Tag: Companies Act
Cabinet clears 72 amendments to the companies act: Eases CSR norms
India along with the entire world is in the middle of one of the worst slowdowns ever. The government bore cognizance of the fact...
Government’s Push for Effective Utilisation of CSR Funds
By Rajeev Nair & Nishant Sogani, Rajani Associates
The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility a.k.a. CSR has been in existence since ages, albeit more so...
SME approach towards CSR activities
By Poorvi Sanjanwala, Partner, Pearl Boga, Principal Associate and Karen Issac, Associate at Rajani Associates
Due to the mandatory financial thresholds stipulated by the Companies...
CSR: Gender Diversity on Boards improve in India
The revised Companies Act, 2013 made it mandatory for all listed companies and other public limited firms to appoint at least one woman as...
1,000 Indian firms under scrutiny for unspent CSR funds
Companies that are holding back on their corporate social responsibility (CSR) spending and are re-routing the funds to the balance sheet could soon face...
Corporate Social Responsibility And Its Concerns
India has historically had a challenging ecosystem with difficult terrains all across the country, from the north to the south and east to the...
CSR: The Moral Voice Of Business
Andrew Carnegie, steel tycoon and one of the greatest philanthropists whose business ethos was to "do well in order to do good" was one...
IIT KGP CSR Conclave, 10th January 2017
In an initiative of aligning the needs of society and corporate houses along with research & development, IIT Kharagpur, a higher educational institution in...
Changing Landscape of Philanthropy In India
The recent Hurun India Philanthropy List 2015 reported Azim Premji as the most generous Indian, donating INR 27,514 crore (USD 4200 million) on education...
Ministry Favours More Changes In Companies’ Law, Clarity On wp Norms
With an aim to further improve India’s ‘ease of doing business’ ranking, Corporate Affairs Ministry is gearing up for more changes in 2016 to...
Effective Communication: A Challenge For CSR
wp communication teams are finding it a daunting task to devise effective communication strategies for initiatives, and to find impactful spaces in which to showcase them
Resolve Tradition of Mistrust Between NGOs, Corporates
Why not involve NGO leaders in developing wp projects and programmes? NGOs are grassroots workers and corporates aren't, this difference will be there and should be retained
