th meeting held  on 30.6.14. It  was created  with  the objectives  to take  care  of the socio-economic  well-being of the local  people  and environment protection  even after  closure  of the mines, eradicate poverty and hunger,  creation of  employment, ensuring environmental sustainability  etc. The  details    of CSR Fund marked  and utilized  is as follows.  

Financial Year	Earmarked CSR Provision  as per Companies  Act , 2013 ( 2%) (Rs./Cr.)	CSR Spent ( Rs./Cr)	Donation to  Chief Minister Relief Fund
2014-15	20.20	16.875	0
2015-16	28.80	44.509	0
2016-17	26.24	29.185	30.00
2017-18	25.37	29.37	70.00
2018-19	9.70	10.09	120.00
2019-20	11.44	37.28 ( Provisional)	470.00
2020-21	10.25 (Provisional)	2.61	250.00

Details of fund donated to Chief Minister’s Relief Fund by Odisha Mining Corporation to deal COVID -19 situations in Odisha. 

Sanctioned in favour	Amount  in ( Rs./Cr)	Purpose  of sanction	Date  of sanction
CMRF, Odisha	250.00	COVID-19 Pandemic Management	25.3.20
CMRF, Odisha	250.00		6.4.20
Total	500.00

Pradip Pradhan

M-9937843482

Date-5.7.20

KIMS of Achyut Samant , BJD MP received Rs. 24 crores for COVID Hospital

KIMS of Achyut Samant , BJD MP received Rs. 24  crores  for  operation of  exclusive COVID Hospital

Dear friends

When  the news  about  tripartite  agreement  signed  among  KIMS, Bhubaneswar, OMC, Bhubaneswar  and  Got. of  Odisha for  establishment of  COVID Hospital  in Bhubaneswar  by KIMS ( Kalinga Institute  of Medical Science, Patia  which  has  got  leased  land  of   27  acres  from Govt.  and illegally  acquired  many  more ), we , the RTI  Activists  demanded   before  the  Govt.  public disclosure  of  copy  of agreement  and amount  sanctioned  to KIMS. But astonishingly, a self-claimed  transparent  Govt.( ?)  could not  provide  any  information.  At  last RTI Application  dt. 5.5.20 was submitted  to the PIO, office  of Odisha Mining Corporation  seeking  information about  details of  funding  support made  by OMC , Bhubaneswar  to different  organizations to deal with  COVID 19  and its  purpose with date  of sanction. On 26.6.20, the PIO supplied the following  information.

Name  of the  district	Sanctioned in favour  of	Amount  in Rs./ Lakh	Purpose  of Sanction	Date  of Sanction
Khorda	KIMS, BBSR	1235.26	Establishment and  operation of  exclusive  COVID Hospital  with support  from OMC	31.3.20
Kondhamal	DO	346.50		9.4.20
Bolangir	DO	400.00		9.4.20
Mayurbhanj	DO	400.00		13.4.20
Cuttack	ASHWINI Hospital, Cuttack	165.00		9.4.20
Dhenkanal	CDMO &PHO, Dhenkanal	100.00		20.4.20
Puri	CDMO &PHO, Puri	200.00		15.4.20
Kalahandi	CDMO &PHO, Puri	400.00		15.4.20
Sundaragarh	RM, Koira OMC Ltd.	1.65	Distribution of ration  ( dry food)  to families  in distress  in and around OMC periphery  villages  during period of COVID lockdown	28.4.2020
Keonjhar	RM, Barbil OMC Ltd.	4.82		28.4.20
Keonjhar	RM, Gandhamardhan OMC Ltd.	1.98		28.4.20
Jajpur	RM, JK Road OMC Ltd.	1.92		28.4.20
	BDO, Sukinda  RM, JK Road OMC Ltd.	13.15	Providing Medical Kits  and safe guard  against  COVID 19	7.4.20
Khorda	MP Old age  Home  at Baliapata, Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar	3.90	To meet  daily needs like  food, medicine, health check up  of old age inmates  during COVID  Lockdown	28.4.20

Analysis

A.       COVID has  been  disaster  for  crores  of  people  who have lost  their  life and livelihood, employment  etc.  But  at  the same  time,   COVID  has  been opportune  for  huge  profitable  business for  private  players  like  KIMS.

B.      It  was  expected  that  the  State  Govt. will  use  this opportunity ( COVID )  to   revive and strengthen  its  disastrous  health  system  by  modernizing  through  investment. But astonishingly, the  Govt.  preferred   to strengthen private  hospitals  utilizing public money at  the cost  of Govt. health system.

C.      Now while the Govt. health system  will deteriorate  more and more ,  the private hospitals  will  gain heavily   which will have negate impact on  over all public health system in the state.  

D.     Without any single investment by its own, KIMS got sanction of opening  its own hospital  and developing its own infrastructure  in four districts.

E.      It is irony that Public money ( State Fund)  is used  to strengthen private hospitals  by destroying Govt. hospitals  and Govt. health system.

F.       After  few  years,  the  common man will  survive at  the mercy  of  private  hospitals.

G.     As  the  Govt. maintains   utmost  secrecy  in respect  of  treatment  of COVID  patients , expenditure, details of  payments  in    COVID  hospital  managed   by  private  hospitals  like KIMS and there is no transparency  in the management  of COID Hospitals, it  will  no doubt provide huge profit  to private hospitals.

Pradip Pradhan

M-9937843482

Date-4.7.20