When last year, the GDP Magazine decided to bring out a comprehensive annual issue on CSR, particularly on the CSR spendings, we were caught up in a real mess. Though the whole world is buzzing with the term CSR, when it comes to authentic data on CSR spending by individual companies, there is a real dearth of database. As mandatory CSR spending got legal sanctity only recently, the availability of data is a big problem as companies avoid giving the real figures because majority of them remain defaulters, by spending less than the prescribed CSR expenditure, Reports Amit Bhanot in the Cover…
Author: Amit Bhanot
(PTI) A landslide today struck the Tarakote Marg, the new seven-km track to the Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, forcing its closure, a senior police officer said. However, no one was injured in the incident, Senior Superintendent of Police, Reasi, Tahir Sajad Bhat said. He said the landslide occurred along the new track near Himkoti and efforts were on to clear the debris. The new track was formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 19. Officials said the landslide triggered by rains hit the track around 8 am, causing some damage to the infrastructure. The new track…
Press Conference by Shri Prakash Javadekar at BJP Central Office, New Delhi
PM Shri Narendra Modi addresses Kisan Kalyan Rally at Medinipur, West Bengal
Today Responsibility and Sustainability is the buzzword for each and every organization, whether it is a Government Ministry/ department, Public sector companies, MNCs or even Private Corporate. In fact the new company law also mandated to share some part of the profit for the well being of the society in form of CSR contribution by all the companies including MNCs and private companies. For Government and Public Sector Companies this becomes much more important as it is their prime responsibility before profit to give back to the nature and society whatever they take from them. This is the supreme “Principal…
India is a country of scarcity and with more than 1.3 billion people living in the subcontinent, any amount budgeted by the government for the welfare of the people seems miniscule by any given global standard. Though the government plans various schemes for the uplift of the poor and the needy, when it comes to real spending on these schemes, the government finds it difficult to satisfy all the people concerned. Be it education or healthcare or any other human development index-centric sector that calls for focused government intervention and huge financial support to change the standard of living of…
(Livemint) The Supreme Court on Monday reaffirmed the death penalty granted to the convicts in the gang rape and murder of a paramedical student on 16 December 2012, in New Delhi. The judgement was pronounced on a review petition filed by three out of the four convicts against a May 2017 order of the apex court, which had upheld the death sentence of the convicts. Explaining that review jurisdiction is exercised by the court in case of “glaring omission or injustice”, justice Ashok Bhushan decreed that the present case did not disclose any ground for interfere. A review petition cannot…
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(PTI) The Amarnath Yatra resumed from Jammu today after a day-long suspension allegedly due to appprehensions of law and order problems on the second death anniversary of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani. The resumption of the yatra came as a major relief to thousands of pilgrims who were left stranded here for the past several days due to various reasons, primarily the inclement weather in the area around the 3,880-metre high holy cave shrine of Amarnath. A fresh batch of 6,162 pilgrims, including 1,360 women and 222 Sadhus today left the winter capital for the twin base camps of Baltal and…
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