Csr Spending

Disallowing input tax credit may increase CSR cost, impact beneficiaries

CSR activities were not treated as a business expenditure

HCL Foundation CSR spending up 10.76% to Rs 216 crore in FY22

HCL Foundation, a CSR arm of HCL Technologies Ltd, on Thursday said it spent Rs 216 crore during the 2021-22 fiscal on several initiatives across urban and rural development besides environmental action, up by 10.76 per cent from over the year. About Rs 195 crore was the CSR investment made during the 2020-21 financial year. "HCL Foundation and its partners worked tirelessly with communities to multiply our programme reach by over 12 times since 2016. Our projects are aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals... We remain committed to the long road ahead," said HCL Technologies CEO and Managing Director C Vijayakumar. Since 2016, the Foundation has spent Rs 900 crore on CSR programmes that span healthcare, sanitation, poverty eradication, education, skilling and livelihoods, environment and disaster risk reduction, the Foundation said in a statement. Speaking to PTI, HCL Foundation Vice President and Director Nidhi Pundhir said CSR programmes were implemented during the ...

Companies can omit important information under new CSR disclosure rules

New rules let companies omit details like title, location, and duration of the business's CSR project, budget allotted for it, the amount spent on it during the current fiscal year among others

CSR exemption for firms making losses; eligibility to be checked every year

CSR rules are applicable to companies with a net profit of over Rs 5 crore or networth of over Rs 500 crore or turnover of Rs 1,000 crore

Monsoon session: 60% CSR spent on rural needs, health care, education

Around 60 per cent of the total CSR funds spent by companies in the last seven financial years were in the areas of education, healthcare and rural development-related activities, according to the government. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, the corporate affairs ministry also informed that during the given period, around 33 per cent of the total CSR amount spent by companies were in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Under the Companies Act, 2013, a certain class of profitable companies are required to shell out at least two per cent of their three-year annual average net profit towards CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) activities in a particular fiscal. CSR is a board-driven process and the board of a company is empowered to plan, decide, execute and monitor CSR activities of the company based on the recommendation of its CSR Committee. Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Rao Inderjit Singh said in the written reply that the government doe

Reliance Industries contributes Rs 1,185 cr towards CSR initiatives in FY22

The CSR initiatives were spearheaded by Reliance Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Reliance Industries, led by Founder and Chairperson of the foundation Nita M. Ambani

4-5% of Rs 1.25 trn spent on CSR funds in past 7 yrs went to PM Cares: Govt

Singh said it is a broad-based activity that the Board undertakes and we give general guidelines and the Board implements it

Statsguru: Six charts that show India's rich remain reluctant givers

Overall CSR allocations appear to have taken a hit during the pandemic even as they became skewed towards certain sectors

Parl panel suggests third-party audit of CSR spending by companies

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance expressed concerns over the monitoring mechanism in ensuring compliance with the provisions of CSR

Larsen and Toubro spends Rs 150 crore on CSR activities in FY21

Engineering conglomerate Larsen and Toubro (L&T) spent Rs 150 crore in FY'21 on corporate social responsibility activities, impacting 1.21 million beneficiaries. The beginning of the current year was noteworthy for L&T's efforts in corporate social responsibility (CSR) as the company's CSR team handed over two Integrated Community Development Projects (ICDPs) to the Tamil Nadu government's agriculture department at Kalangal village in Sulur block, an area that till recently was one of the most water-scarce places in the state. "With a CSR spend of Rs 1.5 billion in FY'21, 108 partners and several thousand suppliers and contractors, L&T's social initiatives have touched 1.21 million beneficiaries," the company said. The company said in building India's social infrastructure, the aim is to improve the quality of life, mitigate social inequalities, build self-sufficiency and help individuals achieve their true potential. The CSR team's various interventions in water and ...

New CSR disclosure framework to enhance transparency: Govt official

In 2019-20 financial year, the CSR expenditure stood at Rs 24,864 crore; As per data available on the portal, the total CSR spending in the last two financial years is more than Rs 45,200 crore

How well Indian companies are meeting their CSR commitment?

The CII on Monday asked the government to consider increasing the CSR levy by 1% for a year, and use the money to give boosters shots. But is India Inc loosening its purse strings for social causes?

TMS Ep95: CSR, growing inequality, Vaibhav Sanghavi, Surcharge & Cess

Is India Inc meeting its CSR commitment? What should the govt do to address inequality? What is Vaibhav Sanghavi's take on the upcoming Budget? What are Surcharge and Cess? Find all answers here

CSR spending not source of financing resource gaps in govt schemes: MCA

Corporate Social Responsibility spending under the companies law should not be interpreted as a source of financing the resource gaps in government schemes, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has said as it issued a detailed set of FAQs for the effective implementation of CSR norms. Activities undertaken by companies as part of the normal course of business is not considered CSR work. However, the ministry has provided an exemption for companies engaged in R&D activities for new vaccines, drugs and medical devices in their normal course of business with respect to COVID. The exemption would be in place for three financial years till FY 2022-23, as per the FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) dated August 25. "This exclusion is allowed only in case the companies are engaged in R&D in collaboration with organisations as mentioned in item (ix) of Schedule VII and disclose the same in their board reports," the ministry said. The organisations are specified under item ix of Schedule ...

India Inc's CSR spends over 1 trillion since mandatory law in FY15: Crisil

Majority of money spent in last three years; In Covid-dominated FY21, the amount is likely to have crossed Rs 22,000 cr

HDFC Bank spends Rs 635 cr, towards CSR including Covid relief in FY21

HDFC Bank spent Rs 634.91 crore towards #Parivartan, the umbrella programme for all Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives, in FY 2020-21. Out of Rs 634.9 crore, over Rs 110 crore was allocated and utilised towards initiatives focused on Covid-19 relief.Further, the bank's #Parivartan has cumulatively impacted over 8.5 crore lives across India.#Parivartan focuses on following identified areas:Rural DevelopmentPromote EducationSkill Training and Livelihood EnhancementHealthcare & HygieneFinancial Literacy and InclusionKey Sustainability highlights:With outgo of Rs 634.91 crore in the last financial year, the Bank is one of the largest contributors of CSR in the country.Holistic Rural Development Programme (HRDP) in 1,970 villages in 21 states.Under 'Teaching the Teachers (3T) initiative, in association with NGO partners, the bank has trained over 19.67 lakh teachers benefitting over 2.07 crore students.#Parivartan has touched lives of 1.29 crore households in 28 states ...

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CSR in times of a pandemic

The basic conceptual problem with this UPA-era law that the NDA has embraced with gusto can be seen in the toilet-building frenzy that gripped India Inc in 2017-18

Employee vaccination spending may not classify as CSR, says Centre

Centre reluctant; experts say it could speed up vaccine drive

Companies can't hold capital assets created with CSR funds: Experts

If such capital expenditure was incurred as part of CSR in the past, the assets need to be transferred within six months.