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 …
The State Government seems to have developed a new policy for corporate social responsibility (CSR) expenditures of the mega industries. It follows the model laid by the Supreme Court in the case of Lanjigarh-based alumina project of Vedanta Resources. The annual CSR expenditure will not be below 5 per cent …
In a worldwide survey, Sun & Wind Energy questioned more than 1,000 companies from the renewable energy sector about their social involvement. Only 49 companies took the opportunity to respond to our questionnaire. The result: social projects are popular. But background information in scarce.
In December 2009, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs released a four-page document, Voluntary Guidelines on Corporate Social Responsibility, a set of principles aimed at helping Indian companies shape their CSR programmes. The document which has sections on core elements, fundamental principles and implementation guidance for CSR initiatives, has attracted considerable …
Education,Training Initiatives Help Firms Earn Trust Of Villagers Rakhi Mazumdar KOLKATA THERE was a time little Arsu Tadu hated going to school. She had to walk six kilometres every morning to reach a rundown shed, which was the local school in her neighbouring village near Rukka in mineral-rich Jharkhand. At …
Under Corporate Social Responsibility Programme, BHEL, Bhopal today organised a free medical camp at village Adarsh Nagar. Dr BD Baderia, HMS, Kasturba Hospital, PK Sinha, Addl General Manager (TAD) and other officials from BHEL, Bhopal were present on this occasion. About 150 persons benefited from the medical team comprising 8 …
K V Sridhar (Pops) / February 08, 2010, 0:51 IST While the Copenhagen conference was on, reams of print coverage, editorials and conversations were dedicated to the cause of climate change. But as days go by after the conference, the idea of bringing the attention to the issue and the …
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu has urged all power developers to execute their projects within the timeframe as per the Memorandum of Understanding. He also affirmed his government
Anti-Posco activists today abducted four Posco officials engaged in the company's corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities at Patana village under Dhinkia village panchayat in Jagatsinghpur district. Four Posco officials- Nihar Das Pattnaik, manager, CSR and three others- Arun Mohapatra, Debasish Swain and Prasant Rout had gone to Patana village to …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has set 15 conditions for Posco-India before going ahead with its steel project near Paradip. The conditions are mainly general in nature imposed on any transfer of land for such a mega project, but there are some that pertain specifically to the …
WHILE FRAMING NORMS, GOVT SHOULD ENSURE LOW TRANSACTION COSTS THE government is working on a framework for quantifying corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives of companies to permit trading in CSR credits. Backed with tax incentives, the government expects such a framework to encourage companies to take up CSR initiatives more …
PARADIP: The rehabilitation and periphery development advisory committee (RPDAC) meeting for the Rs 54,000 crore Posco steel plant will be organised in the last week of this month. This was decided at a meeting held earlier this week between the district administration and Posco officials. It was presided over by …
Water pipeline laid to villages in Gadimoga and Bhairavapalem MDR will help villagers to transport fish and other perishables Kakinada: The Rural Water Supply (RWS) scheme and Main District Road (MDR) at Gadimoga which were inaugurated by the Chief Minister K. Rosaiah on Wednesday, marked a significant progress in the …
NEW DELHI: People in The Netherlands are disappointed with the outcome of the climate deal at Copenhagen, Anja Timmer, Member of the Dutch Parliament, said here on Monday. Ms. Timmer told The Hindu that there was a general sense of disappointment over the deal as hopes were raised with the …
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, a mega health camp was organised by Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) here on Sunday. The camp was aimed at treating and providing medical attention to inhabitants of the town besides an open invitation to all residents of peripheral villages. Over 40 …
Sixty seven per cent of domestic companies have chosen non-government organisations (NGOs) as partners to undertake their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects, while 58 per cent prefer government departments for the spread of CSR obligations, Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) says. The chamber, in its assessment,
