The CSR Journal

Addressing the concern of food wastage, Ajuba Solutions, a healthcare revenue cycle management company launched ‘GramSeva’ initiative in Chennai. The programme aims to educate and create awareness about the issue of food wastage and its effects. GramSeva initiative was conceived as a result of understanding, that food wastage alone costs trillions of rupees in losses to...

It is a change that lifts a barrier. Tamil Nadu has cleared the decks for transgenders to enter the police force. In the orders issued for appointment of 13,137 police constables, the government has said transgenders could apply either as male, female or third gender. Those opting for “third gender” would be under the female...

Sampark Foundation in collaboration with Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Government of Chhattisgarh flagged off implementation of Sampark Smart Class Program across all government primary schools in Chhattisgarh. The program is being implemented in over 33,000 primary government schools with 23 lakh children with an investment of Rs 60 crores from Sampark Foundation. The initiative aims to ensure...

Girls4Tech is a hands-on, inquiry-based program that connects the foundations of the Mastercard business to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) principles and shows students that it takes all kinds of interests and skills to pursue a STEM career. Part of a worldwide rollout, Mastercard will bring its signature Girls4Tech program back to Pune on 5...

The government is looking at ways of making corporate social responsibility (CSR) commitments more relevant. For instance, a company like Hindustan Unilever could assign some of its brightest marketing minds to a women's self-help group or Larsen & Toubro could send engineers to help with a village water conservation project. Skilled technicians, water experts, marketing...

Hundreds of heritage properties including century-old steam locomotives and protected buildings are in a state of neglect. In the absence of funds, the heritage department of Indian Railways is finding it difficult to maintain these properties. PSUs Refuse To Take Up Mandatory CSR Schemes What is more appalling is that even the PSUs of railways, despite...

Showing utter disrespect to the decision taken by the Governor N N Vohra, the PDP-BJP Coalition Government has adopted most irresponsible attitude towards the Corporate Social Responsibility Framework aimed at ensuring efficient allocation and utilization of contributions from various agencies. Official sources told EXCELSIOR that State Administrative Council (SAC) in its meeting held on March...

Mitsubishi Electric Group companies in India undertook a joint initiative to support the Welfare Centre for Speech & Hearing Therapy at Gurgaon under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The companies pooled in their resources to set up a composting plant for recycling kitchen waste, installed cold drinking water facility and refurbished the hostel kitchen and mess infrastructure...

"In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of,” the statement by Confucius, a Chinese philosopher around 500-400 BC still holds true. India being a developing country has been facing huge sets of challenges, the rising inequality between the haves and...

After 300 years of colonial rule, the soul of our nation long suppressed found utterance. India finally got its Independence on 15th August 1947. The country remained a dominion of the crown until 26th January 1950, after which the constitution of India came into effect. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar regarded as the chief architect of the...

Hailing from Navi Mumbai, Sumeet Paringe (26) and Prisiliya Madan (22), two young cycling enthusiasts have set their feet on a journey. They have paddled across the length of India with their cycles earlier. But this time, the journey is different. Paringe and Madan have blended their passion with a social cause. The duo is...

The Indian Constitution promises justice, liberty, equality and fraternity to every citizen. Post independence, these basic objectives are yet struggling to be a norm in the country. Though equality is preached by all, lack of its practice is visibly noticed. On 25th November, 1949 the Constitution Assembly of India met in the Constitution Hall where...