The cause of education received the highest amount of CSR funding but all the money is not being used for academics and training. The latest Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) published on Wednesday highlights the “pretty disappointing” overall learning levels in schools across India. Yet, the funds coming to education, especially from corporate social …
In its bid to bring corporate houses on board in implementing Centre’s ambitious ‘Namami Gange’ programme, the National Mission on Clean Ganga (NMCG) held parleys with industry players to work out possible areas of co-operation between them. During the workshop held on CSR activities here yesterday, the NMCG delineated Ganga cleaning steps the government has …
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With the passage of a new bill on people with disabilities in the winter session and the CSR rules already in place, companies will have more ways to deploy funds. The winter session of Parliament, which began on 16 November and ended on 16 December in 2016, failed to achieve much in terms of usual …
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Ten months ago, Mazagon Dock Limited allotted Rs 1 crore to the Sewri TB hospital as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and gave the sum to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). However, the fund is yet to reach the hospital and stuck in red tape. The fund would help solve the problem of …
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Ever since the Indian government devised the corporate social responsibility (CSR) norms to be followed by all the organisations of a certain size, worth, and profitability, including setting a floor limit for the financial commitment to be made on this front, we have seen corporate groups shoring up their acts in this arena. From merely …
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