The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has set 15 conditions for Posco-India before going ahead with its steel project near Paradip.

WHILE FRAMING NORMS, GOVT SHOULD ENSURE LOW TRANSACTION COSTS

THE government is working on a framework for quantifying corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives of companies to permit trading in CSR credits. Backed with tax incentives, the government expects such a framework to encourage companies to take up CSR initiatives more seriously.

Drills and rigs for the exploration of methane in Asansol

Durgapur, Jan. 10: Residents of a CPM-dominated Bankura village have stopped a company

PARADIP: The rehabilitation and periphery development advisory committee (RPDAC) meeting for the Rs 54,000 crore Posco steel plant will be organised in the last week of this month. This was decided at a meeting held earlier this week between the district administration and Posco officials. It was presided over by District Collector Gyanranjan Das.

Water pipeline laid to villages in Gadimoga and Bhairavapalem

MDR will help villagers to transport fish and other perishables

NEW DELHI: People in The Netherlands are disappointed with the outcome of the climate deal at Copenhagen, Anja Timmer, Member of the Dutch Parliament, said here on Monday.

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, a mega health camp was organised by Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) here on Sunday. The camp was aimed at treating and providing medical attention to inhabitants of the town besides an open invitation to all residents of peripheral villages.

Sixty seven per cent of domestic companies have chosen non-government organisations (NGOs) as partners to undertake their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects, while 58 per cent prefer government departments for the spread of CSR obligations, Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) says.

AMIT AGNIHOTRI
NEW DELHI

For the first time since the launch of its flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in 2006, UPA II will involve the corporates for independent monitoring of the rural job plan.