In Odisha, Tata Steel has built an enduring partnership with the Government and the people to enable the State achieve economic independence through all-round development. It has always been Tata Steel’s priority to ensure holistic and equitable distribution of benefits and opportunities for all members of society. The Company aims at improving the quality of life of people not only by creating favourable conditions for living but by helping people achieve self-sufficiency in everything as a prerequisite to real empowerment.

Tata Steel has always volunteered to sustain and improve a healthy and prosperous environment and to bring improvement in the areas in which it operates. Tata Steel through its operations in Odisha, provides community outreach programmes that are specifically designed to cater to the needs of the Oriya population. The key initiatives have been in the areas of health & hygiene, education, infrastructure, land & water management, sports, livelihood and empowerment. In order to make the projects sustainable, Tata Steel also encourages participation by people from local villages. The areas covered under social responsiveness programmes are Belpahar, Bamnipal, Paradeep, Dhamra, Bolangir, Joda, Sukinda, Keonjhar, Jajpur, Gopalpur, Sundergarh, Bhubaneshwar and Angul.

Incidentally, Tata Steel operations in Odisha have created more than 20,000 direct and indirect employment opportunities in the State. It contributes towards the state exchequer in the form of taxes and levies a sum of around Rs 340 Crores per annum. It touches the lives of nearly 25,000 families in 500 remote villages per year through its CSR activities in Odisha. The commitment of Tata Steel for improving the quality of life of the rehabilitated families for its upcoming steel projects in Odisha has led to the creation of the “Tata Steel Parivaar” concept, which gives a commitment of a “new life with a new hope”.