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 : Section 135 mandates companies above certain thresholds to spend 2% of profits on social initiatives, establish CSR committees, an...
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 It was highlighted that outdated informati...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...
Company Law : Overview of proposed amendments in the Companies Act, 2013, CSR monitoring framework, and steps to ensure compliance and prevent m...
Income Tax : The issue was whether CSR expenditure disallowed under Section 37(1) can still qualify under Section 80G. The Tribunal held that b...
Income Tax : The Court held that reassessment based solely on an audit objection is invalid as it constitutes a change of opinion. It emphasize...
Income Tax : ITAT held that CSR contributions can qualify for deduction under Section 80G if conditions are met. The ruling clarifies that ther...
Income Tax : ITAT held that revision under Section 263 cannot be invoked when the Assessing Officer has already examined the issue. The ruling ...
Income Tax : The issue was whether CSR expenditure qualifies for deduction under section 80G. The Tribunal held that deduction is allowable as ...
Company Law : The authority penalized the company for failing to transfer unspent CSR funds within the statutory deadline. It held that delayed ...
Company Law : The authority penalized the managing director for wrongly declaring CSR as not applicable in financial filings. It held that signa...
Company Law : The adjudicating authority penalised a company for not spending mandatory CSR funds and failing to transfer unspent amounts on tim...
Company Law : The regulator held that non-spending of CSR amounts and failure to transfer unspent funds within timelines violates section 135. S...
Company Law : The regulator held that failure to spend CSR funds or transfer unspent amounts within statutory timelines violates sections 135(5)...
G S Rao Introduction: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is attracting the attention of every Company and stakeholders. CSR activities are not new but it has been recently the mostly discussed or debated topic for the reason that companies Act has made it mandatory for certain companies to spend 2% of average net profits of 3 […]
CA Amandeep Singh When the President of India has given assent to the Companies Bill, 2013, India became the first country to mandate spend on CSR activities through a statutory provision. Though In India, many corporate are traditionally engaged in doing CSR activities voluntarily, the new CSR provisions will put formal and greater responsibility on […]
Govt. notifies CSR Rules wef 01.04.2014 – Companies to Spend 2% of Profit . (1) These rules may be called the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014. (2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 2014.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central Government hereby appoints the 1st day of April , 2014 as the date on which the provisions of section 135 and schedule VII of the said Act shall come into force.
The following important new activities have been included in Schedule VII: (a) Promoting preventive health care and sanitation and making available safe drinking water;(b) Setting up homes and hostels for women and orphans; setting up old age homes, day care centres and such other facilities for senior citizens and measures for reducing inequalities faced by socially and economically backward groups; (c) Ensuring ecological balance, protection of flora and fauna, animal welfare, agro-forestry, conservation of natural resources and maintaining quality of soil, air and water;
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) also called corporate conscience, corporate citizenship, social performance, or sustainable business is a form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model.
Indian employees posted to overseas countries continue to contribute towards the social security system in India. Additionally they are also compelled to make the social security contributions in the host countries. Further most of the foreign countries do not allow exportability of their social security benefits. Accordingly on completion of the term of contract, such Indian workers generally do not get any benefit from the social security contributions paid abroad.
Salman Khurshid, Minister of Corporate Affairs has said that there will be provision of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the Companies Bill. In an interview to media, Khurshid said that CSR provision in the Bill will be guiding in nature.
India Inc may heave a sigh of relief with the corporate affairs ministry unlikely to make it compulsory for companies to spend 2 per cent of their net profits towards corporate social responsibility as recommended by the Parliamentary standing commit
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) should not be made mandatory for companies, Sunil Mittal, Chairman of India’s telecom giant Bharti Airtel, said. Voluntary compliance are always better than forced, companies who do not want to do it forcefully
