CSR
CSR Expenditure rises by 27% in 2016: Study
Increase of 27% was noted in the expenditure of corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds in 2015-16 as compared to the previous year. The figures...
Three Years Of CSR: Spending On The Rise, Yet Hurdles Remain
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) rules, implemented in April 2014 under section 135 of the Companies Act, have generated a buzz for their innovative approach...
Embracing Traditional Wisdom In CSR
“When an old person dies, a whole library burns.”
The age-old African proverb is apt to explain the significance of ancestral wisdom. Since time immemorial,...
Corporate Collaborations Can Aid Health Scenario
Today, the Indian government spends only about one percent of its GDP on healthcare, which is among the lowest globally for any country. Along...
Nepalese Enterprises Have To Spend 1% Of Profit In Social Causes
Nepalese government will soon start implementing the provision of newly introduced Industrial Enterprise Act that the industries need to allocate at least 1% of...
Focus Of Values Cannot Be Overstated: Gul Panag, Actress & Social Activist
Gul Panag runs the Colonel Shamsher Singh Foundation, an NGO that works towards a variety of causes including gender equality, education and disaster management. It was...
Talk Now- Better Late Than Never
World Health Day is an annual reminder, an alarm set by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to remind the world of both the increasing...
Young Girls Join School Of Justice To Prosecute Perpetrators of Prostitution
An estimate of 1.2 million children are pushed into the abyss of forced prostitution in India, which means that India has the largest amount...
Karnataka Struggles For CSR Funding To Save Forests
What is the likelihood of seeing a company board or hoarding in the middle of a lush forest? And even if there was one,...
Averting The ‘Smoke On Water’
India is on the way to become very highly urbanised with 60% of its population expected to live in cities by 2050. But urbanisation...
‘Arise By Aricent’ To Impart Employable Skills To Engineering Students
Added to a list of initiatives is the launch of ‘Arise by Aricent’ an initiative to create employability opportunities for 3400 college students, by...
Participatory Dialogue On Maternal & Child Health Organised in Mumbai
Ambuja Cement Foundation, the CSR arm of Ambuja Cement, organised a knowledge sharing forum on Maternal and Child Health on the occasion of World...