Revealed: The billions given to charity by ordinary Indians every year
by Soutik Biswas, India correspondent

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22 February 2026

On 22 February 2026 BBC News reported: India's philanthropy story is usually told from the top down. ...But a new report argues that the real engine of Indian generosity is far more prosaic -- and vastly larger. The How India Gives 2025 report, produced by the Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy (CSIP) at Ashoka University, challenges the conventional narrative that organized, institutional money dominates the country's giving landscape. Instead, it points to a quieter colossus: households. Global Good News service views this news as a sign of rising positivity in the fields of business and culture, documenting the growth of life-supporting, evolutionary trends.

...'India is a very generous country. Our findings suggest that ordinary households play a much larger role than is commonly acknowledged. Generosity appears widespread and culturally embedded,' Jinny Uppal, head of Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy at Ashoka University, told the BBC.

The headline insight: Indian philanthropy is not elite-led but mass, local and relational -- driven by faith, face-to-face appeals and everyday obligation, cutting across income levels.

...In India, says Uppal, the 'real headline' isn't the percentage -- it's the breadth of participation.

...In other words, in India generosity is possibly not a trickle from the top. It is a daily tide from below.

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