-Livemint.com CSR contributions have grown to 23% in FY21 from 12% in FY15, in terms of total philanthropic contribution as well as the amount India’s uber rich have sharply reduced their philantrophic contributions despite a surge in net worth in the past six years, according to a report. The tally of retail contributors, or individuals who give less than Rs. 1.5 lakh annually, has however, swelled both in terms of their count as...
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India eyes river basin plantation to meet climate goal -Jayashree Nandi
-Hindustan Times These plantations will include riverfront development programmes, afforestation, and agroforestry schemes, according to a report on the overview of detailed project reports for rejuvenation of major rivers through forestry interventions prepared by the environment ministry. New Delhi: India intends to grow plantations over 4,68,222 sq km, an area larger than the entire state of Rajasthan, by 2027 in 13 major river basins to meet its international commitment to sequester carbon...
More »India’s rich got richer in Covid but share of philanthropy fell, says report on charity trends -Nikhil Rampal
-ThePrint.in 'Indian Philanthropy Report' by global consultancy firm Bain and Co. and strategic philanthropy foundation Dasra derived from statistics available with London-based donor database. New Delhi: The Covid-19 pandemic wrecked economies around the world, devastating people’s livelihoods across sectors. But a new report points out that while some of India’s richest people made huge gains in their wealth during the period — like their counterparts across the world — the rise didn’t...
More »'Silent Majority' Supported the Three Farm Laws: SC-Appointed Committee Report
-TheWire.in (with PTI inputs) Anil Ghanwant, one of the three members of the committee, made the report public on Monday. Mumbai: Barely four months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repeal of the three farm laws which fanned protests across numerous sites in India, and only a few days after the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly results, the report of the Supreme Court-appointed committee on farm laws has been released in the...
More »Get these wrinkles out of the South Asian textile story -Syed Munir Khasru
-The Hindu Ensuring government support for financial incentives, upgrading technologies and reskilling labour are key challenges South Asia became a major player in the global textiles and clothing market with the onset of the third wave of global production. Bangladesh joined the league in the 1980s, owing to the outbreak of the civil war in Sri Lanka. Supportive industrial policy was an instrumental factor in the 1990s, with zero duty on raw...
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