Authors

1. Dr. Prayank Sharma
2. Ms. Ekta Rao

Affiliation

• Assistant Professor, School of Management Studies, Swami Rama Himalayan University (SRHU), Dehradun
• Assistant Professor, School of Management Studies, Swami Rama Himalayan University (SRHU), Dehradun

Abstract

Corporate Social Responsibility is the ancient concept in India. In unorganized form the traces can be seen in the form of charity, daan, seva, zakat. These practices were done as religious acts.
Later it become like that we should give back to the society what we have extracted from it. There after the charity in different form transformed into providing medical facility to society, concessional education and subsidized accommodation to the employees. From last few years the Indian economy is trying to align the corporate social responsibility expenditures to the SDGs with the aim of peace and prosperity for persons and the globe”.- while talking climate change and working to preserve oceans and forests. This paper is an effort to understand and evaluate the need and shift in spending patterns of companies with respect to the CSR expenditure.

Keywords

Sustainable Development Goals, Corporate Social Responsibility

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