Updated Feb 20, 2021 | 14:13 IST
Philanthropy must come from within and it cannot be mandated from outside. Individual/personal philanthropy must be separate from a company s Corporate Social Responsibility, said Azim Premji Azim Premji receives AIMA lifetime achievement award
New Delhi: Wipro Limited founder Azim Premji received the AIMA Life Time Achievement Award for Management on Saturday. All India Management Association (AIMA), the apex body for Management in the country, celebrates its Foundation Day on 21st February every year.
Receiving the award, Premji said, Thank you very much for bestowing this honor on me. The recognition is well and truly because of the tireless dedication of thousands of my colleagues and my partners both at Wipro and the Foundation. So, I share this honor with all of them. Thank you once again and I wish all of you all the best.
Unleash Animal Spirits, Make India Fastest Growing Economy: Nirmala Sitharaman
The government in September 2019 slashed corporate tax rates by up to 10 percentage points to attract private investment and reinvigorate the sagging economy.
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday exhorted the private sector to take advantage of corporate tax rate cut and other initiatives of the government, and unleash animal spirits by enhancing investments to make India one of the fastest growing economies of the world.
The government has been waiting for the expansion by the private sector, she said while reminding India Inc of various measures including corporate tax rate cut, policy consistency, ease of doing business, among others to facilitate investment.