The CSR Journal

Mumbai-based NGO, Akshaya Chaitanya’s breakfast meal programme also known as ‘Bal Shiksha Ahara’ is focused on distributing hot, nutritious, and fresh food to poor, needy, and hungry children across pockets of poverty in India. It has daily nutritious meal coverage of more than 12,000 hungry and underprivileged children in Hyderabad and Mumbai. Akshaya Chaitanya is...

According to government records, around 60 per cent of the total CSR funds spent by companies in the last seven financial years were in the areas of education, healthcare and rural development-related activities. The corporate affairs ministry has stated in a written response to the Lok Sabha that during the time period, about 33%...

Award-winning actress, writer and Brand Ambassador Child Protection for Save the Children, India, Nandana Sen visited the homes of COVID orphaned children she is supporting along with the child rights organisation in South 24 Paraganas district of Sunderbans. In a bid to ensure the safety and welfare of the most vulnerable children whose lives were...

Anil Agarwal Foundation (AAF), the philanthropic arm of world’s leading natural resources conglomerate Vedanta Group, has launched a global volunteering program aimed at imbibing cross-cultural learnings at Nand Ghars. Project Nand Ghar, the flagship initiative of AAF, welcomed the international volunteers from UK and Columbia to their modernised anganwadi centres for a four-week stint and an immersive...

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), a premier global management institute, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Lal PathLabs Foundation – the CSR arm of Dr Lal PathLabs to set up the ‘Dr Lal Pathlabs Chair in Healthcare’.  The MoU was signed by Professor Errol D’ Souza, Director, IIMA and Dr...

Dealing with eye conditions like cataracts, myopia, astigmatism, and other ocular conditions is sometimes difficult. If you are tired of carrying around your eyeglasses or contact lenses, it is time to consider investing in laser eye surgery. However, looking at the multiple types of refractive eye surgery procedures available in the market, you need...

nder its National Truckers Eye Health Programme— RAAHI, Sightsavers in association with Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited (Chola) has launched a mobile vision centre in Delhi-NCR to provide eye care services to the truckers’ community. The flag off was done by Shri Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj, IAS, District Magistrate, Gautam Budh Nagar. The eye care...

Tata STRIVE, a skill development initiative of Tata Trusts, today, on World Youth Skills Day, announced that it has, since 2015, touched the lives of over one million individuals. Among them, 1.5 lakh were skilled for employment in the formal sector, 1.3 lakh livelihoods were enabled in the informal sector, and 650 individuals were...

State Bank of India is the largest and oldest commercial bank in India, serving a varied customer base. Headquartered in Mumbai, the government-owned, multinational, public sector banking and financial services company has gained the faith and loyalty of millions of customers across the social spectrum. SBI provides several products and services covering retail banking,...

Continuing its efforts to foster safe riding habits, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) in association with Rajasthan State Police today culminated road safety awareness drive at Rajasthan Police Academy located at RPA Road, Pani Pech, Nehru Nagar, Jaipur. In order to ensure the safety of police forces who selflessly dedicate their lives in protecting the citizens,...

Birla Carbon, one of the leading manufacturers and suppliers of high-quality carbon black solutions, has announced the formal adoption of a Green Finance Framework. The framework outlines the criteria and provides guidelines for Birla Carbon to finance eligible Green Projects through Green Loans or Bonds. This move comes in continuation of the business’ decarbonization drive...

With over 100,000 metric tonnes of waste generated every day in India, waste management remains one of the biggest issues that the country is facing. Landfills are being stretched to the limit, and the continuously mounting garbage is contaminating natural resources like soil and groundwater. While reforms at the industry and policy level are being introduced,...