Context: Recently, NTPC Ltd. has won the CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2019, under Outstanding Accomplishment in Corporate Excellence Category.
About CII-ITC Sustainability Awards

• The Sustainability Awards were instituted by the CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for sustainable development in 2006.
• These awards recognize and reward excellence in sustainability practices.
• It is considered to be the most credible platform for sustainability recognition in the country.

They were instituted for

• Identifying and recognising exemplary performance in economic, social and environmental dimensions of Indian business.
• Promoting role models in the Indian industry and recognising excellence achieved by businesses in mainstreaming Sustainability with business practices.
• Imparting knowledge by which the Centre builds capacity in Indian businesses to adopt sustainability practices.

About National Thermal Power Corporation Limited(NTPC Ltd)

• It is India’s largest power corporation, established in 1975 to accelerate power development in India. It is headquartered in New Delhi.
• It became a Maharatna company in May 2010.
• It is under the Ministry of Power.

Recent Initiatives

• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program GEM (Girl Empowerment Mission) to uplift girls from the remote areas of the country.
• Contractors’ Labour Information Management System (CLIMS) through which payment to contract labourers is paid on the last day of the month at project sites.