Health & Sanitation
SBI conducts Pan India Blood Donation Camps with Indian Red Cross Society
State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, conducted nation-wide Blood Donation Camps recently. This CSR initiative, led by Stressed Assets Resolution Group (SARG) - a vertical of SBI - was virtually inaugurated by Dinesh Kumar Khara, Chairman.
The camps set up pan-India at 40 centres in association with Indian Red Cross Society, collected...
Learn About The 7 Pillars Of Health Insurance Before You Buy One
After years of hard work and persistence, along with making disciplined savings and investments, an individual becomes capable enough to achieve their life goals. However, one medical emergency in the family can potentially derail the family's entire financial planning. This is where a medical insurance plan allows people to handle this risk effectively.
Undeniably, one...
National Immunization Day 2021 – Most Promising COVID-19 Vaccines
January 19 is annually observed as National Immunization Day 2021 in India. This year, the day will take on added significance with the Pulse Polio Programme being overshadowed by the pan India COVID-19 vaccination drive. Over the next few months, a whopping three crore people who are at most risk will be inoculated. Here's...
Road Safety Week 2021: Mahindra Group Takes a Strategic Approach
Homegrown automaker Mahindra Group has been creating awareness about road safety for years. Companies within the group participate in Road Safety Week every year. In 2020, the theme for its interventions for this cause was ‘Bringing Change Through Youth’. That week, employees were included in a special campaign across all locations.
Mahindra Group ropes in...
IDFC FIRST Bank Launches #ReachOutReachWithin Mental Health CSR Campaign
IDFC FIRST Bank has launched ‘ReachOutReachWithin’, a digital campaign on mental health awareness, with an objective to mainstream conversations around mental well-being. #ReachOutReachWithin aims to build awareness around the importance of mental health while also driving dialogue on bridging the gap in access to quality healthcare.
As part of the CSR campaign, IDFC FIRST Bank...
Elan Group Holds CSR Drive for Construction Workers and Their Families in Gurgaon
Elan Foundation, the CSR arm of commercial realty developer Elan Group, organized a sanitization & hygiene awareness campaign with distribution of blankets, hygiene care and clothes for onsite labourers and their families at Elan Miracle, Sector 84, Gurugram.
The CSR drive was organized in collaboration with Siddhi Philanthropic Foundation. The objective of the initiative was...
Mental Health of the Elderly in India
A recent survey conducted by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has revealed that 30 per cent of the 103 million people above the age of 60 in India are suffering from some form or degree of depression. The first chapter of the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI) report has estimated...
CSR Funds Cannot be Used To Vaccinate the Employees: Ministry of Corporate Affairs
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has rejected the proposal by corporates regarding directing the CSR funds for vaccinating the employees of the company.
As India was engaged in combating the COVID-19 in the last year, there was a need for comprehensive collaboration for effective implementation of containment strategies. In order to ensure that this is...
NMDC Funds 10 Mobile Medical Units in Karnataka’s Ballari District
Sumit Deb, CMD, NMDC flagged off 10 Mobile Medical Units (MMU) to facilitate access to public healthcare in Sandur and Hospet taluks, at Donimalai Complex Karnataka on January 2, 2021.
The ceremony was attended by Devendrappa, MP Ballari; E. Tukaram, MLA Sandur; S.S. Nakul, IAS Deputy Commissioner, Ballari; K.R. Nandini, IAS CEO Zilla Panchayat, Ballari;...
New CSR Project For Truck Drivers to Ride Easy
Truck drivers have a thankless job. They trudge long and winding roads alone for a paltry sum. The terrain is often treaacherous, challenging their very lives if they take one wrong turn or fall asleep at the wheel. They brave extreme weather to transport goods for people they will never meet. Truckers are exposed...
CSR: Allcargo Logistics will support free-of-cost life-saving surgeries for 50 underprivileged children
As part of its avowed commitment to extend a helping hand to marginalized sections of the society, Allcargo Logistics will support free-of-cost cardiac & other life-saving surgeries for 50 underprivileged children. Comprehensive cardiac care will also be provided to children from needy families as part of this initiative.
“Children are the greatest asset of our...
Migrants in Asia and the Pacific at higher risk of COVID-19 and its socioeconomic fallout, says new report
The COVID-19 pandemic and its socio-economic fallout pose great risks to migrants in the Asia-Pacific, a new United Nations report reveals. They are more likely to be exposed to the virus, lack access to health care and other essential services, be stranded in countries without work or social protection and face rising xenophobia. However,...