Question

what are welfare facilities given to the miming workers of singareni collieries

Answer 1

Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) is a public sector company under the control of Andhra Pradesh State Government (51% share capital) and Government of India (49% share capital). It is a coal producing company in South India and supplies coal to power sector, cement industry and various other coal based industries in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The performance of the company is quite commendable as it made a profit of Rs. 268.11 Cr. in 2009-10. Further, it contributed a huge sum of Rs. 886 Cr. to the State Government and Rs. 541 Cr. to the central government in the form of taxes and dividends. It is to be noted that public sector undertakings are the front-runners in spending huge sums of money on employee welfare. SCCL as a model employer provides various welfare facilities to its employees and in this regard, it spent Rs. 32,090 lakhs on employee welfare during 2009-10 and the per capita employee welfare expenditure stood as high as Rs. 46,478. It shows that, the company is employee welfare oriented.