At a time when non-profits face stiff challenges in fundraising, the government has announced a social stock exchange for welfare enterprises and voluntary organisations. Speaking about the electronic fund-raising plat

MCA to amend the Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, vouches for separate account for Unspent CSR, empowers the Union to issue company specific CSR directives

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Embassy Group, India's leading real estate developer has partnered with Swiss Re Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Swiss Re, with the goal to develop and nurture government schools in and around Bangalore.

The government has set up a 12-member panel to review the enforcement of CSR provisions under the companies law as well as look at having a centralised scrutiny and prosecution mechanism to deal with violations.

The district administration on Tuesday signed MoUs with two private firms — DLF Foundation and Power Grid Corporation — to improve infrastructure of government schools, under their CSR initiatives.

The government’s India BPO promotion scheme, which aims to popularise the industry beyond metros, has so far provided employment to almost 11,000 people across the country, of which 40% are women.

In these troubled times for agriculture, the big ideas, it seems, are coming more from the states than the Centre.

Take, for instance, the Madhya Pradesh government’

The government is looking at roping in state-run banks and financial institutions to give a push to its Swachh Bharat campaign. The finance ministry will prod lenders to increase credit towards industries, especially s

Seventy years after independence, India is racing to connect thousands of villages with electricity as it looks to accelerate growth whose dividend are distributed to all. The new year will see the government accelerat

When it comes to governance innovations, India’s northeast is not known to be a market leader; in fact, the region is more often in news for the opposite: governance deficit. Recently, however, Meghalaya did some

In line with the government’s Startup India campaign, social media firm Facebook said it will create opportunities and invest in India’s startup ecosystem in 2018.

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The Union environment ministry on Thursday approved a Rs 100-crore project to tackle crop burning in northern states, a phenomenon that purportedly escalates pollution in the national capital region during winter month

During the last two years, the government collected more than Rs 16,400 crore as Swachh Bharat cess, meant to fund sanitation schemes, but the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pointed out nearly a quarter of t

Could startups solve complex issues in India’s agriculture sector, which supports 49% of the workforce? The agriculture ministry thinks so and is hunting for “commercially viable” proposals in 12 pre-

The home ministry has directed all NGOs, business entities and individuals who receive funds from abroad to open accounts in any of the 32 designated banks, including one foreign, within a month for higher level of tra

The corporate sector and individuals have donated more than Rs 666 crore since 2014 in the Swachh Bharat Kosh (SBK), the government informed Parliament on Thursday.

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India has witnessed rapid economic growth in recent years, but this hasn’t led to a resultant increase in new jobs. The situation is made worse with a near exodus of youth from rural areas to urban in search of e

The government is inviting Indian start-ups to present solutions in some of the key areas of agriculture procurement and supply-chain, some of which it will help develop and bring to the market.

 By - Livemint On December 14, 2017

In a bid to phase out free power and promote the use of renewable energy, the Tamil Nadu government is pushing for the adoption of solar pumps for agriculture, by offering 90% subsidy to the farmers. In the first phase

The Maharashtra government and Tata Trusts today joined hands to roll out a series of social development initiatives in Chandrapur district in the areas of livelihood, digital literacy, data driven governance and child