CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PRACTICES IN THE TIMES OF COVID-19: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MAHARASHTRA STATE

The present research paper attempts to define the Corporate Social Responsibility in Maharashtra state during the pandemic times of Covid-19 in the state. Corporate social responsibility is now accepted as a means to achieve sustainable development of an organization. The World Health Organization has considered Covid-19 as a global pandemic in the academic year 2020. The contagious disease enormously disrupted socio-economic conditions of the planet. The Government of India and state governments announced lockdowns throughout the country in March 2020 in order to promote social distancing and stop the spread of virus. The comprehensive lockdowns worsened economic quandary of the Maharashtra state. Heavy population and a lack of educational awareness added so many socio-economic and health related problems in the life of people. The corporate sector of Maharashtra government stood shoulder to shoulder with public and state government to help the needy in the difficult times.