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Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan called upon the industry to allocate a part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (wp) funds for consumer awareness activities and also in Consumer Welfare Funds. Addressing a meeting of industry associations Paswan said that industry should come forward in this as Centre has limited resources to spread awareness among consumers. Consumer...

Even as the State government strives to align corporate funds with its developmental activities, the Maharashtra Lokayukta has been receiving a steady stream of complaints from tribal pockets around Mumbai alleging diversion of Corporate Social Responsibility (wp) funds. Following complaints of leakages and corruption at the village and taluka level, especially in tribal gram sabhas...

About 290 underprivileged children associated with Meljol NGO experienced the live musical performance – ‘Beauty and the Beast’. Meljol is an NGO that focuses on providing life skills to normal children and cancer affected children from St Jude India Child Care Centres and their parents. It is for the first time ever that Disney presented...

GONDA, UTTAR PRADESH:  In a move to curb open defecation in Gonda, District Magistrate Ajay Kumar Upadhayay announced that government employees and officials without a toilet in their homes will be denied salaries from next month. Taking part in a workshop conducted in association with the World Bank, Mr Upadhayay said he has asked government employees...

BSE listed companies spent Rs 6400 crores for CSR According to a report compiled by CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CESD), companies chose to spend in areas where they operate. Maharashtra and Gujarat, the states which host many of these corporate companies saw majority of them spending there for CSR activities. Far flung...

The CAG has pointed out that while the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 2, 2014 with an aim of 100 per cent open defecation free India by 2019, before this similar targets for eradication of open defecation were set for 2012, then to 2017 and again for 2022.

The game of golf is widely regarded as a great way to develop important business relationships since times immemorial. Isha Vidya, the rural educational arm of Isha Foundation, which is founded by Sadhguru, thus, organized a golf event where business leaders and professional golfers played a special game of golf with Sadhguru at Willingdon...

CSR is, after all, yet another mandatory cost to the company which cannot be deducted as expense to avail a tax benefit. However, in a developing economy, your company may benefit tangibly from increased total CSR spend. Lack of adequate infrastructure, power, healthcare & education are the very factors that adversely affect profitability. Here the...

The Bangalore based non-profit The Nudge Foundation on Sunday successfully concluded its first ever Learnathon, at their Gurukul campus at Whitefield. The 24 hour learning marathon, titled "Empowered Lives" was held to encourage innovation, entrepreneurship and creativity for over 50 youngsters from disadvantaged communities in these fully residential Gurukuls, receiving a 4 month long education in life, literacy...

Take up your Citizen Social Responsibility and you can end up seeing a far better and educated India. An initiative by Pratham and ASER Centre aims at tapping the social responsibility of all educated citizens and impart many underserved children quality education in a standard way. “Lakhon Mein Ek” as the campaign is called, was...

Big B has often voiced his thoughts on many social causes. On his blog, bigb.bigadda.com, he once wrote, “A celebrity has a responsibility, but it also has a great brand marketing at its doorstep. Read full article in our 'RESPONSIBLE STAR' segment here

In the wake of Universal Children's Day, in the final part of our children special series, we bring to you some of the most difficult phases of lives of children affecting their mental stress levels and in turn their overall developments Part III of III Legal and Social Crimes against children Painting a cruel and an absolutely...