GNFC Ltd. won India pride award for its Innovative CSR strategy

Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd (GNFC) won the prestigious India Pride Award in the domain of Corporate Social Responsibility for its approach to planning Shared Value Creation oriented CSR activities. The award recognizes the company’s contribution in uplifting of downtrodden women and girls by developing and implementing transparent, sustainable and pragmatic socio-economic programs such as the Neem Project. Fulfilling the vision of Prime Minister for 100% Neem coating of Urea,GNFC pioneered the innovative Neem Project that has provided livelihood to rural women and landless labourers, by organising Neem Seed Collection. The project has been active in 53 districts across 5000 villages in six states of India.During the last three years, by collecting over 45,000MT of Neem seeds, more than INR 45 crore income has been generated for around 4.5 lakh rural women. GNFC&39 approach has been lauded in the UNDP Impact Assessment Survey which concluded that there has been significant decrease in domestic violence,increase in asset creation and education expenditure. This Awards as a tribute to honour and recognise the contributions made and excellence achieved in public services, especially by the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).