THE SINGARENI COLLIERIES COMPANY LIMITED

(A GOVERNMENT COMPANY)

WELFARE WING OF CORP. PERSONNEL DEPT.

EMPLOYEES WELFARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEMES

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The SCCL is taking up all possible measures to provide welfare amenities to its employees, particularly in the fields of health, sanitation, residential accommodation, education to workers’ children, supply of Drinking water, laying of roads, improving health awareness among employees and their families through communication cell, sports and games to provide recreation in addition to various Social Security Schemes.

01. Housing:- As on 31.03.2008 there are 49,683 quarters existing in all the areas of the Company. 978 quarters are under construction. The Housing satisfaction is 67.63%.

02. Medical & Health:- Every worker seeking employment in the Company is subjected to thorough medical examination at the time of initial employment. Thereafter, he undergoes Periodical Medical Examination once in every 5 years.

SCCL is having 7 Area Hospitals, 1 Main Hospital at KGM and 40 Dispensaries having 1008 beds + 50 Retention Beds and 35 nos. of ambulances are provided.

Wherever specialized treatment is required either for the employees or their dependants, they are referred to Super Specialty Hospitals (16 Nos.) outside the Colliery areas as per the Medical Attendant Rules.

As Family members/attendants of employee are finding it difficult to have accommodation at Hyderabad, while getting treatment at Super Specialties Hospitals we have provided accommodation for them as under:

1) 10 Rooms in Ramnath Ashram near Osmania General Hospital, Hyderabad.

2) One Hall in II Floor at Siva Ganesh Chowltry situated near NIMS, Hyderabad which can accommodate 25 persons.

An amount of ( Rs. 6225 Lakhs) was spent for Medical & Health for the year 2007-08.

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The details of Family Planning Operations (Vasectomy and Tubectomy) conducted in SCCL Company hospitals are furnished hereunder:

Sl. No	Period	No. of Family Planning Operations
01	April, 2001 to March, 2002	2,046
02	April, 2002 to March, 2003	1,474
03	April, 2003 to March, 2004	1,551
04	April, 2004 to March, 2005	1,543
05	April, 2005 to March, 2006	1,468
06	April, 2006 to March,2007	1,332
07	April, 2007 to March, 2008	1,137

In view of the need to encourage Vasectomy, it is decided to increase the Cash Incentive of Rs.1,000/- for Vasectomy, while retaining the cash incentive for Tubectomy at Rs.800/-. This is in addition to the incentive amount given by Andhra Pradesh State Government.

The Company is having Health Department in each area to look after the maintenance of sanitation.

03. Social Security Schemes:-

(a)Insurance Schemes:

Name of the schemes

Premium payable

Amount payable

1. JPAIS

2. FBIS

3. Group Insurance

4. Group Service Linked Insurance Scheme (GSLIS)

@ Rs.278/- for 2 years

@ Rs.10/-p.m.per employee

@ Rs.200/-per month

@ Rs.100/-per month

@ Rs.65/-per month

@ Rs.60/-per month

Rs.1,00,000/-

Rs. 10,000/-

Rs. 40,000/-

Rs.2,00,000/-

Rs.1,00,000/-

Rs. 65,000/-

Rs. 60,000/-

(b)COAL MINES PROVIDENT FUND SCHEME:

Employees contribution : 12% of wages

Employers contribution : 12% (equal contribution)

Employees contribution:2% of the salary from 01-04-1989 to 31.03.1996 and 2% of the notional salary from 01-04-1996 + an amount equivalent to one increment calculated on the basis of salary as on 1^st day of July,1995 of employees appointed after 01.07.1995 or the date of joining whichever is later.

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Employee and Employers: An amount equivalent to two and one third contribution percent of salary of the employee.

Central Govt. contribution : An amount equivalent to one and two-third percent of the salary of the employee.

04. CONSTITUTION OF AREA TERMINAL BENEFITS CELLS:

The management of SCCL has constituted Area Terminal Benefits (ATB) Cell in each Area to process all types of terminal benefits in the form of a single window for speedy settlement of Claims on receiving intimation about superannuation / leaving company’s service or due to various other reasons in respect of an employee. The following terminal benefits can be processed by ATB Cell at the Area level as per the Circular No.CRP/PER/WEL/ATB/3565, dated 05.10.2002.

01. Coal Mines Provident Fund

02. Coal Mines Pension Scheme

03. Gratuity

04. FBIS (Death) Claim

05. Refund of FBIS Accumulations

06. Group Insurance Scheme

07. Janatha Personal Accident Insurance Scheme

The ATB Cell at each Area is functioning w.e.f. 15-10-2002.

The Area Terminal Benefits Cell at each Area consisting of one P.M / Dy.PM / Sr.P.O and an Officer from F&A Dept., and assisted with two clerical staff. The Terminal Benefits Cell will function under the charge of Head of the Area Personnel Dept., and process all terminal benefits in the form of a single window for speedy settlement of all the terminal benefits.

