CSR Reporting

The American Bazaar foresees exciting things for India’s philanthropic sector, based on a report called “India’s CSR: Taking Singles instead of Hitting Sixers,” which analyzes the latest trends in Indian philanthropy and corporate social responsibility (CSR). The new report analyzes “one of the world’s most interesting experiments to promote private philanthropy—the CSR requirement in the …

Mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility in India: How Is It Working? Read More »

Education, skill development and poverty alleviation are the focus areas for money spent under corporate social responsibility (CSR) by various companies. Out of the total 696 CSR projects implemented in Gujarat during 2015-16, 253 were for education and skills sector followed by healthcare and poverty alleviation with 212 projects, states Gujarat CSR Outlook Report 2017.

When central or state governments spend money on heritage conservation, their focus is on tourism, experts say. Efforts to conserve India’s cultural heritage and art forms, by the government as well as corporates, are far from adequate as preservation of traditional knowledge is not a priority and an absence of funding means a number of …

Heritage conservation yet to find favour with firms for CSR spend Read More »