The Numbers from Korba Earlier this week, India CSR shared a fresh, detailed update on BALCO’s Vedanta Skill School, bringing in data up to FY2025-26. Since its launch in 2011, the school has helped more than 15,000 young people leave uncertainty behind and start solid, respectable careers. Just in the last year, over 1,200 trainees…
Ramesh, a 28-year-old delivery worker from Delhi working for a food delivery platform, spends nearly 12 hours a day on the road, yet his income remains uncertain from month to month. His story reflects the reality of millions of workers in India at a time when the Economic Survey 2025–26 estimates that the country has…
What happened in Bengaluru this week? Branch International, a digital financial services company, teamed up with Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled and ran a health initiative in the city. India CSR reported it on May 5, 2026. They reached over 220 people most of which were women or persons with disabilities and provided them with…
Here’s what the WRI analysis actually shows. The team reviewed 46 World Bank-financed health projects across low- and middle-income countries and came up with numbers that belong in every health ministry’s budget talks. For a country of 25 million people, putting money into seven areas of climate-health preparedness such as disease surveillance, climate-informed planning, resilient…
The IAS Officer Who Noticed The Children Were Thin An IAS officer who had been deputed to Etapalli district, Gadchiroli, the tribal area of Maharashtra, visited the Todsa Ashram School in 2023. The records at the school indicated one thing, but what the officer witnessed contradicted those records. The students were being fed meals funded…
The Doctor Who Couldn’t Trust the Algorithm Meera Krishnamurthy is a pulmonologist practicing at a district hospital in Hyderabad. The implementation of the AI-driven diagnosis of chest X-rays by a private company began in 2024 at the place of Dr. Krishnamurthy’s work. Even though this method is fast and definite, there were errors made by…
IndiaAI and ICMR’s new partnership aims to use AI-powered diagnostics and public health tools to address India’s rural healthcare gaps, especially in diseases like tuberculosis and maternal complications. The initiative could transform healthcare access in underserved regions, but its success will depend on transparent implementation, accountability, and real deployment beyond major cities. The Test She…
Social media activism in India has transformed civic awareness by amplifying marginalized voices, documenting injustices, and connecting local movements to national conversations. However, its impact is limited by misinformation, online harassment, and unequal digital access, making digital rights and literacy essential for meaningful social change. The Video That Made a Village Visible In January 2021,…
India’s growing ESG regulations are transforming how NGOs and development organisations access CSR funding, pushing them toward stronger impact measurement and compliance systems. While ESG creates new opportunities for collaboration and blended finance, smaller grassroots organisations risk being excluded due to limited compliance capacity. The Proposal She had to Rewrite Three Times Deepika Nair has…
India’s digital activism has occasionally influenced political accountability, as seen in M.J. Akbar’s resignation during the #MeToo movement, but most online outrage fails to create lasting policy change. The article argues that India needs stronger digital accountability laws and institutional mechanisms to turn viral public pressure into meaningful democratic reform. The Hashtag that did cost…
