Will companies turn CSR into CIR?Mandatory CSR spending essentially provides a nudge to companies to spend up to 2% of their profits on supporting research and innovation.
Which's the most philanthropic of 'em all? RIL tops list with Rs 640 cr CSR spend; PSUs NTPC, ONGC follow nextA KPMG survey found that companies spent most on education.
- NTPC Kahalgaon unit generates over 16,000 million units of
K Sreedhar said that the generation of 16,178.28 mil units of power in the 2017-18 fiscal was an improvement of 2.63 per cent over the prev...
Govt to assess impact of CSR activities undertaken by PSUsBesides, the study will assess development of areas around CPSE projects, units, factories and other parts of the country, including the No...
Reliance Industries tops CSR spending chart: GovernmentReliance Industries shelled out Rs 760.58 crore on CSR followed by ONGC (Rs 495.23 crore), Infosys (Rs 239.54 crore) and TCS (Rs 219 crore).
Ajmer railway division sign MoU with NTPC for installing RO plantsThe project is estimated to cost Rs 55 lakh which will be borne by NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam through its corporate social responsibility fun...
NTPC-SAIL Power Company gets green nod to expand Durgapur plantNTPC-SAIL Power Company has got environment clearance for expansion of its Durgapur captive power plant in West Bengal with an investment o...
NTPC Kahalgaon exceeds target of building toilets in schoolsWorking overtime, Kahalgaon Super Thermal power project has exceeded the target of building toilets in school in four districts of Bihar an...
Sensex firms miss CSR threshold by 30%; only 7 firms complyCollectively, the 30 Sensex companies are estimated to have spent about Rs 3,500 crore on CSR initiatives during the 2014-15 fiscal.
CM Naveen Patnaik asks Mahanadi Coalfield Limited to solve problem of displaced people in 3 months"The CM expressed concern over delay in beginning of the work for the proposed medical college hospital project in Sundergarh." a CMO relea...
Profit-making PSUs want angel investments counted as CSRA senior official with a blue chip PSU emphasized that there has to be an incentive for nurturing sick enterprises, which numbered 61 in Ma...
Jayant Sinha asks corporates to be participative in CSR activitiesThe corporate world should emulate public sector entities to make their CSR contributions more meaningful: Minister of State for Finance Ja...
New Delhi Institute of Management ventures into CSRNew Delhi Institute of Management, has ventured into CSR learning in a big way, honouring 17 CMDs of India’s Maharatnas & Navratnas.
- ONGC, NTPC among energy companies thinking out of the box on corporate social responsibility
"We are planning to set up highly equipped specialized hospitals for the poor under our CSR," said ONGC chairman & managing director Sudhir...
- CIL, ONGC, SAIL fail to utilise funds on CSR in FY 2012
Blue-chip Central Public Sector Enterprises like Coal India, Indian Oil Corporation, ONGC and SAIL have not fully utilised their funds allo...
- PSUs Maharatna and Navratna' CSR budgets not fully spent
Data shows that maharatna and navratna public sector undertakings (PSUs) have not been able to fully spend their CSR budget.
- Maharatna cos allocated Rs 1,100 cr for CSR in first 6 months
Maharatna companies earmarked over Rs 1,100 crore for corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities during April-September 2011.