RIL wins Golden Peacock Award

By Shivam Saklani

Reliance Industries Limited, on Friday won Golden Peacock Award 2017 for Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives. In a statement, RIL said that the award was recognition, in particular, of the work done by its CSR arm Reliance Foundation under Founder and Chairman Nita Ambani. RIL said that Reliance Foundations has touched the lives of over 15 million people across India, covering more than 13,500 villages and 74 urban locations.

Golden Peacock Awards, instituted by the Institute of Directors (IOD) in 1991 in India, are regarded as benchmark of Corporate Excellence. One of the key initiatives recognized by the jury, chaired by Supreme Court former Justice Arijit Pasayat, aims at impacting farmer’s livelihood through water and food security interventions.

Under its rural transformation initiative, Reliance has been implementing a program called “Bharat India Jodo (BIJ)” that works closely with marginal and small farmers for enhancing lives and livelihood, and making agriculture a first choice profession.While the initial engagement is aimed at land development and water security measures, the other key intervention, under the program promote food and nutritional security and creating linkages for better price realization.