CSR
Lit Up By Solar Power 2 Years Ago, Barmer Village Back To Darkness
A village in Barmer district of Rajasthan, lit up by solar lights about two years ago when an oil company set up a solar...
400 companies spend Rs 5,857 crore in 2 years towards CSR
Nearly 400 companies together shelled out about Rs 5,857 crore towards corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in two years, Parliament was informed on Tuesday.
Under the Companies Act, 2013, a certain class of...
World Environment Conference: Govt Argues For Sustainable Development
The government argued for a plan for sustainable development, balancing the need to protect the environment and continued growth at the third World Conference...
We Are Not Missing, Just Stolen: Sex Trafficked Survivor
It is estimated that there are 20 million commercial sex workers in India, and around 80% of these, i.e. 16 million women, are victims of sex trafficking. This...
Tata Trusts and People For Animals To Launch State-Of-Art Veterinary Hospital
Tata Trusts, the philanthropic arm of the Tata group in partnership with People For Animals, announced their collaboration to build a state-of-the-art, multi-specialty veterinary...
This World TB Day, Additional Diagnosis Infrastructure in Gurgaon
The Gurgaon state government’s efforts to move towards a ‘TB free India’ got a shot in the arm with the installation of Cartridge Based...
“Sustainability Is A Driver And Not The Obstacle To The Businesses”
The first bilateral forum to address sustainability issues at the trade and investment between India and Netherlands was launched in New Delhi on Wednesday....
Echoing And Aiding Women Empowerment
Earlier in this month, the world celebrated the strength of women and promising to bridge the gap by aiding to create an equal place...
Water: What We Have Is All We Have!
The figures are stark. Nearly 1.8 billion people – or about 25 % of the world’s population, do not have access to safe drinking water and an...
Don’t Camouflage Spending On CSR, Says Arun Jaitley
Union finance minister Arun Jaitley has called for strict discipline and an arm's-length between corporate proposals and spending on corporate social responsibility (CSR) to ensure that companies...
Private Companies Can Choose Swachh Bharat Projects Online Now
Now companies can go Swachh Bharat shopping. Looking at increasing the participation of the private sector in its flagship programmes, the Narendra Modi government...
How Did Maharashtra’s State Budget Affect CSR?
The Maharashtra Budget was recently held and tabled by the State Finance Minister, Sudhir Mungatiwar. It saw the allotment of Rs 525 cr for...