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Leprosy, A Legitimate Ground For Divorce: Former Law Commission Chairman

India has about 10 million leprosy affected people, who need daily care and support but do not receive them. The laws too render these citizens helpless. In a bid to shed light upon the social stigma associated with the disease and to spread awareness around it, NDTV Prime, in association with The Leprosy Mission Trust India and Novartis, the global...

CSR Compliance Among Top 100 Listed Companies Improved: KPMG survey

Top 100 listed Indian companies have managed to improve their corporate social responsibility (CSR) compliance, according to a KPMG survey. As per the Companies Act, every company with a net worth of Rs 500 crore or a turnover of Rs 1,000 crore or a net profit of Rs 5 crore is required to spend about...

What is Internal Carbon Price to Corporations?

A lot has happened on the climate change front in the last two years. Around December 2015, in Paris, we as a global community, achieved what was considered to be unattainable - a consensus amongst all countries on a target to combat climate change. They agreed to hold planetary warming to well-below two degrees...

‘Spend Your CSR funds Properly’ – Parliamentary Standing Committee to IRCTC

The Parliamentary Standing Committee rapped Indian Railway Tourism and Catering Corporation Ltd. (IRCTC), a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) under the Ministry of Railways over usage of its CSR funds. The standing committee noted that the CSR policy as approved by IRCTC board was not in conformity to the CSR Guidelines issued by the DPE. The...

PROMOTING CLEANLINESS THE ART WAY

A research points out beauty as one of the top three factors in creating social attachment towards one’s town or city. While there has been a growing need to maintain cleanliness in the city – especially densely populated areas, the Swachha Bharat Abhiyaan has provided a much-needed platform and sense of awareness among the...

Education, Employable Skills Top CSR Spends: Report

A majority of information technology (IT) and financial service sector companies in India are investing in education and employable skills, when it comes to the mandatory spend on corporate social responsibility (CSR), says a report by Nasscom Foundation. Key to social issues “About half the companies (70) interviewed have spent more than 70% of their CSR...

Adopt Arm’s Length Approach For CSR: Arun Jaitley To India Inc

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday asked corporates to adopt arm’s length approach while taking up CSR activities and not pursue proposals to subserve their own ends. “I must say that in last 2-3 years it (CSR spending) has begun well. It has begun well because in the very initial years in the government we...

NGOs Highlight Need Of CSR Funds For Street Kids

The need to mobilise corporate funds to meet the challenges in rehabilitating street children was emphasised during a ‘critical discussion’ involving various stakeholders, including NGOs in New Delhi. Mobilisation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds will help address the issue comprehensively and in a more structured manner as compared to time-bound international donor grants, said...

50% Guj Cos Prefer CSR Through Implementing Agencies: Report

The execution of corporate social responsibilty mandate was majorly done using external implementing agencies in Gujarat in 2015-16. Gujarat CSR Outlook Report 2017 compiled by NGOBOX stated that only 23% companies used their own foundations for CSR implemention. The report was released on February 16th at Ahmedabad Management Association during the Gujarat CSR Meetup. It...

Most Companies Becoming Socially More Responsible: Report

NEW DELHI: Most of the top listed companies are becoming more responsible but there is room for large entities to play a more substantial leadership role in ensuring that economic growth is accompanied by social progress, says a report. The conclusions are based on an index developed by non- profit group Oxfam India along with...

An Overview of the Global Education Monitoring Report 2016: Understanding the Basic Framework

Education is one of the basic human rights that needs to be provided by all nations. It is important to note that education is for life and learning is life-long as it creates equal opportunities for all. According to Gandhi, “by education I mean an all-round drawing out of the best in child and...

Tobacco Use in India – A Growing Health And Economic Problem

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India today revealed the findings of a study to evaluate the implementation of the ‘Film Rule’, under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA). The study finds that these messages, when properly implemented, are effective in countering imagery of tobacco with warnings about tobacco’s...

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