Corporate social responsibility spend in FY15: Majority fails to do the minimum
Data on CSR spend for financial year 2014-15 shows that more than half of the India Inc firms have failed to meet their targets for the period.
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ICC stresses on public-private partnership for CSR initiatives
To build inclusive, sustainable and productive corporate social responsibility initiatives. Industry body Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) pitched for public private collaboration to build inclusive, sustainable and productive corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives.
PSUs asked to deposit unspent CSR funds into Swachh Bharat pool CSR
The government has turned to state run companies to contribute to an account that has been created to finance the Prime Minister’s pet Swachh Bharat programme. The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has sent out an advisory, asking public sector undertakings to deposit the money that they could not spend on Corporate Social Responsibility programmes …
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Govt mulling expanding CSR scope to include sports promotion
Government is considering widening the scope of CSR activities to include promotion of sports, including indigenous ones, through corporate funding, Rajya Sabha was informed today.
CSR gets greater acceptance in year two
Corporate social responsibility spending of 33 firms listed on the NSE rose 22% year-on-year to Rs2,167 crore in fiscal 2016, according to an analysis. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) expenditure in India is rising, although it’s nowhere near prescribed levels yet, reveals a preliminary analysis of reported data culled from a third of the top 100 …