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Fighting has been devised by EIL, with prior concurrence

from clients, to resolve the problem of physical
the Pandemic presence in inspection for projects. Residual

witness Inspection stages are being conducted
Monetary Contribution to PM CARES Fund using video, images and document review as per
proven Quality Assurance plans. Such inspections
• EIL employees contributed two days salary are not limited to a particular supplier but are
amounting to Rs 2.27 Crores. being carried out across the country.
• EIL contributed Rs 1.13 Crores as part of CSR Preventive Measures (for the
initiative. Organization and Employees)
Payment to Contractual Workers
during Lockdown Period Various measures were undertaken to combat
COVID-19 and keep the employees safe which
With a view to extend support in these challenging include the following:
times, contractual and outsourced personnel • Thermal scanning of all employees and visitors at
deployed through the manpower agencies have entry point.
been paid salaries without any deductions in the • The status of all employees is checked on the
lockdown period. Aarogya Setu App in their mobiles at the office
entry.
Medical support to address health crisis
• Biometric attendance replaced through card
• Contact details of Medical Consultants/ hospitals punching for contactless entry.
shared with all employees for consultation/ • Facilitation of Work from Home for most of the
advice in case of emergency. employees.
• Health talks by medical consultant and webinars • Meetings through Virtual platforms for video
by doctors from leading hospitals have been conferencing.
organised for employees to guide them to fight • Staggered seating at each floor with limited
the pandemic and resolve associated issues viz. employees present in the office.
anxiety, stress, busting myths etc. • Travel advisory issued by GoI circulated among
employees and all overseas travels stopped.
Innovation, R&D and Technological
breakthrough • Employees returning from foreign travel asked to
self-quarantine.
• EIL’s R&D department which is equipped with • A Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) has been
laboratory facilities to complement the company’s framed and implemented before resumption of
research efforts in the oil & gas sector, took upon work in all offices.
itself the task of preparing hand sanitizers in- • Regular sanitization of the entire office
house. WHO approved formulations of hand including entry gates, lifts, sitting areas,
sanitizers were explored and the formulation washrooms etc.
finalized. The raw materials required for the Awareness Campaigns
same were then sourced overnight and a batch
prepared for use within the company. The overall Regular awareness campaigns were launched by
objective was to reduce the strain on the market EIL to sensitize its employees and stakeholders on
demand for sanitizers wrought by the global the risks and preventive steps to minimize infection
pandemic. in alignment with the communication strategy of
• An innovative approach of ‘Remote Inspection’ Ministry of Health. Focused campaign was done in

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