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 It was highlighted that outdated informati...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 is the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as of the local community and society at large. The analysis of the above-mentioned definition provides us with the clear picture as to the burden the corporate houses are required to discharge in order to be called as socially responsible in the true sense.
Rapid urbanizationis one of the major factor in which our country is facing a massive waste management challenge today. India suffers from inadequate waste infrastructure and a tremendous increase in solid waste generation per capita. Segregation of waste at source and resource recovery is the key to well- established waste management practice in India. Sanitary landfills are considered to be ultimate means of disposal waste that cannot be reused or recycled.
The Minister of State (MoS) for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, says Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is getting mainstreamed through the Companies Act 2013. This landmark legislation has brought the issue of CSR from back rooms of corporates to their Board rooms
In Companies Act 2013, there is provision for Corporate Social Responsibility under Section 135 of Companies Act 2013. By following provision of the CSR, companies are giving something back to society.
Show cause notices have been issued to 1018 companies for 2014-15 for violation of Section 135 read with Section 134(3) (o) of the Companies Act, 2013.
CS Deepak Pratap Singh 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 donation or charity. The fact if […]
With the introduction of Corporate Social Responsibility provisions, many corporate consider this provision to be a burden on them.
Out of 10475 eligible companies, 7334 have reported as of 31st January 2016. Out of these reporting companies only 3139 have done some expenditure on CSR.
Give and take is a way of getting things done in a desired manner. When we give something, we expect something. A mom dictating a child to finish her homework gets a likely response If I will finish this, will you give me a chocolate? Similar was the expectation of the corporates regarding the allowance of expenditure incurred for fulfilling their social responsibilities as per the mandate of the Companies Act, 2013.
The objective of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of the Board of Directors the Company shall be to assist the Board and the Company in fulfilling its corporate social responsibility