STATUS ON SETTLEMENT OF TERMINAL BENEFIT CLAIMS

DURING THE YEAR 2007-08

April, 2007 – March, 2008	CMPF REFUND	PENSION	GRATUITY	FBIS REFUND
No. of Claims settled	4708	2846	7099	7026
No. of Claims pending at ATB Cells	35	32	141	22
No. of Claims pending at Regional CMPF Office	2174	4961	--	--

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A Committee with 4 Officers has been constituted in Corporate Area to curb the excessive inflow of CMPF Loan applications.

JPAIS Policy has been taken from M/s National Insurance Company Limited, Divisional Office, Hyderabad covering the lives of employees of the Company, who are on the rolls as on 01-03-2007 for two years for an assured amount of Rs. 1,00,000/- at one time Premium of Rs. 278/- per Employee.

05. Settlement of terminal benefits in respect of Mine Accident Cases:

Dependant Employment is being provided to the eligible dependants of ex-employees died in Fatal Mine Accident cases at Area level immediately on receiving the claim for the same complying with the dependant employment guidelines. If the claimant opts for lumpsum amount of Rs.3 lakhs or payment of Monthly Monetary Compensation @ Rs.4000/- per month the same is being considered and settled on priority in lieu of Dependant Employment.

06. Group Gratuity Scheme with LIC of India:

a) This Scheme is effective from 11.12.2003 and covers both Executives and non-executives and covers trainees in regular grade and other employees who are covered under the Gratuity rules of the company.

b) Gratuity will be paid by LIC of India to employee / nominee for the period of service rendered by the employee as per the existing rules and limits.

c) In addition, in case of unfortunate death of the employee, LIC would also pay gratuity for the service the employee would have rendered until retirement had he been alive.

d) The total of (b) and (c) shall be restricted to Rs.3,50,000/- or the ceiling as prescribed in the Payment of Gratuity Act from time to time.

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07. Ex-gratia:- An amount of Rs.30,000/- as ex-gratia w.e.f. 01.01.2005 is being paid to the bereaved family of the workmen died in mine accidents in accordance with the provisions of National Coal Wage Agreement.

08. Matching grant:- Management is giving matching grant subject to a maximum of Rs.1,00,000/- (w.e.f. 01.07.2004) in case of death of a workman due to Mine Accident while in service, Rs. 75,000/- in case of death due to natural cause while on duty subject to various conditions and Rs. 5,000/- in case of death due to other than above two causes provided his co‑workers do not resort to sympathetic strike and contribute their donation for the welfare of the bereaved family.

09. DEPENDANT EMPLOYMENT: Dependant Employment is being provided to the dependants of Ex-employees died in harness / declared medical unfit as per NCWA provisions subject to availability of vacancies. The details of dependant employment provided are furnished hereunder:

Sl. No.	Year	No. of Dependants
1.	April, 2004 to March, 2005	225
2.	April, 2005 to March, 2006	344
3.	April, 2006 to March, 2007	274
4.	April, 2007 to March,2008	368

In the financial year 2002-03, a settlement was arrived at on 08.03.2002 with the Recognized Union on payment of Monetary Compensation in lieu of dependant employment under Company Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS on health grounds). There are about 3075 dependants waiting for employment under Company VRS. Out of which, 2885 cases have been settled as on 31-03-2008 for payment of monetary compensation / lumpsum payment of 24 months’ wages last drawn in lieu of dependant employment.

10. MONTHLY MONETARY COMPENSATION (MMC) / LUMPSUM PAYMENT: The Scheme of MMC has been implemented in lieu of Female Dependant Employment in respect of the cases of Death / Board Medical Unfit arose from 02-10-1991, in accordance with the Memo.of Settlement dated 31-07-1997. As per the guidelines of JBCCI implementation, the claims are being received from areas for settlement of MMC and as on 31-03-2008, 1922 claims have been settled and sanction of Payment Orders released to pay the beneficiaries @ Rs.3,000/- per month in case of Death in harness and Rs.4,000/- per month in case of Fatal / Mine Accident.

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The details of MMC cases settled are as follows:

Year	No. of cases settled
Prior to 1999	297
2000-01	495
2001-02	437
2002-03	260
2003-04	98
2004-05	86
2005-06	90
2006-07	85
2007-08	74

As per the MOS dated 21-06-2001 we have been receiving the claims for payment of Lumpsum amount of Rs.3 Lakhs in lieu of Dependant Employment / MMC, in respect of the cases of Death / Board Medical Unfit pertaining to the period 01-01-1998 to 31.12.2000. As per the guidelines stipulated therein, 3674 Nos. of lumpsum claims have been settled as on 31-03-2008.

