Is India Inc's CSR truly driving systemic change or just shifting funds?Corporate India is entering a new phase of CSR. Spending is expected to cross ₹1.2 lakh crore by 2035. Companies are shifting towards syste...
21 May, 2026, 11.56 PM IST
CSR spend trebles in a decade, education & health get lion's shareIndia Inc's CSR spending surged threefold to ₹34,909 crore by 2023-24, but remained concentrated in education and healthcare, accounting fo...
08 Jul, 2025, 11.40 PM IST
India's backward districts receive only 2.5% of CSR funds: StudyOver the past nine years, India's backward districts have received only 2.5% of the Rs 1.84 lakh crore in CSR funds. The top areas of CSR e...
07 Oct, 2024, 11.11 PM IST
CSR activity transcends compliance boundaries, companies embrace impact investing: DeloitteIndian companies are expanding their corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives beyond compliance, with a focus on strategic impact ...
14 May, 2024, 06.04 PM IST
PSUs, private entities not spending 2pc of profit in CSR activities in Assam: Assembly panelThe assembly panel in its report for the Industries Department for 2021-22 suggested that PSUs and private firms with production units outs...
22 Aug, 2021, 05.23 PM IST
CSR spend of NSE-listed cos rises 18% in FY19This analysis is based on 1,132 companies listed on NSE as on March 31, 2019 and obligated to spend on CSR.
23 Jan, 2020, 07.12 PM IST
View: Unclutter the spendingIndia was first to mandate specific spends on CSR for all corporate entities based on income, or profit.
27 Sep, 2019, 06.20 AM IST
Total CSR spend may cross Rs 50,000 cr by March 2019: ReportThe total CSR spending by the top 500 companies in the country since the applicability of mandatory CSR in 2014 is likely to cross Rs 50,00...
04 Jul, 2018, 03.54 PM IST
CSR data: Government tweaking annual filing form for companiesThe Corporate Affairs Ministry, which is implementing the Companies Act, is in the process of making amendments to AOC-4 XBRL form -- which...
15 Aug, 2016, 06.13 PM IST
Corporate shirking responsibility? Only 14 Nifty cos spent 2% of net gain on CSR in FY1548 companies spent a combined Rs 4,252 crore during FY 2015. This is a mere 1.6% of the standalone net profit earned by Nifty companies for...
13 Oct, 2015, 10.32 AM IST
Law provides well drafted structure for CSR: Nirmala SitharamanIn a first of its kind, certain class of companies are required to shell out at least 2 % of their three-year annual average net profit tow...
28 Apr, 2015, 01.11 PM IST
'Eight Indian companies in Fortune 500 spend $81 million/year on CSR'In UK, 26 companies spend more than $ 2 billion on CSR, eight Australian firms spend $ 980 million and eight Spanish firms spend $ 648 mill...
28 Apr, 2015, 12.45 PM IST
Companies cannot carry forward excess funds spent on CSR works: ICAIExcess amount spent by corporates on CSR activities in a particular fiscal under the companies law cannot be carried forward to subsequent ...
12 Apr, 2015, 02.11 PM IST
Corporate Affairs Ministry seeks tax benefits for CSR activitiesSources said the Corporate Affairs Ministry has written to the Finance Ministry seeking tax benefits for CSR spending by companies.
05 Jan, 2014, 12.45 PM IST
States must not pocket CSR fundsChhattisgarh government has asked private companies to deposit the money they spend on CSR in the chief minister’s fund.
17 Sep, 2013, 08.45 AM IST
Listed companies may have to spend Rs 8,000 crore on Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe bill, which has to be passed by the Rajya Sabha before it becomes law, says that corporates ought to spend 2% of net profits on CSR act...
20 Dec, 2012, 05.24 AM IST
- Govt not to set CSR floor for India Inc
The government has watered down its proposal on corporate social responsibility (CSR) by not including a provision in the Companies Bill th...
23 Dec, 2010, 03.50 AM IST