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BSE listed companies spent Rs 6400 crores for CSR According to a report compiled by CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CESD), companies chose to spend in areas where they operate. Maharashtra and Gujarat, the states which host many of these corporate companies saw majority of them spending there for CSR activities. Far flung...

As many as 64% of companies didn’t spend the mandatory 2% funds on Corporate Social Responsibility (wp) activities according to the rules laid down by the New Companies Act, 2013. However, the companies managed to spend about 79% of expenditure they were supposed to. According to a report –India Secretarial Practice 2015, compiled by CimplyFive...

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) won the Platts Global Energy Award in the Corporate Social Responsibility (wp) category. The Platts Global Energy Awards are often described as the “Oscars” of Energy. The 17th Platts Global Energy Awards 2015 were held at Cipriani (Wall Street) in New York City. The awards are held for energy companies across...

The CAG has pointed out that while the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 2, 2014 with an aim of 100 per cent open defecation free India by 2019, before this similar targets for eradication of open defecation were set for 2012, then to 2017 and again for 2022.

The game of golf is widely regarded as a great way to develop important business relationships since times immemorial. Isha Vidya, the rural educational arm of Isha Foundation, which is founded by Sadhguru, thus, organized a golf event where business leaders and professional golfers played a special game of golf with Sadhguru at Willingdon...

A Parliamentary panel has suggested to the government that it impose penalty on corporates for not spending mandatory 2% of their net profit on wp activities. Currently, the penalty can be imposed for non-disclosure of wp as per the Companies Act 2013. "There is penalty for non-disclosure, there should be penalty for non-performance in the area of Corporate Social...

ENTHUSED by the overwhelming response to the Yes Foundation’s national challenge to make short films on social issues in 101 hours (starting this Independence Day), Prerana Langa, CEO, Yes Foundation, the CSR arm of Yes Bank, tells The CSR Journal’s Raksha Shetty how the campaign ‘makes social change more experiential’ and personally, how the...

Godrej Group has been one of the pioneers of Indian business industry. The group has its presence in various sectors from locks to realty, FMCG products and many more in the business arena, and environment sustainability, education, healthcare, etc. in the social approach. Mr Nadir Godrej, MD of Godrej Industries, who is a poet...

The Bangalore based non-profit The Nudge Foundation on Sunday successfully concluded its first ever Learnathon, at their Gurukul campus at Whitefield. The 24 hour learning marathon, titled "Empowered Lives" was held to encourage innovation, entrepreneurship and creativity for over 50 youngsters from disadvantaged communities in these fully residential Gurukuls, receiving a 4 month long education in life, literacy...

Take up your Citizen Social Responsibility and you can end up seeing a far better and educated India. An initiative by Pratham and ASER Centre aims at tapping the social responsibility of all educated citizens and impart many underserved children quality education in a standard way. “Lakhon Mein Ek” as the campaign is called, was...

Seven years to this tragic event. It’s a shame that every single person out there recognize the name of that one terrorist , but little do they know about our national heroes who stood in the front line and took the bullets to their chest. They put down their lives to save us, to...

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) organised its Corporate Social Responsibility (wp) awards on 24th November, 2015. Corporates won awards in their social spectrum. Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment, while inaugurating the FICCI wp Summit and Awards, reiterated that the one who is born has the right to live...