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BALCO observes World Breastfeeding Week by launching week long awareness campaign

4th August 2022

Balconagar; 4th August, 2022: Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO), India’s iconic Aluminium producer and a subsidiary of Vedanta Aluminium, has launched a week long awareness campaign in line with World Breastfeeding Week theme 2022 ‘Step Up for Breastfeeding: Educate and Support’ under the aegis of its rural health project ‘Arogya’.

The weeklong awareness programme is aimed at creating awareness in the region to sensitize pregnant women and lactating mothers on the importance of breastfeeding for children’s nutrition, and overall development. The session entails interaction of women with Mitanin Master Trainers and Health & Nutrition experts with emphasis on subjects like importance of exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of an infant’s life and best practices to be followed by the pregnant & lactating mothers etc.

Talking about BALCO’s health interventions, Mr. Abhijit Pati, CEO and Director, BALCO, said, “We at BALCO are committed to undertake endeavours aligned with Sustainable Development Goal 3, ‘Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages’. The project Arogya is a comprehensive health initiative that aims to target areas of issues in health care and supports the community with suitable interventions. BALCO’s health interventions have been instrumental in improving the quality of life of rural communities in the vicinity. We are dedicated towards building healthy societies.”

Sharing their experiences, Dhaneshwari Baghel, a localite, said, “I extend my thanks to the entire team of BALCO for conducting such educational sessions and helping us to improve our knowledge regarding enhancing the health care of new borns and children.”

Kewal Shriwas, Mitanin, said, “Such interactive events not only benefit the participating audience but also help their peers and family members, thus sensitizing the masses on large scale.”

In FY’22, BALCO through project ‘Arogya’ and its NGO partner Social Revival group for Rural Urban & Tribal (SROUT) reached out to over 30,000 people through curative and preventive healthcare services in 30 communities. The project entails organization of multiple awareness and capacity building sessions on HIV, TB and Maternal & Child Health at different locations in the region. Throughout the year, community level meetings have been organized for spreading awareness regarding HIV. Promoting Maternal & Child Health, 150 nutrition gardens have been developed and training has been imparted to over 500 mothers on recipes from Take Home Ration aimed at improving the nutrition levels of mothers and children. Through the project, BALCO has also revived 21 Mahila Arogya Samiti and 11 Village Health, Sanitation & Nutrition Committee (health bodies in communities) covering 600 Panchayati Raj Institute members and local health workers for better convergence & leveraging.

About BALCO:

Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO) is a subsidiary of Vedanta Limited, operating a 0.57 million tonne per annum aluminium smelter in Korba, Chhattisgarh. It is part of Vedanta’s Aluminium Business, a division of Vedanta Limited, which is India’s largest producer of aluminium, manufacturing more than half of India’s aluminium, i.e., 2.42 million tonnes in FY25. It is a leader in value-added aluminium products that find critical applications in core industries. Vedanta Aluminium ranks 2nd in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment 2024 world rankings for the aluminium industry, a reflection of its leading sustainable development practices. With its world-class aluminium smelters, alumina refinery and power plants in India, the company fulfils its mission of spurring emerging applications of aluminium as the ‘Metal of the Future’ for a greener tomorrow. For more information, please log on to www.balcoindia.com

For more information, please contact:

Shuchi Mishra
Head – PR & Communications,BALCO
Shuchi.Mishra@vedanta.co.in

Disclaimer:

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” – that is, statements related to future, not past, events. In this context, forward-looking statements often address our expected future business and financial performance, and often contain words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “should” or “will.” Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain. For us, uncertainties arise from the behaviour of financial and metals markets including the London Metal Exchange, fluctuations in interest and or exchange rates and metal prices; from future integration of acquired businesses; and from numerous other matters of national, regional, and global scale, including those of a political, economic, business, competitive or regulatory nature. These uncertainties may cause our actual future results to be materially different than those expressed in our forward-looking statements. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements.

About Vedanta Limited:

Vedanta Limited, a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources Limited, is one of the world’s leading Oil & Gas and Metals company with significant operations in Oil & Gas, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Iron Ore, Steel, and Aluminium & Power across India, South Africa, Namibia, and Australia. For two decades, Vedanta has been contributing significantly to nation building. Governance and sustainable development are at the core of Vedanta's strategy, with a strong focus on health, safety, and environment. Giving back is in the DNA of Vedanta, which is focused on enhancing the lives of local communities. Under the aegis of Vedanta Cares, the flagship social impact program, Nand Ghars have been set up as model anganwadis focused on eradicating child malnutrition, providing education, healthcare, and empowering women with skill development. Vedanta and its group companies have been featured in Dow Jones Sustainability Index 2020, and were conferred Frost & Sullivan Sustainability Awards 2020, CII Environmental Best Practices Award 2020, CSR Health Impact Award 2020, CII National Award 2020 for Excellence in Water Management, CII Digital Transformation Award 2020, ICSI National Award 2020 for excellence in Corporate Governance, People First HR Excellence Award 2020, ‘Company with Great Managers 2020’ by People Business and certified as a Great Place to Work 2021. Vedanta’s flagship Nand Ghar Project was identified as best CSR project by the Government of Rajasthan. Vedanta Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange in India and has ADRs listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

For more information, please visit www.vedantalimited.com

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