CSR
Maharashtra Governor asks state government to set up dedicated wp Cell
Maharashtra, the state that turned to be the most benefited state in 2014-2015, with the wp mandate in place may be benefited more in...
Paswan calls upon India Inc over use of wp funds
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...
Corruption leeches funds from wp projects in tribal areas
Even as the State government strives to align corporate funds with its developmental activities, the Maharashtra Lokayukta has been receiving a steady stream of...
Cancer affected children enjoy musical performance of ‘Beauty and the Beast’
About 290 underprivileged children associated with Meljol NGO experienced the live musical performance – ‘Beauty and the Beast’. Meljol is an NGO that focuses...
Ensure Toilet In Home To Get Salary: Ajay Kumar Upadhayay, Gonda, UP Collector To Staff
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...
Most CSR funds spent in the operational areas of companies; only 3% companies did CSR investments in north-eastern states: Report
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...
India world leader in CR reporting, says KPMG survey
India leads corporate responsibility reporting rates in the world with 100%, up 27% from 2013, thanks to a mandatory requirement for large companies to do so, says a KPMG report.
Reliance wins Platts Global Energy Awards under CSR category
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) won the Platts Global Energy Award in the Corporate Social Responsibility (wp) category. The Platts Global Energy Awards are often...
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, other schemes ‘fail’ to achieve targets: CAG report
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 Golf Jaunt
The game of golf is widely regarded as a great way to develop important business relationships since times immemorial. Isha Vidya, the rural educational...
Is there a conflict between the profit motive and CSR?
CSR is, after all, yet another mandatory cost to the company which cannot be deducted as expense to avail a tax benefit. However, in...
24 hours ‘Learnathon’ held at Bangalore
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...