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to  PM  CARES  Fund  to  strengthen  the  fight     Further,  vacant  quarters  and  other  places  to  stay
            against  containing  the  spread  of  COVID-19.     at  various  locations  in  NTPC  townships  were
            Furthermore, the Employees’ salary contribution of   earmarked with arrangements for the contractors
            Rs 7.50 Crores has also been deposited to PM CARES   workers at many sites to ensure continuous power
            Fund.                                               generation and construction activities.

            Payment to Contractual Workers during               Medical support to address health crisis
            Lockdown Period
                                                                To  combat  the  situation,  NTPC  is  utilizing  its  45
            NTPC  has  ensured  that  the  wages  of  all  the   hospitals and health centres across the country where
            outsourced workers are paid on time even for        238 doctors, 59 ad-hoc doctors and 1030 paramedical
            the period when they could not attend due to        staffs are dedicatedly serving the patients affected
            lockdown  restriction.  Based  on  Govt.  directives,   by COVID-19. Till now, 192 Isolation beds have been
            reimbursement of minimum wages were ensured to      created across all hospitals and health units, with
            the contract workers who were rendered idle during   oxygen supply. Provision for additional beds is also
            lockdown period.                                    made to tackle emergency situations. 13 ventilators
                                                                are  made  available  at  different  hospitals.  Further,
            Further, NTPC has ensured that these workers are
            well cared by providing accommodation, food and
            medical facilities at our projects. Special efforts were
            being made for safety and hygiene of the contractors’
            workers at all our sites.


            With operations resuming at the construction sites,
            NTPC  remains  well  prepared  with  SOPs  in  place
            ensuring medical screening, accommodation  and
            quarantine  facilities  for  such  workers.  Further,
            guidelines  have  been  notified  to  enable  monetary
            support to contractors’ workers, from outside, during
            their  ‘no  work’  period  in  mandatory  quarantine,
            required in line with Government guidelines as well
            as NTPC SOPs.

            Social Support to needy by providing
            food & shelter
                                                                18  Advance  Life  Support  (ALS)  ambulances  with
            Further extending the support, NTPC has distributed   ventilator are also availed for service. PPEs and other
            masks, gloves, sanitisers along with food packets,   protective materials are being procured centrally as
            daily essentials for the needy including contract   well as at unit level for distribution. A budget of Rs
            workers, migrant workers, elderly and physically    3 Crore has also been provisioned for the purpose.
            challenged persons and other marginalised sections of   Guidelines  regards  to  Testing,  Treatment  and
            the society. Around 2.69 lakh meal packets and 13.25   Transportation  issued  by  MoHFW  regarding  the
            lakh kilogram of food supplies and groceries have   management of suspected or confirmed COVID-19
            been distributed at various NTPC sites. Employees’   patients have been issued to all CMOs.
            voluntary groups, unions, associations and ladies
            clubs have all come out to support the cause.       Through the  dedicated platform of telemedicine,


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