Corporate social responsibility
The Chief Minister of Haryana, Manohar LalKhattar in a statement on Monday said that concrete steps would be taken by the government to ensure that the people of Haryana get access to affordable housing. For this endeavour, he seeks the cooperation of the Private Sector. The CM of Haryana addressed a conference of the CREDAI [...] Continue Reading »
There is some good news for the poor people of the nation as L&T (Larsen and Toubro) is all set to build 5000 toilets under the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) programme. A.M. Naik the Group Executive Chairman announced a major CSR initiative that would add traction to the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ programme. This ‘Swachh Bharat [...] Continue Reading »
Kochi-based start-up Village is India’s first incubator that is funded jointly by the public and private sectors. This start-up village is adding about 1.25 lakh square feet space as part of the plan to house and support more start-ups. The additional spaceis expected to be ready by June next year. The chief executive officer of this [...] Continue Reading »
A Central public sector undertaking – Hindustan Lifecare (HLL Lifecare) – has joined forces with Tata Memorial Centre to build a modern women and children cancer hospital at Parel in Mumbai. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) marking the partnership has been signed by HLL Lifecare and Tata Memorial Centre; with the project management consultancy having [...] Continue Reading »
Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu prefers the public-private partnership (PPP) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) to achieve the NaMo government’s dream of ‘’housing for all’’ by 2020. By the 75th Independence Day in 2022, the Modi government wants to fulfil this dream of providing the urban poor with a house with all the [...] Continue Reading »
The ministry of corporate affairs issued some clarifications in response to queries from stakeholders and made it clear that slum-redevelopment, road safety awareness and consumer protection services will be treated as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. BJP’s election manifesto shouted loud and clear ‘’housing for all by 2022’’. The ministry, in a circular, has clarified [...] Continue Reading »
Spending in Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) has been a new trend by the MNCs in the last few years. They want to give back to the society from where they are making whopping profits. According to the consultancy firm Ernst & Young (E & Y), the provisions of the recently amended Companies Act make it [...] Continue Reading »
M Venkaiah Naidu who happens to be the Union Minister for Housing and Urban Property Al levitation has declared that the biggest priority of his ministry would be to establish 100 cities in the country which are smart and safe. The other priority would be housing which will be accomplished by the year 2020. Public [...] Continue Reading »
The Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco), a government company under the Companies Act, has become one of the first amongst government undertaking companies to come up with a number of CSR activities that they will implement following the decision to make it mandatory for all companies to satisfy certain criteria to invest 2% of its [...] Continue Reading »
