The Major Port Authorities Act, 2020, is aimed at decentralising decision-making and infusing professionalism in the governance of 13 major ports. The act seeks to impart faster and transparent decision-making to benefit stakeholders and improve project execution capabilities by reorienting the governance model in central ports to the landlord port model in line with the...
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Meeting CSR Targets
IIFCLÂ’s Corporate Social Responsibility programmes aim to address the sustainability issues that are most relevant. The company will carry forward its CSR activities for upgrading social infrastructure in India.
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Is Swachh Bharat Abhiyan losing stream?
The much touted ¨Abhiyan¨ of the Centre, Swachh Bharat has hit its first roadblock-a funding block. The scheme, which depends on the massive financial assistance from the Centre, is likely to miss its deadline of 2019 on account of slashing of Rs 635 crore
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CSR route for infra development in AP
Industrial growth in Andhra Pradesh is expected to bring a significant improvement in civic infrastructure in villages, as the government will lay due emphasis on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives of companies.
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There´s a need to create a pool of professionals
The focus should heavily be on skilling, re-skilling and up-skilling of labour resources. In order to grow and make campaigns like ´Make in India´ a success, the industry needs access to talent that is ´job ready´-talent that needs minimal or no training when recruited for a particular role.
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Design Expert
Dr S Majumdar is the Chief Sustainability Officer for the JSW Group, and is responsible for the design, development and implementation of a sustainability framework that enhances global competitiveness.
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Budget: Leapfrog from infra trampoline
The Union Budget 2014-15 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has laid an infra tarpaulin and created a mood for growth. An eBiz integrated portal where all ministries would be integrated by December is underway to facilitate business. The allocations are across the spectrum of infrastructure, manufacturing and social sectors.
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Companies hope to extract business benefit
CSR may become mandatory for larger business, but the government is unlikely to be too stringent on companies that seek business benefits from them. The recent inclusion of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a point of widespread debate among various industries
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Role of PSUs in infrastructure building
In order to sustain in their role of promoting and developing infrastructure it is imperative that the PSUs infuse state-of-the-art technology related to their lines of business while also making sufficient investments in refreshing them at regular intervals
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Minister wants ports to allot 10% of income for CSR
Port trusts across the country are asked to allocate 10 percent of their income for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities by Union Shipping Minister GK Vasan. The ministry launched CSR activities recently to enable ports to serve the interests of society and identify activities that would create social impact, Vasan said
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