PUNE: Union minister for women and child development Maneka Gandhi made a pitch for companies to use their mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds for welfare of animals.
"The government has now made it mandatory for all companies that have a turnover of Rs 1,000 crore or more to spend 2% of its net profit on CSR activities," Gandhi said at a function held in the city on Thursday to inaugurate an animal hospital run by People For Animals (PFA).
Appealing to religious sentiment, Gandhi said that commercial interests were responsible for a lot of cruelty done to animals. "Once a cow stops giving milk, it is immediately sold to butchers. A Hindu sells the cow, a Sikh or Hindu truck driver transports the animals to a slaughter house where a butcher eventually kills them. Alternative use of cow dung has tremendous business potential and it should be explored," Gandhi said. She cited an example of how one of her friends designed a Rs 15,000 machine that could be used to convert cow dung into firewood.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Use-CSR-money-for-animal-welfare/articleshow/42840114.cms
"The government has now made it mandatory for all companies that have a turnover of Rs 1,000 crore or more to spend 2% of its net profit on CSR activities," Gandhi said at a function held in the city on Thursday to inaugurate an animal hospital run by People For Animals (PFA).
Appealing to religious sentiment, Gandhi said that commercial interests were responsible for a lot of cruelty done to animals. "Once a cow stops giving milk, it is immediately sold to butchers. A Hindu sells the cow, a Sikh or Hindu truck driver transports the animals to a slaughter house where a butcher eventually kills them. Alternative use of cow dung has tremendous business potential and it should be explored," Gandhi said. She cited an example of how one of her friends designed a Rs 15,000 machine that could be used to convert cow dung into firewood.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Use-CSR-money-for-animal-welfare/articleshow/42840114.cms
