Company Law : New MCA amendments permit companies to deploy a portion of CSR funds through Zero Coupon Zero Principal instruments listed on the ...
Corporate Law : The article questions whether tree-planting claims linked to IPL dot balls are supported by verifiable evidence. It highlights the...
Corporate Law : India transformed CSR into a statutory obligation under Section 135. This shift raises key questions on its role in governance and...
Company Law : A comprehensive guide to applicability, 2% spending rule, governance structure, compliance requirements, and penalties under Secti...
Company Law : Understand CSR obligations under Section 135, including eligibility, expenditure, and reporting. Key takeaway: Proper CSR complian...
Company Law : The MCA has widened CSR eligibility by recognizing subscriptions to Zero Coupon Zero Principal Instruments as a valid CSR activity...
Company Law : The issue concerns the inability to update trust details in CSR-1 registration records. It was highlighted that outdated informati...
Company Law : Public and private companies in Bihar increasingly invest in CSR, with key districts receiving substantial social development fund...
Company Law : The Ministry of Corporate Affairs confirms that CSR expenditure data for the last five years is publicly available on its CSR port...
Company Law : Government penalized companies for CSR non-compliance under the Companies Act. Details of penalties, CSR spending, and fund transf...
Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that eligible CSR donations qualify for Section 80G deduction if statutory conditions are met, despite disallowan...
Income Tax : The ITAT held that depreciation on goodwill arising from amalgamation could not be disallowed in subsequent years after it had bee...
Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that donations forming part of CSR expenditure are eligible for deduction under Section 80G if the statutory condi...
Income Tax : The ITAT held that foreign exchange gains arising from realization of export proceeds from services rendered to associated enterpr...
Income Tax : The Tribunal noted that donations to Swachh Bharat Kosh and Clean Ganga Fund made towards CSR obligations are specifically exclude...
Company Law : ROC Cuttack held that responsibility for inaccurate information in e-forms rests with the authorised signatory and certifying prof...
Company Law : MCA amends Schedule VII of the Companies Act to include subscription to zero coupon zero principal instruments on Social Stock Exc...
Company Law : MCA has amended the CSR Rules to recognize zero coupon zero principal instruments issued by Social Stock Exchange-listed NPOs. The...
Company Law : ROC Haryana ruled that non-transfer of unspent CSR amount within six months from the close of the financial year constituted a vio...
Company Law : ROC Kolkata penalized a company and its directors for delayed transfer of unspent CSR funds to the Swachh Bharat Kosh. The order h...
Corporate Social Responsibility Every company having net worth of rupees five hundred crore or more, or turnover of rupees one thousand crore or more or a net profit of rupees five crore or more during [the immediately preceding financial year] shall constitute a Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of the Board consisting of three or more […]
Companies Amendment Act, 2019– Section 135: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) – In-depth Analysis Section 135 has been amended with respect to spending of CSR amount by companies, transfer of unspent amount, penal provisions and power to CG to issue directions. Amendment: Clause (a) in sub-section (5), — (i) after the words “three immediately preceding financial years,”, […]
The Companies Amendment Bill 2019 seeks to tighten the Corporate Social Responsibility provisions as enumerated under the Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 which presently requires certain classes of Companies to shell out 2% of the average net profits of the Company for the three immediate preceding years towards CSR spending. The provision also […]
India is the first country to mandate the provisions of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and this landmark legislation is governed under 135 of The Companies Act, 2013, read with The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017 and the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014.
Penalty for non-compliance of CSR provisions under Companies Act, 2013 There is no specific penal provision for non-compliance under section 135 of the Act. However, there is risk exposure under two different provisions. A. Section 134(3)(o)& Section 134(8) (Non-disclosure or absence of the details about the CSR policy and its implementation in the Boards’ report […]
Central Government hereby makes the following further amendments to Schedule VII of the said Act, namely:- In the said Schedule VII, after item (xi) and the entries relating thereto, the following item and entries shall be inserted, namely:-
Corporate Social Responsibility or CSR is a business model that company follows to integrate social and environmental concerns in their business operations. CSR is Company’s effort to pay back the stakeholders and public , who contributed in their growth and success. CSR cannot be termed as charity. It is a way to make social good […]
Corporate Social Responsibility And Selection Of Organisation (NGOs) For Partnership; We Indians have charity inherited in our heart, we have grown by seeing that our fathers’ and forefathers’ are donating in various temples, mosques, gurudwaras and churches. We are donating or doing philanthropic works without knowing that , who is the true beneficiary of our […]
The High Level Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility, 2018 was constituted under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide OM of even no. dated 22.11.2018 to review the existing framework and formulate a coherent policy on Corporate Social Responsibility.
Extension of time for furnishing comments for consideration of High Level Committee on corporate on corporate social responsibility-2018 The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has constituted a High Level Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility-2018 (HLC-2018) to review the existing framework and guide and formulate a coherent policy on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). 2. Comments/suggestions are […]
