corporate social responsibility (CSR)
In a noteworthy announcement made by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during the course of his Budget speech on Thursday, ‘slum development’ will henceforth be treated as one of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. The Finance Minister’s move to include ‘slum development’ as a CSR activity will essentially work as a supplement to the ongoing [...] 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 »
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 »
Bangalore- Over 40 employees of Deloitte gathered on the banks of Ulsoor and Uttarahalli lakes in order to clean them up. Joining hands with the United Way Bengaluru’s ‘Wake the Lake’ campaign, the employees stepped forward to clean up the natural water bodies. The day was observed as the corporates’ annual Impact Day which is [...] Continue Reading »
As a responsive measure to the depletion of groundwater at a great speed, the apex body for real estate Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) has decided to adopt rain water harvesting as corporate social responsibility (CSR) this year. The announcement comes two days following the Punjab and Haryana High Court directed [...] Continue Reading »
