NEW DELHI (India CSR): The BC Jindal Foundation, social arm of India’s leading business conglomerate, the BC Jindal Group, has announced that it has planned Rs 40 Crore investment for various Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects across India during FY26. Through this investment, the BC Jindal Foundation plans to focus on improving healthcare, skill development, animal welfare and nutrition by expanding its ongoing initiatives and introducing new projects under its CSR program.
The BC Jindal Group, led by Shyam Sunder Jindal, Promoter BC Jindal Group, through its foundation, will intensify its CSR operations in the states of Delhi, West Bengal, Haryana, and Maharashtra, among others. As a result, over 1.7 lakh people stand to benefit directly from BC Jindal Foundation’s initiatives in FY26.
“Sustainability as an ideology plays a central role in all undertakings at the BC Jindal Group. The corporate social responsibility initiatives that we have undertaken so far and plan to further implement in FY26 reflect our commitment towards promoting this philosophy. As a responsible organization, we will continue to expand our projects while complementing to the Government of India’s agenda of achieving Sustainable Development Goals by 2030,” said the spokesperson of BC Jindal Foundation.
In line with various SDGs, the BC Jindal Foundation, as part of its ongoing initiatives, has undertaken healthcare projects that focus on affordability, accessibility, and quality service. For skill development, the foundation is offering quality training in 9 high employability skill sectors and achieved approx. 70 percent placement rate for the students. The group’s community projects, including the drinking water facility at Delhi and the farmers’ livelihood program at Marathwada region of Maharashtra, are also in line with sustainable development goals. In addition, the foundation’s nutrition projects that so far offered 20 lakhs meals to people below the poverty line focus on the achieving ‘Zero Hunger’ of SDG 2.
The BC Jindal Group, which also runs the Meena Devi Jindal Charitable Polyclinic, plans to invest approximately Rs 4 crore to further expand the facility in FY26-27. As part of this growth plan, the foundation targets to benefit over 1 lakh people directly and will invest in dialysis, dental, physiotherapy, pathology, healthcare skilling, and diagnostics.
“In FY25-26, we have largely focused on enhancing the capacity of our flagship projects in terms of adding new services at our polyclinics to offer comprehensive healthcare services to unserved community. In addition, we have also commenced the construction of a Polyclinic in the Nalwa and a Skill Centre at Belur, Howrah, this year,” added the spokesperson.
To address the key challenges of accessibility and affordability in India’s healthcare sector, the BC Jindal Foundation has set up polyclinics in New Delhi, Nalwa in Haryana, Howrah in West Bengal, and Angul in Odisha. Over the years, these facilities, in addition to improving accessibility, have helped communities to economically by reducing their medical expenditures. The group’s expansion plans are expected to directly benefit approximately 2.5 lakh people across all 4 polyclinics run by the foundation.
Founded in 1952 by B.C. Jindal, the BC Jindal Group, led by Shyam Sunder Jindal, Promoter, BC Jindal Group, is one of India’s leading conglomerates and is engaged in a diverse portfolio of businesses that includes packaging films, energy & steel products.
(India CSR)
