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CAG flags data non-sharing between I-T dept, MHA to track charitable trusts' foreign receipts

The audit observed that there is no clarity on allowing deduction under Section 80G for donations out of CSR funds.

The Hindu · Aug 9, 2022

Kolkata: A business group that invests to build relationship with humanity

KOLKATA: When the 1983 Cricket World Cup started, workers at the newly founded Titagarh Group asked their founder, Jagdish Prasad Chowdhary, for TVs to watch the matches. Chowdhary got each of the workers a TV at wholesale rate, offering a 12-month payment plan. Ever since, a tradition was established: Every…

The Times of India · Aug 8, 2022

'Go green' mantra to make Kolkata a sustainable place

KOLKATA: Philanthropy runs in the family of this young businessman. According to Saket Mohta, managing director of Merlin Group, it's from his father that he got inspiration to do welfare activities. He says, "It is our responsibility to contribute to the society and environment where we live in. So, we…

The Times of India · Aug 7, 2022

Solar power helps the poor and needy

Potter couple, others in need benefit from CSR funds of private company

The Hindu · Jun 1, 2022

‘I’m so angry, I’m wild’: the never-ending wait to clean up asbestos town Wittenoom

The WA government has announced former asbestos mining town of Wittenoom officially closed. But will it get cleaned up? For one man, time is running out

The Guardian - AU · May 29, 2022

Engagement & Transparency: How NFTs Are Poised To Reinvent CSR

By Tereza Bízková “We hired a CSR person at Twitter, years before we hired our first sales person, to make sure we had a culture and impact of doing good,” remarked famously Biz Stone, Twitter’s co-founder.

Benzinga · May 17, 2022

Parliament proceedings | 4-5% of ₹1.25 lakh crore spent on CSR funds in past 7 years went to PM Cares: Govt

New Delhi Of the total ₹1.25 lakh crore spent on CSR in the last seven years, only 4 to 5% funds h

The Hindu · Apr 5, 2022

ESG Finds Growing Place at the China Investment Table

Chinese institutional investors are increasingly considering environmental, social and governance factors when choosing where to place their money By  Charles Qiu

Benzinga · Mar 30, 2022

Pandemic keeps uber rich off charities, contribution drops from 18% to 11%: Report

NEW DELHI: In spite of a massive jump in the number of the uber rich and rich becoming richer, their contributions to charity continued to decline during the Covid-19 pandemic when a whopping 200 million-plus were forced into poverty, says a report.

The Times of India · Mar 22, 2022

IIT-Madras, tech firm to develop robots for people with limb impairment

CMC Vellore is supporting the project through its CSR funds

The Hindu · Mar 4, 2022