To supply one million N95 masks and 280,000 personal protective equipment (PPE), as well as ventilators, Rs 50 crore were allocated. The group had already commenced the production of one million triple layer surgical masks and 100,000 coverall garments with the support of the Textiles Ministry. [divider][/divider] The Aditya Birla Group pledged a sum of Rs 500 crore towards the nation’s effort to combat the Covid-19 pandemic with plans of making a donation to the PM-Cares fund and supplying ventilators and masks. Rs 400 crore were earmarked for donation to the PM-Cares fund while Rs 50 crore will be granted…
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday that companies’ expenditure to fight the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will be considered valid under corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. The coronavirus outbreak will be treated as a disaster, the Finance Minister said on Twitter. In view of the spread of novel #CoronaVirus in India, its declaration as pandemic by the WHO, and decision of Government of India to treat this as notified disaster, it is hereby clarified that spending of CSR funds for COVID-19 is eligible CSR activity. #IndiaFightCorona pic.twitter.com/XQneNBaJe8 — NSitharamanOffice (@nsitharamanoffc) March 23, 2020 “Keeping in view of the spread of…
Invitation for Public Comments on the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Amendment Rules, 2020 for Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India. For details , log in at -http://feedapp.mca.gov.in/csr/
Ideate for Impact – An initiative under the Connecting for Good Program, a CSR initiative of Vodafone Idea Limited with NASSCOM Foundation as the Principal Partner. Help your tech enabled ideas for social good become a reality. Through ‘Ideate for Impact’ we are requesting you to help Transform India into a country of our dreams. LAST WEEK to contribute your technology led ideas so that we may help turn them into solutions and create a huge impact across India. Apply now at https://nasscomfoundation.org/ideate-for-impact/to get your idea selected and help us turn it into a solution. Last date to submit your…
Coaches Across Continents (CAC) is a global collaboration of communities, corporations and foundations working in 6 continents & 110 plus countries by using unique Purposeful Play and Education Outside the Classroom programs to impact the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Adam Burgess, Innovate Team Leader with Coaches Across Continents (CAC) was working as a football coach in the UK, USA and Kenya. Adam completed his MBA in International Sports Management and joined Coaches Across Continents for the past 6 years. Adam has managed corporate & foundation partnerships, fundraising, and…
SBI Foundation & Microsoft today launched a collaboration to equip youth living with disabilities with the technology and training needed to prepare them for integration into the BFSI workforce. Mr Rajnish Kumar, Chairman SBI & Jean-Philippe Courtois, Executive Vice President and President, Global Sales, Marketing and Operations, Microsoft launched the collaboration in an event in Mumbai. [divider][/divider]
The new decade 2020 is all set to welcome winners from across the globe for the ‘Golden Door’, World’s first International Writer’s Awards for truth and Integrity of digital content and printed literature. Symbolic as the ‘Golden Door of Truth’, this award aims to recognise non-fiction writers as agents of truth and integrity. First endorsed by Singapore Ambassador-at-large Professor Tommy Koh, the awards will be inaugurated in Singapore on Saturday 5th September 2020 at the iconic Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre. It will be attended by World leaders, Change-makers and Truth-tellers from more than 20 countries. The management committee consist of the…
Rotary District 3190 is celebrating its third Annual Karnataka CSR event on 28th Feb 2020; This conference is to celebrate the contribution made by various stakeholder towards community service in various verticals that you have implemented in Karnataka for socio-economic development of this State. The world we belong to is a much better place than yesterday-Thanks to Corporate Citizens like you! Are we giving back more than what we take from Society? Are we moving towards Strategic CSR and sustainability in our activities to create economic output and wealth? Would we be leaving the world a better place for the…
If you have an idea on “Peace, Environment and/or Tourism”, work on and refine your business idea on a 5-days bootcamp under Udhyami Yuwa Challenge (Youth Social Entrepreneurship) program and get the opportunity to pitch it during the Peace, Environment & Tourism Conference, taking place in Nepal 2020 . Winner gets seed fund of R. 1 Lakh and more. Delighted to inform that Green Earth Alliance (GEA-International), Strategic partner with Global Peace Foundation (GPF-Nepal/USA) , Pacific Asia Travel Association(PATA) & Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), BL.INC(Ventures.com), Engage Nepal, KGH Group have teamed up to organize an Asia-Pacific conference on “Peace, Environment…
GCNI’s 3rd gender equality summit in India carries forward the momentum built by the previous two summits around Gender Equal India. The summit coincides with the International Women’s day, and consequently, aligns the international theme with the Indian fabric to highlight the current generation as a key driver and the India Inc as a key catalyst for gender equality. Being more aware, more connected and more vocal about gender rights, this ‘Generation Equality’ holds the potential to bring about a change from the rural entrepreneurial landscape to the formal urban workplace. GES 2020 deliberates on how the 2020 India Inc…
