Oct 20, 2022
By: bhakti.makwana@timesinternet.in
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The EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2022 has revealed a list of 108 philanthropists who donated more than ₹5 crore in FY22.
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Over the last 5 years, the number of donors who have given more than ₹100 crore has grown from 2 to 15, and those giving over ₹50 crore has risen from 5 to 20.
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Nithin Kamath and Nikhil Kamath of Zerodha increased their donation by a whopping 300 percent to ₹100 crore during the year. At 36 years, Nikhil Kamath is the youngest philanthropist on the Hurun list.
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The brothers have pledged a quarter of their wealth to philanthropy and have plans to give back ₹750 crore over the next three years.
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Another generous family who increased their donation is Prithavi Raj Jindal & family of JSW Steel – who have donated 231 percent more in FY22 compared to last year
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The foundation’s focus areas are education, health & nutrition, skill development, environment & water and others.
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Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal increased his donation by 174 percent to ₹37 crore in FY22 from last year. Most of his donation was inclined towards education.
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Indian industrialist including SP Oswal, Ratan Jindal, Bajranglal Taparia & Mahaveer Prasad Taparia, Sajjan Jindal, Sanjiv Goenka and Cyrus S Poonawalla & Adar Poonawalla have more than doubled their donation from last year towards education.
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Vinod Kumar Agarwal of Agarwal Coal increased his contribution by 127 percent from last year to ₹25 crore in FY22.
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