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Corporates can address grassroots-level problems

Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan on Monday urged corporates to address grassroots-level problems through the corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative. He said such issues often fell through the cracks of policymakers and government departments. “Sometimes, the nature of government structures is not conducive to the aspirations of our people. We

Education Circle

In light of the impact of COVID-19 crisis on children’s education across the country, the Education Circle was created as a voluntary collective of non-profits to identify focus areas and enable solutions.

Community Led Monitoring: Achieving Impact in Round 1

The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (GoI), is committed to India achieving its 95:95:95 targets by 2030. GoI’s goal is supported by The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). As

Decoding Women's Unpaid Labour with Dr Sona Mitra

Decoding Women’s Unpaid Labour with Dr Sona Mitra

    According to PLFS 2021, a staggering 80% of women attribute their absence from the labour force to being engaged in domestic duties, making the unpaid labour economy a central theme for the discourse on women’s economic participation in India. In this podcast episode, we try to understand the

Inside the reshaping of CSR in India during Covid-19

With the recent amendments to CSR rules, a gruesome second coronavirus wave and reduced corporate performance due to the pandemic, social responsibility spend for companies is not going to be the same this fiscal CSR expenditure on education reduced from Rs5,718 crore in FY19 to Rs5,244 in FY20. The pandemic

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