Can Corporate Social Responsibility be a Force Multiplier to Control Malnutrition in India? Ruia Aparna1, Gupta Rajul Kumar2,*, Bandyopadhyay Gargi3 1PhD Scholar Amity School of Economics, Amity University, Noida 2Professor, Community Medicine, Army College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 3Professor, Amity School of Economics, Amity University, Noida *Corresponding Author: Rajul Kumar Gupta Professor, Community Medicine, Army College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi Email: rajulkgupta@yahoo.co.in Tele: +918527389090
Online published on 16 March, 2018. Abstract By law, Corporate houses are now bound to contribute certain percentage of their profits for welfare of society through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative. Challenges such as poverty, hunger and illiteracy, though apparently seem out of corporate responsibility's domain, but they can be mitigated to an extent by CSR. Corporates have social, moral, ethical and economic responsibility towards society. The paper exemplifies prominent case studies to elaborates the role, corporate sector is playing in contributing to control hunger and malnutrition in India. Top Keywords Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Malnutrition, Social welfare, Undernutrition. Top |