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Nov 3 2016

Regional firms from Punjab are reluctant to spend on CSR activities

Leave a Comment / Brand CSR, CSR, CSR Reporting, India CSR Law, Information / By SLSV / November 3, 2016 November 3, 2016

When it comes to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) spending, the region-based companies, especially those in Chandigarh and Punjab, are a little bit hesitant, as the companies give flimsy excuses for not meeting their legally mandated obligations. The reasons included lesser funds for the adoption of CSR projects. Out of the total 115 companies identified, …

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Oct 29 2016October 18, 2016

Firms recognizing benefits, impact of CSR: Bhaskar Chatterjee

Leave a Comment / Brand, Brand CSR, CSR, CSR Reporting, India CSR Law, Information / By SLSV / October 29, 2016 October 18, 2016

Bhaskar Chatterjee, director general and CEO of Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), a think tank under the aegis of the union ministry of corporate affairs, retired last week after five years at the institute. Credited with drafting the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Rules, 2014, Chatterjee traces his engagement with the corporate world back …

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Oct 28 2016October 18, 2016

Escorts CSR consultant earns more than CSR spend

Leave a Comment / Brand, Brand CSR, CSR, CSR Reporting, India CSR Law, Information, sustainability / By SLSV / October 28, 2016 October 18, 2016

Farm equipment major Escorts paid G B Mathur, its non-executive director, who has also been hired as a CSR consultant a sum of Rs 2.5 crore, where as it spent less than half of this sum Rs 1.16 crore on CSR. The structure has been devised to circumvent a company law provision that caps managerial …

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Oct 24 2016October 18, 2016

Tata Group adopts three-pronged approach toward CSR

Leave a Comment / Brand, Brand CSR, CSR, India CSR Law, Information / By SLSV / October 24, 2016 October 18, 2016

Tata Group has adopted a three-pronged approach to fulfil its corporate social responsibility goals, its chairman Cyrus Mistry said in an in-house interview. “In CSR, at the group level we focus on three broad areas: volunteering, disaster response and group programmes.

Oct 21 2016October 19, 2016

CSR: an underrated approach to sustainable progress

Leave a Comment / Brand CSR, CSR, India CSR Law, Information / By SLSV / October 21, 2016 October 19, 2016

The term corporate social responsibility (CSR) might have become popular in recent years, but it has existed in India, in different forms, for many decades now. For example, in the late 1800s, much before the multinational corporate system was in full swing in India, affluent merchants and businessmen shared a part of their wealth …

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