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Ever since the 2% Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) mandate arrived in 2014, Andhra Pradesh has emerged as one of the leading states in the country for its investment rates. Andhra Pradesh (AP) has plans to be amongst the top-3 most developed states of the country by 2022, the year India will celebrate its platinum year...

According to recent reports, the Maharashtra home department has proposed using Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds for the purpose of bail. The report suggests, the department is aiming to decongest prisons and seeks CSR funds for poor under-trials, who cannot pay the bail amount. A committee has been appointed to prepare a report on the...

As per a recent article published by Bloomberg Quint, it was reported Coal India Limited, a state-owned coal mining company, has been the most generous Nifty 50 company in the past three years. This year, the company reported a net CSR expenditure of Rs. 128.05 crore. The article states that Coal India has spent about 18.8% of its average net...

Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College tragedy has become a question of importance that for how long can such issues be tolerated than being avoided? As the Allahabad High Court waits for Uttar Pradesh (UP) government's response to the Public Interest Litigation (PIL), UP Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath will be visiting Gorakhpur today again,...

The Foundation for Disease Elimination and Control of India (FDEC-INDIA), Indian Council of Medical Research and Govt. of Madhya Pradesh announced Phase 1 roll-out of Malaria demonstration project in Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. This Phase will focus on community awareness and education programs among the community residents in Mandla. Minister of State for Health, Fagan Singh Kuleste...

The first bilateral forum to address sustainability issues at the trade and investment between India and Netherlands was launched in New Delhi on Wednesday. It aimed to help Indian businesses in a big way as growing demands and regulations of sustainable practices in international trade aligned with SDGs, are affecting many Indian businesses having...

Earlier in this month, the world celebrated the strength of women and promising to bridge the gap by aiding to create an equal place for them. At the 2017 Asia-Pacific commemoration of International Women’s Day a distinguished panel of experts underscored the need to close the gender pay gap, ensure comprehensive social protection for women...

A report titled ‘Best Foot Forward: Enhancing the Employability of India’s Adolescent Girls’ was unveiled at the Dasra Philanthropy Week in association with Bank of America. The report dwells upon the need to create awareness around the issues faced by adolescent girls in terms of being employable. It highlights the fact that although secondary...

A majority of information technology (IT) and financial service sector companies in India are investing in education and employable skills, when it comes to the mandatory spend on corporate social responsibility (CSR), says a report by Nasscom Foundation. ‘Key to social issues’ “About half the companies (70) interviewed have spent more than 70% of their CSR...

A white paper on current use and the potential for Information Communication Technology (ICT) in education across China and ASEAN has been launched by Huawei Technologies and CSR Asia. “The Role of ICT in Realizing Education for all by 2030 — Achieving Sustainable Development Goal Four” is the title of the paper. It focuses on...

While education, health, skilling and environment have been among the popular areas attracting CSR funds, affordable housing has been missing the sight of funders. To draw corporate attention on the affordable housing sector, Habitat For Humanity on Thursday appealed corporate India to consider shelter for the underprivileged as an equally important CSR initiative. Habitat For...

Mumbai/Delhi – January 28, 2017 – The CSR Journal announces its exclusive partnership with News World India national news channel. The CSR Journal will be engaged in complete Editorial and Operational responsibility for the state of Maharashtra. In a much-anticipated launch of The CSR Journal TV, The CSR Journal made its foundation step towards making its content available...