NTPC has been a committed and socially responsible corporate citizen since its inception and formulated specific guidelines for the welfare of Project Affected persons (PAPs) and community development in the neighborhood villages around its power stations as early as 1980s. It is one of the first in the corporate sector to formulate comprehensive resettlement and rehabilitation policy for addressing the issue of PAPs.

The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility is deeply ingrained in NTPC.s culture. NTPC’s mission in the area of CSR is to “Be a socially responsible corporate entity with thrust on environment protection, ash utilization, community development, and energy conservation”.

NTPC’s approach towards CSR, further articulated in the corporate objectives on sustainable power development, is as follows::

“To contribute to

• sustainable power development by discharging corporate social responsibilities.
• lead the sector in the areas of resettlement and rehabilitation and environment protection including effective ash-utilization, peripheral development and energy conservation practices.”

NTPC’s fresh impetus on Community Development is reflected through formulation of CSR-CD Policy, July 04, establishing NTPC foundation as a trust and initiating scheme for economic self reliance of physically challenged persons (PCP).

A member of Global Compact, a UN initiative launched by its Secretary General Mr Kofi Annan. NTPC is committed to adhere to its ten principles in the areas of Human Rights, Labour, Environment and Anti-corruption.