Govt. may mandate geo-tagging and photos for CSR projects

Doubling down on its corporate social responsibility (CSR) diktat, the government may now also mandate companies to provide photographs and geographical tagging of such projects, reports The Economic Times.

The move may be considered by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) after the Parliament amended the Companies Act to allow criminal action against companies that do not fulfil their CSR obligations, the report added.

“We want greater transparency so people can see the CSR work being undertaken. Details of the CSR expenditure provided by some companies did not even tally with their annual reports,” the paper quoted an official as saying.