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High Level Committee Report on CSR Compliance

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..... High Level Committee Report on CSR Compliance - News and Press Release Dated:- 3-5-2016 - News - A High Level Committee, set up by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to suggest measures for monitoring the progress of implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies by companies, submitted its report on 22nd September, 2015. The report, including the recommendations of the Committ .....

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..... ee, has been placed in the public domain on the Ministry s website ( www.mca.gov.in ). Major recommendations of the Committee include, inter-alia, the following: It would be desirable to conduct a review of the CSR provision of the Act after three years. Ceiling on administrative overhead cost should be increased from 5% to not more than 10% of the CSR expenditure. Definition of th .....

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..... e term net profit used under the Act and Rules need to be clarified Re-examination of reference to the any financial year in Section 135 (1) of the Act with a view to making necessary amendment(s) either in Section 135 (1) or in the relevant rule. Board and the CSR Committee should be managing the monitoring of their own CSR at their level. Government should have no role to p .....

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..... lay in engaging external experts in monitoring the quality and efficiency of CSR expenditure of Companies. The unspent balance out of the CSR fund should be allowed to be carried forward with a sunset clause of five years, after which the unspent balance should be transferred to one of the funds listed in Schedule VII . An omnibus clause may be included in Schedule VII of the Act to s .....

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..... uggest that CSR activities must be for larger public good and for any activity that serves public purpose and /or promotes the wellbeing of the people, with special attention to the needs of underprivileged. The year 2014-15 was the first year of implementation of CSR by companies under Companies Act, 2013 . CSR expenditure of 460 listed companies, which have placed their annual reports on t .....

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..... heir websites, indicates that 51 PSUs and 409 private sector companies together spent about ₹ 6337 crores on CSR during 2014-15, as summarised below: CSR expenditure during 2014-15 (in Rs. Crore) Sl. No Company Type No. of Companies Actual CSR Expenditure Mandated CSR Expenditure Percentage .....

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..... utilisation 1 PSUs 51 2386.60 3359.84 71.03 2 Private Sector Companies 409 3950.76 4987.63 79.21 Total 460 6337.36 834 .....

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..... 7.47 75.92 This was stated by Shri Arun Jaitley, Minister of Corporate Affairs in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today. - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

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