The CSR Journal
Talking Tough: MCA Recommends ‘Guidance Notes’ For wp Auditors
The biggest concern is whether companies will resort to loopholes in the Act to avoid wp spending. Some members of Parliament have expressed fear that the companies may adopt covert modalities to escape from the mandatory spend.
Welcome to the Social Progress Index
The buoyant sentiment post elections at the Bombay Stock Exchange has even conservative industry experts predicting that the Sensex is not too far behind hitting the 30,000 mark. To borrow a phrase from social media lingo, the ‘Modi-fication’ of India’s business community –at home and abroad – is only a Budget away from being...
Infosys Earmarks Rs 250 crore For wp
INFOSYS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Infosys, has launched Spark-IT, a programme to enhance the skill levels of engineering graduates in the country. The initiative is part of Infosys Foundation’s plans to deploy Rs 249 crore towards wp and philanthropy initiatives in fiscal 2015
Now, Ministry Will Track wp Spending With Data Analytics
The data analytics platform will give statistical and geographical reports on sectoral as well as overall spending on wp activities by companies.
‘Nirmal India’ Still Eludes Us
Complete failure in universal sanitation is becoming a health nightmare and leading to a substantially high health burden on the exchequer. Even after spending Rs 19,626 crore in the last decade on the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC), a large population of India is still defecating out in open
How To Make Your Garbage Green In Two Easy Steps
WHEN we talk about our commitment to socially responsible world, here’s a product that surely cannot be ignored: a compact waste management instrument aptly named the ‘Smartbin’.
Now, Ministry Will Track CSR Spending With Data Analytics
The data analytics platform will give statistical and geographical reports on sectoral as well as overall spending on CSR activities by companies.
What’s with your CSR Agenda?
How should Corporations form their CSR Policy and Agenda? Professor Chetan Baxi- author of two books on CSR, and former Director, MDI explores the challenges pertaining to CSR Policy & Agenda formulation and lays down some crucial guidelines.
Dubai Throws A Rope To Flood-Ravaged Kids At ‘3 Idiots’ School
‘Don’t ignore the North-East’ is Dubai resident Harsha Sawlani’s message for corporates, as she shoulders the fate of 42 children at the Druk school in Leh, in a reaffirming story about the power and reach of individual social responsibility.
41 CPSEs Failed To Comply With CSR Norms
The Comptroller & Audit General of India (CAG) has revealed a ‘serious lack of initiative, implementation and desire to implement Corporate Social Responsibility’ scheme in at least 41 out of 110 central public sector enterprises (CPSE’s)
Opinion: Why India Needs A CSR Index
Given that we are mandating corporations to spend money on us, we as a society would be better off if we had a way of measuring it
Modi On I-Day: Sanitation A Priority
SANITATION seems to have become the buzzword ever since Prime Minister Narendi Modi has assumed office, or perhaps even before. In his first, what could be called a thanksgiving speech at the ghats of the river Ganga after winning his Lok Sabha constituency earlier this year, Modi had empathetically emphasized on the need of...
