Use CSR spending on tackling malnutrition: Goyal
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New Delhi: Commerce and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday called upon corporates to direct their CSR spending towards combating malnutrition, describing it as crucial for India's future and their own business interests.
Speaking at the National CSR Conclave on "Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Nutrition Security and Malnutrition Mitigation", organised by the NDDB Foundation, Goyal said a malnutrition-free India is essential for achieving Viksit Bharat by 2047.
"A holistic approach is required to make the country free from malnutrition. Malnutrition can be prevented during pregnancy and the child growth stage itself," he said, highlighting the scope of CSR work in this area. The minister emphasised that CSR activities focused on preventing malnutrition would yield better returns on investment. "It is not charity, you are investing in future profits of your company. If you link your activities with malnutrition, you are doing good for yourself. Corporates are helping themselves, creating new markets, new labour, new employees, and new consumers of the future," he said.
