Category: Corporate

Arpit Chaturvedi Instructor and Coordinator of Academics, Indian School of Public Policy   Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) laws in the Companies Act cover approximately 21,397 companies in India as per the National CSR Portal. While an exceptionally progressive move by the government, it only covers the corporate behemoths with a turnover of rupees one thousand crores or more or a net profit of rupees five crores or more or having  a net worth of rupees five hundred crores or more.  India has approximately 17.95 lakh companies out of which only…

Centre for Civil Society (CCS), India’s leading think-tank advocating ease of doing business for the bottom of pyramid entrepreneurs, secured a big win for street vendors through iJustice – its public interest law initiative.   Every month, hundreds of street vendors get challaned by MCD officials and saddled with huge penalties imposed by the Magistrates ranging from sums 1000 percent – 3000 percent higher than the legally specified limit in the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act 1957. The constant harassment of street vendors, even registered ones, and their treatment as squatters…

What are the criteria for success? A well-paying job, savings, assets, loving family and luxuries. If you consider these as a success, yes, I had them all and hence could be considered as a successful lady, striving towards more and more. Coming from the least known district of Rayagada – Odisha, I believed that staying back in the town won’t fulfill my larger than life dreams. Just like any other motivated youth, I moved out to achieve them, crossing one goal after another. I traveled, learned, studied and worked from…

Comments come at a time economic growth in the country has shrunk to a nearly five-year low.   India’s GDP growth had slipped below 6% and nearly five-year low of 5.8% in march quarter raises many concern on why, how and who is responsible for this and what could be the immediate action plan plan for recover the growth, with lakhs of estimated job cuts in the auto sector and the corporate earnings have been most disappointing in at least three yearssays, Bibek Debroy, the Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the…

“Our next destination is Mumbai where we will soon start our e-commerce journey enabling us to meet many more customers, followed by Hyderabad and Pune going online,” Peter Betzel, CEO, IKEA India said.   Peter further said in a  function to mark one year of operations at Hyderabad, its only store in India IKEA will soon launch online ordering and delivery services in Mumbai and later in Pune and Hyderabad.. “Our next destination is Mumbai where we will soon start our e-commerce journey enabling us to meet many more customers, followed…

As per CPCB reports, plastic contributes to 8% of the total solid waste, with Delhi producing the maximum quantity followed by Kolkata and Ahmedabad.   Only 60% of the total plastic waste is being recycled. Households generate maximum plastic waste, of which water and soft drink bottles form a large number.   For a country with 1 billion plus people, it is impossible to stop plastic use all of a sudden since it is a part of our daily lives. Therefore, the need is to reduce the use of plastic,…

Company spends Rs. 2.8 million to help poor and underprivileged in last fiscal United Drilling Tools Ltd (UDTL), a leading manufacturer and supplier of major drilling tools such as wire line and well service equipment, Gas lift equipment, down-hole tools and large OD casing connectors used in oil industry, has under the aegis of its Chairman Pramod Kumar Gupta and other members of CSR Committee spent more than Rs. 2.8 million in the last fiscal year ended 31st March, 2019 for different charitable and social welfare programmes related to food,…

Detel Foundation, the CSR Wing of Detel was a proud sponsor at the first edition of First Women’s Basketball Association Gurugram 2019, which was held on 07th April, 2019 at Tau Devi Lal Stadium- Basketball Court. As part of this sponsorship, Detel rewarded the 58 participants Detel D4 Earphones.   The event was organized to encourage more and more women to take up sports and saw the participation of 12 top women basketball teams from Haryana and Delhi. The event was graced by the presence of dignitaries such as Mr. M.C Gupta, Former Chief Secretary of Haryana,…

While the overall state of healthcare in India has improved over the past 10 years, it still continues to be one of the key concern areas particularly for the rural population in the country. Access to quality healthcare is still a challenge and we are far away from fulfilling the WHO norm of having 1 doctor per 1000 people. While the government has launched many schemes and year on year allocation of funds to healthcare has improved, we have to make further progress to ensure effective implementation and utilization of…

McAfee has achieved global gender pay parity and is the first cyber security company to do so.   “At McAfee, we value the innovation, creativity, and strategic problem-solving that flourish in an inclusive and diverse environment,” said Christopher Young, CEO, McAfee. “We believe in the simple fact that every employee, regardless of their gender identity, should be compensated fairly and equally for their individual contribution to the company. I’m proud to lead a company that puts actions behind its beliefs and makes gender pay parity a reality for all employees.”…