Tag: Ministry of Corporate Affairs
CSR Draft Rules Strict on Charitable Trusts
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has released the Draft Companies (CSR Policy) Amendment Rules, 2020 proposing amendments to CSR policy rules of the...
CSR News – Bringing Transparency in CSR
CSR mandate in India has given space for new businesses to exist – the CSR consulting and implementing agencies. These agencies are responsible for...
Government’s Push for Effective Utilisation of CSR Funds
By Rajeev Nair & Nishant Sogani, Rajani Associates
The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility a.k.a. CSR has been in existence since ages, albeit more so...
Rajasthan Govt. Sets Up CSR Authority; Indian Cos Evade CSR Spending
Rajasthan government has constituted Rajasthan Corporate Social Responsibility Authority for effective implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities, proper utilisation of CSR funds and...
President of India Confers Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Awards
The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, presented Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Awards to selected companies. The President conferred national awards to winning companies in two...
Govt may tighten disclosure norms for CSR spending
India Inc may soon have to make higher disclosures on their corporate social responsibility (CSR) spending, a government official has said.
A high-level panel on...
Government mulls annual report card on CSR funds for effective use of resources
In a bid to give fillip to the corporate social responsibility (CSR) norms enlisted in the Companies Act, 2013, the ministry of corporate affairs ...
Indian government releases guidelines on responsible business conduct
Ministry of Corporate Affairs has revised the National Voluntary Guidelines on Social, Environmental and Economic Responsibilities of Business, 2011 (NVGs) and formulated the National Guidelines on...
Understanding the challenges around CSR spends
By Rajeev Nair (Principal Associate) & Nishant Sogani (Associate), Rajani Associates
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in India is governed by the Companies Act, 2013 (Act)...
10 Year Challenge: CSR then and now
As the 10-Year Challenge, or the 2009 vs. 2019 Challenge sweeps social media, The CSR Journal has its own take on the otherwise superficial...
Top CSR trends and projections for 2019
It has been quite an eventful year in the corporate social responsibility domain. So active was this field that a High Level Committee on...
Companies Law Committee suggests not-for-profit companies to fall under the wp ambit
The Companies Law Committee (CLC) that presented its recommendations to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs earlier this month suggested that Section 8 companies should...
