Indian NGO Fundraising
This report is Part II of a research project by UC Berkeley Director of Philanthropy and Fulbright Scholar Morry Rao Herm
Creating a Truly “Social” Stock Exchange
India is gearing up to set up a Social Stock Exchange (SSE) on the recommendation of India’s Finance Minister in 2019. After the initial suggestions by the Working Group in 2020, a new Technical Committee constituted by SEBI is expected to release more granular recommendations soon. SSEs are still in a nascent stage of development, having come into existence less than two decades ago. Only three out of seven SSEs are still active across the globe.
At this critical inflection point, the International Centre for Not-For-Profit Law (ICNL) and Samhita Social Ventures have undertaken an extensive research study to review seven SSEs (in Brazil, Portugal, South Africa, Jamaica, the UK, Singapore and Canada) to provide the most comprehensive analysis so far and offer suggestions for India’s SSE.
This report also analyses the recommendations of the first Working Group in relation to setting up India’s SSE.
No real cause for concern, says Noshir Dadrawala of CAP on the Finance Minister’s statement on CSR Consultants
While responding to a query in Parliament, Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs stated that there is no provision of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) consultant in Section 135 of the Companies (CSR Policy) Act, 2014.
As the statement unnerved companies, firms and practitioners,
Bringing the focus back on mask wearing With #PehnoSahi
To re-emphasise the importance of wearing masks in the fight against COVID-19, the India Protectors Alliance (IPA), is bringing together Samhita Social Ventures, RBL Bank, Crompton Greaves, IKEA India, Pernod Ricard India Foundation, Kimberly-Clark Professional and other companies and foundations, to initiate India
Corporate Social Responsibility Rules Amendments 2021
On 22nd January 2021, the Ministry Of Corporate Affairs brought significant changes to the existing CSR rules.
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Need of a stimulus package for NGOs
The year 2020 has been a difficult year for NGOs in India (not just because of the pandemic) and the next year also potentially appears to be a difficult one. “Most NGOs are heavily reliant on their funders and with institutional funding drying up this year, several NGOs, especially the smaller ones, have suffered a lot”, said Priya Naik
Reimagining philanthropy: From control to agency
More often than not, in our discussions about systemic change, we overlook discussions about our personal contributions in those changes. We expect civil society organisations and political leaders to dare greatly, but usually ignore the role of funders in collaboration, risk-taking, and trust building.
At Samhita, we have always believed that
Beyond Business
Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) & Samhita have launched the report Beyond Business
Mahindra Logistics joins the India Workers
Samhita Social Ventures welcomes Mahindra Logistics Ltd. as a pillar of the India Workers Alliance to provide immediate relief to its driver community by transferring Rs 3,000 to their bank accounts to enable them to buy essential commodities.
Born out of the Samhita Model, the India Workers Alliance propogates a collective CSR fund for economic support and recovery of India
