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After a wait of over two years, the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 finally was passed through both the houses of parliament after members of Loksabha passed it on Friday, December 16. After being at loggerheads on demonetisation, parliamentarians passed the bill within two hours on the last day of Parliament’s winter session this...

‘Divyang’, ‘differently-abled’ or ‘specially-abled’ are the terms we often use for persons with disabilities (PwD). But do we consider them and their reactions before addressing them with these words? Though we may intend good, we may end up hurting their feelings. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, last year coined the term ‘divyang’ and suggested to use...

December 1 is observed as World Aids Day since 1988. It is dedicated towards the global fight against Aids Pandemic caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. India is home to 2.1 million people living with HIV stands third globally out of 36.7 million people worldwide. The global fight against HIV has witnessed many different...

Time and again, our school education system has been receiving flak. A recent survey conducted in Mumbai considering 800 people reaffirm the concern of parents about the current academic system. Parents are losing faith in the prevailing education system as 75% admit to alienation of school learning from the real and practical world, a study...

New research from McKinsey suggests that impact investments in India have reached over $4.1 billion in cumulative investments over the past six years. The sector is growing at about 15 per cent annually. From the investments made, at least 60-80 million lives were touched last year across socially relevant sectors such as financial inclusion,...

Government has issued show cause notices to 496 companies for not complying with CSR norms while about 4,195 companies have not spent a single penny on corporate social responsibility activities, Parliament was informed today. The reasons for not spending included companies not finding suitable implementing agency, delay in formation of CSR committee and inability to...

The ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) has criticized companies for failing to meet the mandatory spending requirement on corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. Rejecting reasons cited for not spending on CSR, the ministry has told companies that they can contribute to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund to meet their targets, said two officials familiar...

Spending increased by 27% this year on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. Nifty 50 companies were able to spend Rs 5,082 crore out of the mandated Rs 5,478 crore as per findings of a report published by CimplyFive Corporate Secretarial Services, a tech solution provider for compliance. The Companies Act, 2013 mandates every registered companies with a...

To ensure better compliance, the Corporate Affairs Ministry plans to conduct workshops for officials and other stakeholders to sensitise them about social welfare spending norms under the companies law. The move comes against the backdrop of instances of discrepancies in data and lapses being noticed by the Ministry with regard to compliance with CSR rules...

Nobel Laureates and world leaders will be present in India to discuss and derive solutions for protection of child rights in New Delhi, Kailash Satyarthi, the Nobel Peace Laureate from India announced in a press conference on Thursday. First summit has been scheduled on December 10 & 11 in New Delhi to discuss the issues...

Navratri in India is renowned as a festival of dance and music. People from all walks of life come together to play ‘Garba’ and ‘Dandiya’ the traditional folk dance for nine nights with lot of fanfare. While most people enjoy playing in the festival thoroughly there are certain sections in the society who are hesitant...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Expenditure on PM National Relief Fund (PMNRF) increased four-fold in the last year as compared to the previous year and expenditure on child mortality and maternal health saw a decrease of 22% spending, according to a report released by Prime Database. The study was based on an analysis of companies listed...