: Mumbai, July 13, 2023

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) held a review meeting with the management of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) at Mumbai today. The meeting was held to protect the rights of the Scheduled Caste employees as well to ensure their welfare within the organization.

The NCSC delegation, led by its Chairman Vijay Sampla, first conducted the meeting with All India Hindustan Petroleum SC/ST Employees welfare association. The management of the HPCL, led by its chairman and managing director Pushp Kumar Joshi participated in the meeting. NCSC chairman Vijay Sampla reviewed the status of SC reservations, backlog vacancies, and functioning of welfare and grievances redressal mechanism and other issues.

During the meeting, its president Neha Takpire and general secretary Nitin B Wakode apprised NCSC Chairman and NCSC officials about the issues being faced by the HPCL employees within the organization.

The officials of employees’ welfare association requested NCSC Chairman to ask HPCL management to ensure that 25% seats are reserved for SC/ST candidates in each training program, including the foreign training programs, and to strictly adhere to the training guidelines. They further requested that NCSC Chairman should speak with management about providing working arrangements to the association and ensuring the association's participation in various HR and IR policy making processes of the organisation.

NCSC Chairman also handed over the memorandum of the SC employees’ association to the HPCL management. He specifically asked HPCL management to look into the issues raised by the employees in the memorandum and submit the action taken report to the Commission.

NCSC will hold meetings with the officials of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) tomorrow, to review measures taken by the firms for the welfare of its SC employees.

 

SC/ Source: NCSC/PM

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