The Government of India has notified
the rules for CSR spending u/s 135 of the New Companies Act 2013 along with
Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 effective from 1st April
2014.
Eligibility
Criteria:
Company (includes foreign company
with branches or project in India) having:
- Minimum net worth of rupees 500 Crore.
- Turnover up to "1000 Crore"
- having a net profit of at least '5crore'.
during any financial year, are
covered by this provision
.
Composition of CSR
Committee under section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013
The Company should constitute a
Corporate Social Responsibility Committee as follows:
- The Committee shall consist of minimum 3
(three) including 1 (one) Independent Director, however in case of Private
Company or the Company, which is not required to appoint Independent
Director on board, or Foreign Company the committee can be formulated with
(2) two directors.
- The CSR Policy shall be formulated in
accordance with Schedule VII and the CSR Committee will be responsible for
framing the policy, finalizing the amount to be spent on CSR, monitoring
& implementation of the Scheme.
- If Company ceases to fulfill the eligibility
criteria for three consecutive years, then the company is not required to
comply until the company will meet the eligibility criteria once again.
The CSR Rules provides the manner in
which CSR committee shall formulate, monitor the policy and manner of
understanding for CSR activities.
Under the rules, the Government has
also fixed a threshold limit of 2% of the "Average' Net Profits of the
block of previous three years on CSR activities and if Company fails to spend
such amount, disclosures are to be made for the same. But an exemption has been
given to the Companies that do not satisfy the above threshold for three
consecutive years.
Yearly
Compliances:-
- The Annual Report of the Company shall include
a comprehensive Report on CSR in the format as prescribed
in theCompanies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014,
containing particulars on Overview of CSR Policy, Composition of the
Committee, Avg. Net Profit, prescribed expenditure and details of its
spending, reason in case of failure etc.
- The disclosure on CSR in Board Report should
also be available on the Company's Website.
- The activities included in the CSR Policy and
the prescribed expenditure being undertaken/ spent shall be ensured by the
Board, in the respective manner.
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