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Religious traditions of daan, seva, and zakat operated in India for centuries helping to
shape the relationship between the privileged and the dispossessed. The vast majority
of philanthropy in India has always been to religious institutions and that continues to
be the case. The earliest industrialists of the 19th Century launched the practices of
corporate giving via trusts, and endowed institutions controlled by members of
business families.

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globalised economic environment, with rapid growth in overall wealth and also in
inequality.

The rising gap between the wealthiest Indians and those at the bottom sparked
innovation in efforts by the corporate sector to address social problems. It also led the
State to think about how to pull in more support from the booming business world. In
the context of a shrinking State, a more globalised economy, and great divisions in
economic and social worlds, the landscape of Indian CSR is fascinating
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a study of how these regulations are shaping corporate giving. Based on dozens of
interviews with corporations, lawyers, journalists, consultants and NGOs as well as
research on almost 200 of India’s largest corporations we are presenting a series of
articles on Indian CSR today.

Nandini Deo is an Assistant Professor at Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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