The CSR Journal

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stones of 576 projects worth Rs 161 crore at a function on the occasion of the 95th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Lucknow on Tuesday. Rajnath Singh inaugurated projects worth INR 2 crore from CSR (corporate social responsibility) fund of GAIL, worth...

Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS) launched a new CSR initiative, HGS’ Comprehensive School Improvement Programme (CSIP), which aims to promote quality and holistic education for underprivileged children in Mumbai and Pune. HGS has tied up with Plan India, a nationally registered not-for-profit organization striving to advance children’s rights and equality for girls to create six...

Blaming the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for the dilapidated road condition of Bebejiya village under Golaghat District of Guwahati, local villagers staged a road blockade last Friday. According to the villagers of Bebejiya, the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) was carrying on its activities at Bebejiya village in Baroghariya for a long...

Tata Motors has launched the Season-6 of Tata Delight Star Scholars, a recognition initiative for the children of Tata Motors customers under the Tata Delight loyalty program with a prize money of INR 25,000. The company has also offered a special prize of 40 Tablets for female applicants based on their performance to encourage...

While the steady increase in companies’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) spends since 2014 under the Companies Act is to be welcomed, a disaggregated look at the spending leads to the disturbing conclusion that CSR funds are becoming subject to political pressures. In 2017-18, the mandatory CSR expenditure under Section 135 of the Companies Act was...

Mitsubishi Electric India has conceptualised its CSR plans for the financial year 2018-19 and announced a strategy which covers United Nations Sustainable Development Goals along with Government of India Initiatives. The initiatives have been categorised under Skill Development, Community Development & Climate Action. These activities support United Nations Sustainable Development Goals of Quality Education,...

India has pledged to spend $100 billion more on health care over the next seven years with an emphasis on reducing maternal mortality rates, the Guardian reports. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the commitment Wednesday at the 2018 Partners Forum, where organizations joined together to work on improving maternal and child health. India’s increased budget...

A total of 36 Chinese Internet businesses including Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu joined an initiative Wednesday to fulfill their corporate social responsibility. The initiative was launched at a forum on the corporate social responsibility of Chinese Internet businesses hosted by the Internet Society of China. The businesses are expected to make contributions to poverty alleviation, set...

Suman, 32 years of age, beams with joy when a Women on Wings team visits the workshop of Paper Wings in Bhondsi, Haryana. She works on creating a huge Christmas tree, made from old newspapers which are donated by corporate offices in nearby Gurgaon. Since four years Suman works at Paper Wings and saw...

Treeni Sustainability Solutions has joined hands with Mahindra Group to present the 8th edition of Sustainability for Breakfast (S4B) in Mumbai. The intent was to engage with industry leaders from across sectors and discuss the drivers and best practices for risk mitigation from climate change. Speaking about the session, Anirban Ghosh, Chief Sustainability Officer, Mahindra...

L&T is an engineering and construction conglomerate with a concern for the community. Even before the CSR section was introduced in the Companies Act 2013, L&T had been interacting with the community around L&T facilities and providing health, education and skills development services to those who needed it most. According to the company’s annual report...

Charity begins (and ends) at home for corporate India. Developed states which house India’s largest companies, tend to get more money from their corporate social responsibility (CSR) budgets shows an analysis of listed companies’ CSR spends from Prime Database compared to government figures on Gross State Domestic Product at Factor Cost (current prices). A state like...