Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Human Resource Development
26-December-2018 19:57 IST
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan contributes Rs. 5.49 Crore for Kerala Flood Relief
EdCIL (India) Limited presents dividend cheque of Rs 11 crore for the year 2017-18 to HRD Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar
Union Minister for Human Resource Development Shri Javadekar handed over a cheque of Rs. 5,49,74,086/-, of KVS for Kerala Flood relief to Sh. Puneet Kumar, Resident Commissioner, Govt. of Kerala in the presence of Sh. Santosh Kumar Mall, Commissioner, KVS in New Delhi today.
This amount of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has been contributed by the employees of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan.
Ministry of HRD had appealed to all officers and staff of Ministry of HRD as well as of the organizations under its control to contribute one day’s salary as relief to the flood affected people of Kerala.
The officers and staff of KVS have expressed solidarity with the flood affected people of Kerala and contributed generously an amount of Rs. 5,49,74,086/- (Rupees five crore forty nine lakh seventy four thousand eighty six only).
EdCIL (India) Limited, a Mini Ratan Category-ICPSE under Ministry of HRD, Government of India, presented highest ever dividend cheque of Rs 11 crore for the year 2017-18.
Shri Diptiman Das, CMD, EdCIL presented the dividend cheque to Shri Prakash Javadekar in the presence of Shri R. Subrahmanyam, Secretary (Higher Education).
The company registered a steep under growth of 82.5 % to Rs. 288.71 Crores and a PBT of Rs. 54.91 Crores with a growth rate of 16.13%.
EdCIL offers Project Management and Consultancy solutions across education verticals covering ICT/IT Solutions, Online Testing and Assessment Services, Advisory Services, Infrastructure, PMC, Procurement and Overseas Education Services.
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