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 : 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 : Explains the strict consequences for failing to meet CSR spending and transfer obligations under Section 135. Highlights how penal...
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 It was highlighted that outdated informati...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 : Delhi ITAT held that donations qualifying under Section 80G do not lose eligibility merely because they form part of Corporate Soc...
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 (CSR) under Companies Act 2013- Concept, Applicability, Provisions, Penalty Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is how companies manage their business processes to produce an overall positive impact on society. It covers sustainability, social impact and ethics, and done correctly should be about core business – how companies make their money – not just […]
India is the only Country in entire world which has made spending towards CSR mandatory for certain categories of Companies and now considering the present condition where the widely spread novel Corona Virus has already impacted the entire nation
The PM-CARES Fund has been set up to provide relief to those affected by any kind of emergency or distress situation. Accordingly, it is clarified that any contribution made to the PM CARES Fund shall qualify as CSR expenditure under the Companies Act 2013.
Many Corporates & Professionals has asked a question ‘Whether amount spent for for prevention or Spread CORONA Virus or CoVID-19 shall be considered as CSR Expense under Section 135 of Companies Act, 2013?’ To clarify the same MCA has issued a clarification on 23rd March, 2020 vide General Circular No. 10/2020, according to which spending […]
Keeping in view the spread of the Corona Virus (COVID-19) in India, its declaration as pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and decision of the Government of India to treat this as a notified disaster, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide its General Circular No. 10/2020 dated 23rd March, 2020 has clarified that spending […]
Draft Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Amendment Rules, 2020 In order to operationalize the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019, the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Amendment Rules , 2020 has been drafted for carrying out amendments in the Companies (CSR Policy) Rules, 2014. Definitions amended/ newly inserted Amended Definition of Corporate Social Responsibility The following activities […]
Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has released the Draft Companies (CSR Policy) Amendment Rules, 2020 proposing amendments to Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 for public comments. An attempt has been made to analyse the rules and the changes that are brought out by the said rules vis a vis the rules as are […]
Brief note on the proposed amendments in the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 (CSR Rules) as proposed vide Draft Companies (CSR Policy) Amendment Rules, 2020: 1. Newly phrased definitions under the CSR Rules: a) ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ defined with a negative list. Some of the exclusions like normal course were already there but […]
In order to operationalize the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019, the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Amendment Rules , 2020 has been drafted for carrying out amendments in the Companies (CSR Policy) Rules, 2014.
Section 135 clearly states and start with EVERY COMPANY and Every company includes Private Limited Companies/ Public Limited Companies/ Foreign Companies/ Section 8 Company and every company incorporated under the Companies Act 2013 or any other previous law, as may be applicable thereon.
