Month: August 2026

PMGSY Has Built 7.87 Lakh KM of Rural Roads. The Road Is Rarely Where CSR Impact Should End. The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, marking 25 years in 2025, has sanctioned 8.25 lakh km of rural roads and completed 7.87 lakh km of them, close to 95% physical progress, as…

India Has 3,696 Centrally Protected Monuments. An Untapped Opportunity for Corporate CSR. The Archaeological Survey of India protects roughly 3,695–3,698 centrally protected monuments and sites across the country, including 24 cultural World Heritage sites, per ASI’s own published figures and a December 2024 government reply in the Rajya Sabha. Government…

Only 4.4% of India’s Youth Have Ever Had Formal Vocational Training. International Youth Day Should Worry Every CSR Team. Yesterday was International Youth Day. Here is the highlight number for every corporate CSR team investing in skilling: per the Periodic Labour Force Survey 2022-23, only 21% of India’s youth aged…

What If Healthcare CSR Is Funding the Wrong Season? The monsoon does not cause the most damage. The weeks after it do – and that is precisely when most healthcare CSR budgets have already been spent. Corporate Social Responsibility in healthcare has typically followed a predictable rhythm: fund the toilets,…