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Promoting Circular Economy through initiatives focusing on
resource reduction, reuse, recycling, and upcycling, and other
innovative strategies.
Enabling setting up of green enterprises utilizing eco-friendly
resources, thus maintaining environmental integrity.
Adopting Sustainable Practices such as; converting agricultural
waste into high-value products; upcycling poly plastic waste by
converting it into different products; introducing sustainable and
natural dyeing techniques and processes; promoting renewable
energy etc.
Ensuring New Enterprise Creation and generating employment
for women and marginalized communities by undertaking
entrepreneurship and skill training on a large scale.
Promoting businesses led by women through promotion of
networking and partnerships under the aegis of the Chambers of
Commerce for women - Women Entrepreneurs Access Connect
Transform (WeACT).
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5th March, 2025: Roundtable Meet for Corporates at Kolkata - (3rd from R) Shri Shivnarayan Balajee Singha Roy, WBCS (Exe.), Additional
Secretary, Backward Classes Welfare Department, Govt. of West Bengal; (4th from R) Mr. Daniel Thomas , Vice President - National Grant
Program Lead - Accenture.
Milestones
Department of CSR Partnerships (DCP) Milestones Beneficiaries States & Uts
Fostering sustainable development and socio-economic growth through strategic partnerships
with corporates, multinational companies, and public sector undertakings
For holistic social and economic development, EDII undertakes execution of projects supported Promoting Circular Economy through initiatives
by corporates, multinational companies and public sector undertakings. These multifaceted focusing on resource reduction, reuse, recycling, and
projects promote entrepreneurial and economic transformation in varied sectors including agro upcycling, and other innovative strategies.
and food processing, handicraft & handloom, non-farm & agri-allied and services.
Objectives:
Enabling setting up of green enterprises utilizing eco-
friendly resources, thus maintaining environmental
Develop interventions directed towards making sustainable and marketable livelihood integrity.
sources; creating new off-farm and allied activities – for more productive, profitable, and
sustainable practices promoting rural economic development; Business through
afforestation; Food and Nutrition; Health and Wellness; Renewable Energy; Safety and
Energy Efficiency for MSMEs; Sustainable post agriculture businesses; New-gen and
technology-based Livestock Development and Women's Economic Empowerment. Adopting Sustainable Practices such as; converting
agricultural waste into high-value products;
upcycling poly plastic waste by converting it into
different products; introducing sustainable and
natural dyeing techniques and processes;
Create capabilities for the future by assisting communities in creating vital socio-economic promoting renewable energy etc.
infrastructure and equipping them to harness emerging and much-needed economic
opportunities.

Ensuring New Enterprise Creation and generating
employment for women and marginalized
communities by undertaking entrepreneurship and
skill training on a large scale.

Promoting businesses led by women through
promotion of networking and partnerships under
the aegis of the Chambers of Commerce for women
- Women Entrepreneurs Access Connect Transform
(WeACT).

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Beneficiaries States
11th March, 2025: Dr. Sunil Shukla, Director General, EDII with weavers and artisans of Project HandMade in India at the Industry
Roundtable Meet and Thought Leadership Seminar.

as on March 31, 2025

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