Tag: Rural Development
Top Indian Companies Funding CSR in Rural Development
The soul of India lives in its villages. Corporate social responsibility is actively engaged in giving wings to this soul by funding rural development...
Head Held High Foundation Help Rural Youth Realize Their Aspirations
Bangalore-based NGO, Head Held High Foundation, has partnered with Wishonary to provide rural self-employment opportunities to underprivileged youth.
The Head Held High Foundation has been...
How Internet Saathis Changed Lives of Rural Women
In order to bring scalability in a social welfare program, it is important to bring about a behavioural change, especially in a country like...
CSR: Government Initiatives to Empower Rural Youth
Some of the most critical developmental goals that governments strive to achieve are providing employment, securing livelihoods and improving incomes of the people. Indian...
Swades Foundation & Government of Maharashtra sign Letter of Intent towards 1000 Dream Villages
Swades Foundation signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with the Government of Maharashtra on January 26, 2019, to scale up operations for 1000 “Swades...
Pro-farmer CSR initiative by WABAG for their livelihood
The SokkanOdai canal system in Tamil Nadu was almost silted and defunct, mostly due to the 2004 Tsunami and 2015 unprecedented floods, also due...
CSR: How villagers in Odisha saved sal forest from a factory using Chipko & media
The trees of the Jhinkargadi forest have been nurtured for three generations by the villagers of Balarampur in Odisha. For more than four decades,...
NITI Aayog, NSE Foundation join hands to improve quality of life of citizens in Aspirational Districts
The National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. (NSE) today signed a Statement of Interest (SoI) with NITI Aayog to improve quality of life of...
YES BANK Launches ‘YES Digi Villages’, India’s Largest Bank-led Village Adoption Programme
The 1st YES DIGI Village was launched in Abhimayupur (erstwhile Amin) in Haryana, empowering over 100 farmers through digital and financial literacy sessions and...
HDFC Bank’s HRDP empowers 7 villages in Wardha district
HDFC Bank today announced the completion of its Holistic Rural Development Programme (HRDP) in 7 villages in the Wardha district of Maharashtra. This programme...
Mercedes-Benz India Reinforces Its Commitment To Rural Development
Mercedes-Benz India has announced three unique initiatives in Pune aimed at rural development and will affect lives of over two thousand villagers. These initiatives...
Nurturing Rural Vitality – The Essar Foundation Way
Responsible businesses carry people along with them in their journey towards growth. Essar has generated business of more than USD 3bn through nurturing local...
