Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
RAMANNA, THE CPI(Maoist) leader, has cited 96 of the 102 MOUs signed between the Chhattisgarh government and the mining companies as one of the leading provocations for the Dantewada massacre.
Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL), which is planning to set up a 2,640MW power plant in Sikaripara and Raneshwar blocks of Dumka district, has expedited its corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities to win over villagers. A slew of welfare programmes have been started by the JSPL authorities to woo …
Tata Steel was awarded the Businessworld-FICCI-SEDF Corporate Social Responsibility award 2009 at a function in New Delhi yesterday. Union minister for commerce and industry Anand Sharma handed over the prestigious award to Sanjiv Paul, vice president (corporate services) and Satish Pillai, chief, corporate sustainability services. The award recognises and applauds …
Commerce Dept Fears West May Use New Standards To Restrict Trade From Developing Countries Amiti Sen NEW DELHI INDIA is trying to mobilise opinion against the proposed international standard on corporate social responsibility that could give legal sanction to developed countries to reject exports from developing countries like India. ISO …
This paper explores how organizations are responding to the complexities associated with climate change risks and opportunities within their businesses. It is based on a global survey of 300 executives representing companies with revenues of more than US$1b annually from 16 countries and 18 industry sectors. Action amid uncertainty is …
Amid growing concerns over the impact of the economic downturn, the International Labour Office (ILO) warned in a new study called 'Accelerating action against Child Labour' that efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labour are slowing down and called for a
DIBRUGARH, April 30: Tinsukia District Administration in collaboration with the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has adopted Panbari village, a hamlet near the oil vally of Digboi in Tinsukia district for its all round development. Initially, a survey was conducted to identify the shortage and lacuna so as to prepare …
LARGER COMPANIES ARE SPENDING MORE ON LOCAL AREA DEVELOPMENT A lot is being written about the controversy surrounding a joint venture bauxite mining project of Sterlite (a Vedanta group company) and the Orissa government. Replace Vedanta with any other mining company, take away bauxite and swap it with coal or …
Two recent incidents of assault on officials of Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) in Santhal Pargana has prompted officials of the Congress MP Naveen Jindal
Tata Steel is to form a committee to undertake a social audit of its Kalinganagar project in Orissa, in a bid to counter allegations on the negative impact of industrialisation. Said H M Nerurkar, managing director of Tata Steel:
As a part of its continuing effort to promote and inculcate health consciousness and well-being among the community people and plant personnel, the World Health Day was observed by the Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) at Jharsuguda. On this occasion, health, hygiene and sanitation related awareness programmes and seminars were conducted …
With climate change big on the agenda, businesses have begun to talk environment. Many of them also have environment-friendly strategies as part of their corporate social responsibility. Many of them proclaim their environment friendly credentials on websites. So it was about time there was a website on how the corporate …
Anindita Dey / Mumbai March 20, 2010, 0:52 IST The ministry of corporate affairs has urged all companies to create a separate fund for their corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in the interest of greater transparency. The recommendation is part of a set of voluntary guidelines for companies, especially those …
Swarup Chakraborty & Ishita Ayan Dutt / Mumbai/kolkata March 09, 2010, 0:21 IST While companies in India are busy using the platform provided by movies to promote their brands and products, home-grown steel major Tata Steel has sponsored a commercial film to talk about environmental issues. Hello Zindagi, a movie …
