27 lakh people benefited from CSR of NPCIL

NEW DELHI: Government today said more than 27 lakh people living around atomic power plants in the country have been benefited under the Corporate Social Responsibility Minister of State for PMO Jitendra Singh said the NPCIL and other project authorities under the administrative control of Department of Atomic Energy carry out neighbourhood welfare activities, wherever mandated, under the CSR, in the surroin the surrounding areas of projects in accordance with prevailing guidelines of the government.
 
"NPCIL has estimated the number of people benefited as a result of their CSR activities undertaken in the last three years around atomic power plants to be over 27 lakh," he said during Question Hour in Lok Sabha. ECONOMIC TIMES

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