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  In an attempt to streamline utilisation of ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ (wp) funds in Uttar Pradesh, state government has decided to form a high-level follow-up committee headed by Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan with heads of as many as 15 different departments as its members. Similar district-level committees with eight members headed by the district magistrate would...

Coimbatore Corporation plans to track Corporate Social Responsibility (wp) funds allocated by corporate houses to fast track the construction of toilets under Swachh Bharat Mission. According to sources, the Corporation has sent out invites to 60 companies for a meeting on Wednesday to see if they could play a role in speeding up construction. Given...

The Indian government introduced the Right to Education in 2009 and a lot is being done to ensure education but many foreseen and unforeseen hurdles block the way to the dream of an educated India. One of the many hurdles is child labour. Statistics showing the ground realities roar for attention. One child out...

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) would soon prepare an action taken report on the suggestions of the high level committee that submitted its recommendations recently relating to the Corporate Social Responsibility (wp) norms. The committee constituted by MCA was chaired by former Home Secretary Anil Baijal. The report pertaining to review the current framework...

UNTIL recently, Malaram, 80, had to walk up to a nearby store and spend Rs. 20 to charge his mobile phone. His village- Meghwalon ki Dhani, is situated at the border of Barmer district, in middle of the Thar Desert, Rajasthan. The village with a population of around 600 people, had no access to...

Coming five months after India announced a national ban on animal testing for cosmetics, the ban on import of all cosmetic products which have been tested on animals comes as a breakthrough victory for pro-life groups fighting all over the world, through Beauty Without Cruelty and other campaigns to prevent cosmetic giants to stop...

Having worked on conservation films that have made a difference I’ve been lucky to have experienced the impact a single idea can have. Recently a moving and powerful film called Blackfish came out and exposed the ‘dirty little secret’ that marine parks didn’t want us to know. The 90 minute documentary follows the story...

DUBAI: The unique collaboration between the IKEA Foundation and the UNHCR has resulted in a new, innovative, safer and more durable shelter for refugee families around the world. UNHCR has placed an order of 10,000 units with the social enterprise Better Shelter. Better Shelter was started by the Housing for All Foundation, a non-profit foundation established...

Sudha Kheterpal is a British-Indian musician who has played with Spice Girls, Kylie Minogue, Melanie Williams, Mark Morrison, Ian Brown, Talvin Singh & Dido to name a few and is best known as the percussionist in Faithless. The talented artist has found a way improve the lives of people living in remote locations in Kenya,...

By Sarat Pratapchandran in International Stories, Philanthropy Stories Founder of Lettersnatcher.com, Sarat Pratapchandran’s career spans philanthropy, corporate social responsibility and content management. A graduate from the Walter Cronkite School Read More How do you create a sustainable model of doing good? I recently met Christel DeHaan, the millionaire co-founder of Resort Condominiums International(RCI) and CEO of...

Economic crisis in the family had forced Jabir Khan, 43, a Mumbai resident to quit his education after he passed class fifth. Watching children of school-going age wandering around and adapting wrong habits in his area disturbed him deeply. He soon realised that absence of an affordable school in his vicinity was the reason...

The high Level Committee appointed by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs recommends the government to go lenient on companies for three years on their Corporate Social Responsibility (wp) expenditure. The committee suggested that a review should be conducted after three years. Recommending going ahead with the current policy of “comply or explain”, the committee stated...