The CSR Journal

DESPITE the Modi government’s repeated commitments to building 100 smart cities in India, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s budget announcement on Saturday made no reference to the ambitious project. However, the Prime Minister’s pet campaigns of Make In India, Digital India, Swachch Bharat, and Clean Ganga did feature prominently in the announcements, as did some...

The Rail Budget for 2015 has been created in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiatives – Swachch Bharat Mission, Make in India and Digital India and has also introduced several environmentally sustainable components. Here are the key ‘green’ highlights of Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu’s presentation of the Railway Budget. Environment Directorate – a special...

At the national level, there certainly does not seem to be any bias against the Valley. During the 2014 J&K floods, the civil society had responded positively and immediately. Individuals and many social welfare organisations became active all across the country. Industry body CII formed a special task force to assist in relief work...

New Delhi: IPE Global, in its endeavor to create a knowledge base across relevant stakeholders in India, launched the first edition of the IPE Global Annual Leadership Engagement Programme around the theme of ‘Development and Sustainability’ recently. The engagement programme has been designed to encourage discussion around current economic events and address, in particular, the sustainability concerns...

Kurukehda, Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, Project by: Amhi Amchya Arogyasathi CATEGORY: Eligible CSR Activity Under the Companies Act 2013 Schedule VII, (i)-(iii)  ‘promoting preventive health care and sanitation…’  ‘promoting education, including special education … especially among children, women…’  ‘promoting gender equality, empowering women,…’ Want to Fund this Project? Write to us at [email protected] and we will assist you with the process.

Belda, West Bengal  Project by: KADAM  CATEGORY: Eligible CSR Activity Under the Companies Act 2013 Schedule VII, items: (ii) ‘…employment enhancing vocation skills especially among children, women, elderly, and the differently abled and livelihood enhancement projects’ (iii) ‘…promoting gender equality, empowering women…’ (v) ‘…promotion and development of traditional arts and handicrafts.’ Funding Required: Rs...

Mondelez India Foods Private Ltd. (formerly known as Cadbury India Ltd.) today announced its national community initiative ‘Shubh Aarambh’ to address the development needs of children by promoting healthy and active lives. The CSR programme is expected to impact close to 200,000 beneficiaries across 5 states over the next three years. Shubh Aarambh will be initially...

NEW DELHI: MetLife Foundation and Sesame Workshop in India, the organization behind Galli Galli Sim Sim (the Indian adaptation of Sesame Street), have recently launched a new multimedia global initiative called “Sapna, Bachat, Udaan: Aarthik Bal, Har Parivar ka Haq.” This initiative is the Indian adaptation of the global programme “Dream, Save, Do: Financial Empowerment for Families.” The...

Most companies on the Sensex list failed to comply with the new Companies Act mandating spending 2% of their profits towards social activities.

As the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) reach their December 2015 deadline, a new set of transformative and universal

By 2030, 70% of the GDP and 70% of new jobs in India will come from cities. The Modi government’s ambitious “100 Smart Cities” plan is making urban planning sexy in a country challenged by rapid and chaotic urbanisation. Yet there is no single, universally accepted definition of a “smart city”. With massive investment expected to pour in, it...

Parle Products has extended its countrywide ‘Litter Free’ project and launched an out-of-home campaign in Delhi-NCR on the back of its nationwide TV campaign, which was rolled out in January 2015. The initiative, developed by Havas Media Group’s OOH and activation brand Havas Media Active, seeks to take forward Parle’s anti-littering message in an...