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It's now five years since CSR was made mandatory under the Companies Act, 2013

The narrow lanes that lead to Bombay Panjrapole and its towering blue entrance is in sharp contrast to the vast two-acre compound inside it; a home for 350 cows in the heart of the country’s financial capital.

In a city where it’s a challenge for salaried employees to afford 500-square-feet apartments for their families, such cow shelters are multiplying — thanks to a growing flow of funds from corporate India, which has developed a fancy for Gaushalas.

A two-acre plot can accommodate at least 320 apartments of 500 sq ft each, given Mumbai’s floor space index of 1.83.

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