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Human beings are said to have three basic needs- food, water and shelter. But in today’s world, the horizon of human needs has expanded beyond the first stage of needs. Access to electricity has emerged as a fundamental need over the period of years. United Nations also identify access to ‘affordable and clean energy’ as...

Raising funds is a challenge witnessed by most non-government organisations (NGO) across all social sectors... Each organisation requires a funding strategy tailored to its own requirements. The development sector in India is increasingly witnessing drastic new changes. The inflow of foreign funding is expected to steadily decrease, directly impacting the resources of NGOs. Over the...

There are over 15,000 guards on the Line of Control (LoC) to protect forests and wildlife conservation. To manage human conditions, with the involvement of large numbers is a huge challenge. Especially in far flung areas with little or no connectivity. ICICI Prudential Life and WWF-India have come together to aid the protectors of India’s...

Questioning the quality of education imparted in India, a report revealed that one out of every four students leaving Class VIII cannot read text of Class II level. Basic reading skills are found to be lacking in these children making it further difficult for them to decide on a career option. Assessing the Indian education...

India is a democratic country. This means, the laws, policies and actions in India are of the people, by the people and for the people. But is this the case in reality? News about statue of medieval king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj has been doing the rounds since the last month. In spite of strong opposition...

Early to industrialise in the 19th century, and a technology leader by the 20th, Japan saw many of the benefits of economic progress: capital accumulation, rising wages and high standards of living. However, the country’s development was not sustainable and, especially in the 20th century, was marred and constrained by industrial pollution. This led...

The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways organised the 28th Road Safety Week from 9th to 15th January 2017 with the objective of spreading awareness about the issue of Road Safety. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways 2015 report states that about 1,46,133 people lost their lives and 5,00,279 were injured in road...

The CSR Bill has established the role of corporate sector in the CSR domain. It is now crucial for them to join hands to create a larger footprint. Gone are the days when companies were debating the advantages and disadvantages of two percent mandate on CSR spend. The reality has finally sunk in and it...

Pavan Sukhdev is Founder-CEO of GIST Advisory, a consulting firm which helps governments and corporations discover, measure, value, and manage their impacts on natural and human capital. He recently won the internationally acclaimed Blue Planet Prize, 2016. It is a recognition for individuals and organisations that make outstanding achievements in scientific research and its...

With this Road Safety Week, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways- Nitin Gadkari is asking corporate firms to come forward and contribute to issues relating to road safety. The ministry intends to write to corporate companies including all major automobile companies to promote road safety as a part of their corporate social responsibility...

As CSR provisions in the new companies Act are put to implementation on ground, debate on where and how CSR money should be spent seems to be gathering momentum. When the CSR provisions in the new act were conceived, it was estimated that quantum of CSR money would stand close to Rs 20,000 crores...

India generates more than 50 billion kgs of urban waste every year and most of this ends up in illegal dump yards all around the country. Organic waste accounts close to 40% of this urban waste. The perceived value of organic waste is 0 or even negative. There is a still an unexplored opportunity...