Subsequently, the scheme has been extended for those cases of death / BMU arose upto 31-12-2005. Further, for speedy settlement of Lumpsum of Rs. 3,00,000 / MMC, the Areas are empowered to settle the same at Area level w.e.f. 01.02.2008 vide Circular No.CRP/PER/WEL/LSP/433, dt. 01.02.2008 in respect of settlement of LSP of Rs. 3 Lakhs claims & Circular No. CRP/PER/WEL/MMC/434, dt. 01-02-2008 in respect of settlement of MMC.

The details of Lumpsum cases settled are as follows:

Year	No. of cases settled
2001-02	160
2002-03	964
2003-04	1019
2004-05	723
2005-06	392
2006-07	216
2007-08	200

11. EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES:

a) No.of High schools and Upper Primary Schools : 13

run by S.C. Educational Society

b) No. of Degree Colleges (Women) : 1

c) No.of Junior Colleges (Women) : 1

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The above educational institutions are running by S.C. Educational Society. An amount of Rs. 1,289 Lakhs was spent for Medical and Health for the year 2007-08.

12. Grant of Scholarships to merit students, who are children of employees:-

In order to encourage the sons and daughters of employees (NCWA / Executives) to excel in their studies and to seek admission in Engineering and Medical courses, a Scholarship of Rs.6000/- every year for the son / daughter of SCCL employees (NCWA employee / Executive cadre) is being sanctioned from the year 1998 in the event of he or she securing admission in the engineering and medical courses by getting a rank below 2000 in the EAMCET / IIT for a period of 4 / 5 years.

No.of students being granted scholarship year-wise are given hereunder.

Year	No. of students awarded scholarships
1998-99	14
1999-00	12
2000-01	22
2001-02	22
2002-03	22
2003-04	20
2004-05	36
2005-06	27
2006-07	28
2007-08	30
Total	233

In addition to the above merit scholarships, from the year 2004‑05, 12 additional merit scholarships (6 engineering and 6 medicine) are sanctioned to the children of NCWA employees on company level basis on the basis of EAMCET examination. The selection for these 12 additional scholarships would be made from among the qualified candidates (EAMCET ranks being below 2000) after the selection of candidates at the rate of 2 per Area has been completed, in each academic year.

Further, It is also approved to award a scholarship of Rs.6000/- per annum to any children of employees (NCWA / Executives) who will be securing admission in any course in Indian Institute of Management as a token of recognition. This will become operational from the academic year 2004 - 2005.

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Approval was accorded for awarding of 2 merit scholarship @ Rs.6000/- per year to the children of employees to those who got admission into BITS Pilani through BITSAT from 2005-06 onwards.

50% Fee reimbursement of fee to SSC students who secured 500 and more marks in SSC examinations.

Merit Scholarship for SCCL employees students:-

A scheme was formulated to the children of certain categories of Employees who qualified SSC examination with 500 and more marks and studied in the Singareni Schools. They are eligible for 50% of tuition and Hostel fee reimbursement subject to their admission in the Corporate Colleges. The Scheme is implemented from the academic year 2007-08. As per this scheme 10 Employees children are eligible for the year 2007-08. Further the scheme is extended to 50 students from the year 2008-09.

13. Financial assistance to the children of SCCL employees who qualify for UPSC Main Exams:

In order to encourage the employees children for excelling in Civil Services Examination, a scheme was formulated for extending the financial assistance as a welfare measure from the year 2004. The candidate who qualifies in main examination will be considered for awarding financial assistance @ Rs.12,000/-, Rs.8,000/- and Rs.4,000/-, as the case may be, for the children of workmen (06 nos.) / Supervisory staff (03 nos.) / Executives (01 no.) respectively as per order of merit. Further the said scheme is effective from 2005 onwards on the same guidelines.

14. Special Welfare Amenities Programme:- The company is providing several facilities in the workers colonies like Water supply, power, roads, sanitation, drainage, street lighting etc. The special welfare amenities include drains, sanitary lines, removal of garbage, replacement of doors and windows, roads, sulabh toilets, buildings repairs etc. Under the special Welfare Measures. The details of Area-wise funds allocated and utilized under SWAP-V programme as on 31-03-2008, are furnished hereunder:

Area / Region	Sanctioned (in Lakhs)	Cumulative total Expenditure for 2002 to 2008 (in Lakhs)
Corp. Area	225.30	258.45
Kgm Area	351.00	294.87
Yellandu Area	201.00	162.00
Manuguru Area	213.10	142.32
KGM Region	990.40	857.64

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RG-I Area	113.00	125.24
RG-II Area	159.00	125.29

THE SINGARENI COLLIERIES COMPANY LIMITED

Employees contribution:2% of the salary from 01-04-1989 to 31.03.1996 and 2% of the notional salary from 01-04-1996 + an amount equivalent to one increment calculated on the basis of salary as on 1st day of July,1995 of employees appointed after 01.07.1995 or the date of joining whichever is later.