Finalists for Social Entrepreneur of the Year (SEOY) India 2017 Award
PRESS RELEASE The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, the sister organisation of the World Economic Forum and the Jubilant Bhartia Foundation of Jubilant Bhartia Group have announced the finalists of the Social Entrepreneur of the Year (SEOY)- India 2017 Award. The finalists for the Award were identified on the basis of rigorous due diligence process. […]
President Kovind launches ‘Swachhta Hi Seva’ campaign
PRESS RELEASE President Ram Nath Kovind, launched a nationwide sanitation campaign, ‘Swachhta hi Seva’, at Ishwariganj village in Kanpur on September 15. He also administered the ‘Swachhta hi Seva’ pledge to all present there whereby they resolved to create a clean, healthy and new India. The President honoured villagelevel champions who contributed to making Ishwariganj […]
HARNESSING INLAND WATERWAYS FOR GREENER ECONOMY AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH
ARCHIVE Asound and efficient transport infrastructure is the key to boosting economic growth and in turn, to alleviating poverty and promoting sustainable development. Inland water transport system ensures both, by way of providing access, mobility and connectivity and generating employment at the grassroots with lesser environmental footprint and cost. In our civilization, rivers have played […]
GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL SYSTEM REVOLUTIONIZED THROUGH CPGRAMS
GANGA IS PIOUS, ITS WATER SHOULD BE PURE
INITIATIVE The River Ganga is important not only for its cultural and spiritual significance but also because it hosts more than 40% of the country’s population. Addressing the Indian community at Madison Square Garden in New York in 2014, the Prime Minister had said, “If we are able to clean it, it will be a […]
ENTREPRENEURIAL MIND FOR A SOCIAL CAUSE
INITIATIVES SAURAV GHOSH, Ashoka Fellow 2016, shares with NEETI JHA the pleasures of creating wealth for the poor. Social sector activist Saurav Ghosh started off his career as a wealth manager. However, he was soon to be disillusioned with the work he was doing as he found that in India wealth management was about getting […]
THE SUPER SUPPORT
INITIATIVES “Life has a way of kicking us when we’re down. And just when we think we can’t fall any lower, we get kicked again. But it’s important to remember that set backs, failures, and tragedy are a part of life. Whether we manage to find joy and success in the daily struggle of life […]
SWACHH BHARAT: GIVING A PUSH TO A CLEAN INDIA
COVER STORY ‘’Swachhta” or Cleanliness was a way of life for Gandhiji. As he fought the British, he disliked several of the western customs but was candid enough to say that he learnt sanitation from the West. During a recent visit to the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad where a photo gallery vividly depicts the ideology […]
SWACHH BHARAT MISSION: STILL MILES TO GO
PUSH TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING NECESSARY TO REVIVE ECONOMY
EDITORIAL Affordable housing is something which should address the housing needs of the lower or middle income households. Affordable housing becomes a key issue especially in developing nations where a majority of the population isn’t able to buy houses at the market price. It refers to housing units that are affordable by that section of […]