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Author: CS Pradeep Kumar Parakh | Date: 19-May-2022.                                                            Background: When the Corporate Social Responsibility (‘CSR’) concept was introduced in India in 2013, it was intended to be a voluntary exercise and corporates were expected to maximise their contributions for social causes to create a niche in the market with inherent benefit of effective brand building. However, in the past, it has been observed that the CSR funds were not being channelized in their true spirit by certain organisations and resultant abuse of the CSR provisions. The Government of India has been pushing Indian corporates to conduct their businesses with greater transparency, curtail abuse, reinforce governance and provide comprehensive reporting of their activities. Of late, a number of changes in the CSR provisi...

  New Year is around the corner and as we enter 2021, through the blog, we revisit the year 2020 through projects created by our ever driven implementers on the platform. Given our work in the space of social development has just begun, we've created a quick recap of all projects. With this recap, we bring to you the variety of efforts and initiatives that have been taken by nonprofit organizations across the country. Towards the end of a year that brought with it an unprecedented journey, we intend to acknowledge the stakeholders of the social development space who have worked with their resilience through the ongoing pandemic. If you are an implementer or contributor who would like to be part of our venture, sign up with us at  https://www.trucsr.in/signup or write to us at info@trucsr.in Project Name: Enabling Empowerment and Participation of Women in Local Governance. Implementer: Gopabandhu Seva Parishad Started by like-minded Social Work Professionals in 1999-2000, Gopa...