, Jain Irrigation Systems Limited Corporate Social Responsibility
Report and Analysis

Corporate Social Responsibility
Division C, MBA Core, Trimester-I

ChaitanyaBh K K (C009)
Rahul Gupta (C018)
SameeraMunipalli (C030)
PratheekMuriki (C032)
Sunil Ramavarapu (C041)
RabindraVerma (C060)

Table of Contents

Agriculture Sector 2 Agriculture Sector in India 2 Jain Irrigation Systems 3 CSR Activities of JISL 4 Work Place 4 Market Place 5 Community Development 5 Environment Sustainability 6 Critical Analysis 7 Analysis of JISL’s CSR initiatives and activities 7 Analysis of CSR activities at Workplace 7 Analysis of CSR activities at Marketplace 7 Analysis of CSR activities at Community 8 Analysis of CSR activities at Environment 8 JISL CSR and its alignment with MDGs & NVGs 9 Recommendations 10 References 10

Agriculture Sector
Agriculture is the world's largest industry. It employs more than one billion people and generates over $1.3 trillion dollars worth of food annually. According to the World Bank, 70% of the world's poor who live in rural areas and agriculture is their main source of income and employment. Depletion and degradation of land and water pose serious challenges to producing enough food and other agricultural products to sustain livelihoods here and meet the needs of urban populations. Thus, the need for sustainable resource management is increasing rapidly.
Demand for agricultural commodities is rising rapidly as the world's population grows. Need of the hour is a constant increase in productivity keeping in mind the threat to communities and the environment. Modernization in the field of agriculture, increased usage of pesticides, GM crops, access to electricity(% of population having access to electricity which have Increased from 74.1% in 2009 to 77.6% in 2010), among other things,