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Donating for a cause may have just hit a high with companies and individuals contributing around Rs 70,000 crore towards philanthropy in 2016, as against Rs 23,000 crore in the previous year, a Bain research said. "Foreign sources are no longer the biggest sources of private philanthropy. Although philanthropy from foreign sources has continued to...

While women in today’s era are still expected to be good at cooking, stitching, household chores and baby-sitting among others, many of them are busy taking up roles as leading scientists. When pictures of Mars Orbiter Mission and launch of 104 satellites by India were released, some frequently seen pictures were of saree-clad, women next...

India has about 10 million leprosy affected people, who need daily care and support but do not receive them. The laws too render these citizens helpless. In a bid to shed light upon the social stigma associated with the disease and to spread awareness around it, NDTV Prime, in association with The Leprosy Mission Trust India and Novartis, the global...

The CSR Journal brings News World India to Madhya Pradesh. At the launch event in Bhopal, Amit Upadhyay, Editor-in-Chief, The CSR Journal was present alongwith Srishti Jindal, Chairman, News World India, PR and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Narottam Mishra, Former Congress Minister Suresh Pachouri, Revenue, Science and Technology Minister Uma Shankar Gupta, MP Alok Sanjar,...

The CSR Journal in association with News World India, inaugurated a News Studio in Indore, as part of its recent expansion in Madhya Pradesh. Present on the occasion was Amit Upadhyay, Editor-in-Chief, The CSR Journal, Srishti Jindal, Chairman, News World India, Ajay Sharma, Additional Director General of Police for Madhya Pradesh and Harinarayan Mishra,...

Himanshu Jain, MD & VP, SE Asia & Indian Sub, Sealed Air spoke to The CSR Journal on several topics ranging from health and Swachha Bharat to CSR and share value. Believing firmly in the concept of shared value, Jain says it is the true way of doing CSR. Thank you for watching the interview until the...

Top 100 listed Indian companies have managed to improve their corporate social responsibility (CSR) compliance, according to a KPMG survey. As per the Companies Act, every company with a net worth of Rs 500 crore or a turnover of Rs 1,000 crore or a net profit of Rs 5 crore is required to spend about...

A lot has happened on the climate change front in the last two years. Around December 2015, in Paris, we as a global community, achieved what was considered to be unattainable - a consensus amongst all countries on a target to combat climate change. They agreed to hold planetary warming to well-below two degrees...

Ashish Dhawan is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Central Square Foundation. The organisation works to achieve transformational standards of excellence for the Indian school education system. Speaking to The CSR Journal, Dhawan expresses his views on the need of appropriate talent in the development sector. He believes, corporate firms through CSR funds...

The Parliamentary Standing Committee rapped Indian Railway Tourism and Catering Corporation Ltd. (IRCTC), a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) under the Ministry of Railways over usage of its CSR funds. The standing committee noted that the CSR policy as approved by IRCTC board was not in conformity to the CSR Guidelines issued by the DPE. The...

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...

The CSR Journal spoke to Pankaj Phatarphod and Sunil Kumar from Royal Bank of Scotland India and its foundation. Phatarphod is the Chairperson of RBS India Foundation and Kumar is the Head of Sustainability of RBS India. They shared their views on several topics including the role of corporate foundations in India's CSR sector and...