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Mar 16 2018

Gender equality of rural women a key driver of inclusive growth: India

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UNITED NATIONS: India has said that gender equality and emancipation of rural women is a key driver of inclusive growth in the country, with discourse on women’s empowerment progressing from viewing women as recipients of welfare benefits to engaging them as active agents of change. Sanghi cited Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks that India is …

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Mar 16 2018March 16, 2018

TechnipFMC India Corporate Social Responsibility Program ‘Seed of Hope’ Wins Golden Peacock Special Commendation Award 2017

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‘Technip India Limited’ has been declared as the Winner of Special Commendation for‘Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility’ for the year 2017, by the Awards Jury under the Chairmanship of Justice (Dr.) Arijit Pasayat, former Judge, Supreme Court of India.

Mar 15 2018

Akshaya Patra: Feeding 1.6 million children a day

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Starting with 1,500 students in 2000, the midday meal scheme run by Akshaya Patra Foundation has evolved to become the world’s largest. It now aims to increase its reach to five million students by 2020 The Akshaya Patra Foundation also delivers food to over 4,000 Anganwadi centres, benefiting more than 163,000 children.

Mar 15 2018

Environment Is Not The Priority For Most CSR Strategies: Chandan Bhavnani, Executive VP, Responsible Banking, YES Bank

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“I don’t even think the environment is one of the mainstream issues right now, I don’t think it forms a significant part of CSR strategies. From a CSR perspective, what is happening is companies are investing in long-term projects, so the impact is not seen soon,” said Raghuvansh Saxena, CEO, Earthwatch

Mar 14 2018

Indian rural entrepreneur praised in UN as symbol of women’s empowerment

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UN General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak has held up Sunita Kashyap, the founder of Umang, as an example of women empowering themselves and coming up with solutions to their problems. While women face challenges, “rural women act as a major source of innovation, and ideas,” he told the inaugural session of the UN Commission on Status of Women (CSW) meeting here on …

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