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SHG Women of BALCO’s Project Unnati Brings Festive Cheer with Delectable Cakes

28th December 2024
  • BALCO’s women empowerment initiative elevates Christmas and New Year celebrations.

Balconagar, 28th December 2024: Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO), India’s leading aluminium producer and a subsidiary of Vedanta Aluminium, launched an exclusive range of homemade cakes this festive season under its flagship women empowerment initiative, Project Unnati. With a sale of over 300 cakes this festive season, the diverse range of cakes catered the customer demands while fulfilling the festive requirements, offering an urban taste this Christmas festival.

The assortment offering a wide range of flavours, including Plum Cake, Fruit Cake, Chocolate Cupcakes, and Slice Cakes, are available on orders in multiple portions to cater to diverse preferences while promoting women’s entrepreneurship. Project Unnati focuses on empowering and mobilising women into SHGs and honing their capacities and skills for entrepreneurship and building sustainable livelihoods.

So far, a total number to 500+ SHGs with more than 5,800 women have been greatly benefitted from the various training modules of the project. The Chhattisa Micro Enterprise under Project Unnati is offering wide range of eatables like ethnic snacks of Chhattisgarh, handcrafted chocolate, outdoor catering service, cookies, achar, papad, badi, papchi, khaja, thethri and tiffin services along with cakes. The project is currently being implemented in collaboration with GPR Strategies & Solutions, a non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to community and social services.

Mr. Rajesh Kumar, CEO and Director of BALCO, emphasising on the importance of entrepreneurship, stated, “Entrepreneurship is one of the core values at BALCO, crucial for driving innovation and growth. Project Unnati stands as a testament to our commitment to creating sustainable livelihoods which are now extending boundaries. By empowering women with the skills, tools, and resources, we are envisioning a community built on the vision of self-reliance.”

A customer, Debasish Jena, shared his experience, saying, “The cakes baked by the women of Project Unnati were impressive in both taste and quality. The variety offered was perfect for the occasion. I chose the plum cake, which was well-made and flavourful. The efficient order and delivery process along with a wide range of choices made the experience more convenient.”

Additionally, these variety of cakes brought smiles to 800 children during the Christmas celebration at Nand Ghars, the modern Anganwadi centres under the Anil Agarwal Foundation’s flagship Women & Child development project which provides essential services like early childhood education, nutrition, healthcare, and skill development for women.

Furthermore, celebration spanned across the BALCO township with Christmas carnival bringing together over 400 children. The carnival featured a variety of surprises, activities, and games, along with enchanting experiences from a magician. Additionally, the celebration in the plant further engaged employees and business partners, reinforcing BALCO’s commitment inclusivity.

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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