India's research landscape faces significant hurdles, a NITI Aayog survey reveals. Researchers grapple with lengthy proposal approvals, sca...

Corporate India is entering a new phase of CSR. Spending is expected to cross ₹1.2 lakh crore by 2035. Companies are shifting towards syste...

Niti Aayog has urged India to boost research and development investment to two percent of GDP within five years. The report suggests restor...

India is an innovation 'overperformer' but its research systems lag behind. Improving 'ease of doing R&D' is crucial. This requires faster ...

India is embracing STEM education to prepare for a future shaped by automation and digitalization. New roles combining technology and human...

Fintech major Groww more than doubled its net profit in the fourth quarter of FY26. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.

Groww Q4 Results: Groww's parent company, Billionbrains Garage Ventures, announced a significant 122% year-on-year profit increase to Rs 68...

Brokerages like Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs remain selectively optimistic on consumption stocks, backing companies with strong executi...

Corporate social responsibility spending by Indian companies has surged significantly over the last decade. However, a recent study reveals...

Maharashtra attracts almost half of India Inc's corporate social responsibility spending. However, the nation's most underdeveloped 'aspira...

India Inc's CSR spending surged threefold to ₹34,909 crore by 2023-24, but remained concentrated in education and healthcare, accounting fo...

The foundations of several companies, such as the Reliance, Tata Steel, JSW, Hindustan Zinc and SKF India, have been supporting sports as p...

75% companies lack a structure or policy to address frauds in CSR programs, the report said. Many companies that are now looking to allocat...

A high-level panel on CSR is likely to propose increased disclosures to bring transparency in spending on these activities.

The survey said more number of corporates are using non-government organisations (NGOs) as implementing agencies for CSR spending.

These funds were spent by the companies on various social initiatives of the government and NGOs.

tiGovt said it will modify the provision in Cos Bill regarding two per cent CSR spending to ensure that corporates earmark funds for such a...