With the government amending the Indian Companies Act to allow the use of corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds for sports other than only training, the president of the All India Council of Sports (AICS) believes the move will give a fillip to the development of sports in the country. In its recommendations to the finance …
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India is a great country that is growing at a rate of 7 to 8% in spite of prevailing economic crisis. The youth today is intelligent, fashionable, self-employed and driven, in contrast rural India who is underprivileged and unaware.
When new regulation came into effect in April 2014 making it mandatory for corporations in India to spend at least 2 per cent of their net profits for social causes, there were, predictably, both fans and sceptics across international press and Corporate India. Being the first country to formally require CSR spends from companies, …
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Because of reduced funding and suspended FCRA licences, many NGOs have had to shut down grassroots programmes. Civil society organisations recently accused the Narendra Modi regime of creating a disabling environment for organisations that are “inconvenient for the government” and blocking crucial aid that was going to some of the most marginalised sections of society, …
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MoUs signed between companies, Karnataka Lake Conservation and Development Authority and custodian civic agencies earlier this month. The newly formed Karnataka Lake Conservation and Development Authority (KLCDA) has now reached out to the city’s corporate sector to conserve and rejuvenate lakes.
