Corporate Social Responsibility and Women Development: A Survey of Cement Industry

Abstract

Women play an important in the upliftment of economy of a nation. So, it is essential to focus on the development of women. The present study deals with the contribution of corporate social responsibility initiatives undertaken by cement industry of Himachal Pradesh in the growth and development of women especially. The study is descriptive in nature and a sample of 200 women respondents have been selected by using convenience or purposive sampling technique. The main objective is to study the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities on the growth and development of women. The primary data has been analysed by using SPSS statistical software and after analysing the data it has been found that the corporate social responsibility activities initiated by Cement industry have positive impact on women development in Himachal Pradesh.