JPC backs corporate law reforms, easier startup homecomingA joint parliamentary committee supports government plans to simplify corporate regulations and decriminalize minor offenses. The panel als...
04 Aug, 2026, 07.06 PM IST
Par panel makes various recommendations on corporate laws amendment billA parliamentary panel proposed fixed penalties for certain corporate non-compliances. It suggested allowing in-kind CSR contributions for s...
03 Aug, 2026, 06.42 PM IST
DCs will be held accountable for question paper leak henceforth: CM D K ShivakumarKarnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar warned district Deputy Commissioners about exam paper leaks. He mandated CCTV cameras and enhanced ...
25 Jul, 2026, 09.02 PM IST
Centre weighs SEZ, GCC pilots to boost PM Internship SchemeThe corporate affairs ministry is actively seeking to boost participation in the PM Internship Scheme. New measures include pilot projects ...
03 Jul, 2026, 10.42 AM IST
GST ITC restriction on CSR spend: Why businesses are worried about potential challengesAs part of FY 2023-24 Budget proposals, the Union Finance Minister has recommended restricting ITC on goods or services used for meeting th...
21 Mar, 2023, 10.38 AM IST
Voluntary vax CSR, not mandatoryReportedly, 40% of the spending over the last two years has been on account of companies counting Covid relief measures as CSR.
25 Jan, 2022, 11.32 PM IST
Time govt scrapped mandatory CSRMany companies go beyond and tackle problems of the environment and of social underdevelopment. They become a draw for ethical investors.
25 Aug, 2021, 11.17 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
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
Penalise firms not spending 2% of profits on CSR: Parliamentary PanelA Parliamentary panel has suggested to the government that it impose penalty on corporates for not spending mandatory 2 per cent of their n...
04 Dec, 2015, 07.30 PM IST
Kerala based startup sets sight on business potential in CSRMost firms with sizeable business are required to shell out at least two per cent of their three year annual average net profit towards CSR...
10 Aug, 2014, 01.53 PM IST
India Inc must embrace mandatory CSR, says HBS Dean NohriaManagement guru Nitin Nohria today asked Indian businesses to seize the opportunity provided by mandatory corporate social responsibility (...
17 Dec, 2013, 09.24 PM IST
We do have mandatory CSR: Taxation will not create better corporate citizensMandatory CSR makes a wrong assumption that most companies are big and established with large revenues and established profits to allocate.
11 Feb, 2013, 08.02 AM IST
- Corporate Affairs Ministry unlikely to heed calls for mandatory CSR in Companies Bill
The MCA is expected to communicate its stand to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance in a meeting next week, sources said.
05 Feb, 2012, 12.07 PM IST
- No mandatory CSR
It is a bad idea for the law to mandate that companies carry out activities that are covered under the rubric corporate social responsibili...
19 Feb, 2011, 04.38 AM IST
- Make CSR mandatory for pvt cos for parity with PSUs: SCOPE
The Corporate Affairs Ministry had said that the proposed CSR spending target under the Companies Bill is "aspirational" and not "direction...
08 Feb, 2011, 08.35 PM IST
- Govt asks companies to proivide CSR reports
Companies told to provide CSR details for last fiscal as govt mulls mandatory social obligations.
11 Aug, 2010, 03.48 AM IST