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The Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Amendment Rules, 2022.

Gazette (GSR)· G.S.R. 715(E)· issued 20 Sept 2022taggedamendingOfficial source page →

The document, verbatim

Changes applied to the consolidated text

Amending instruction, verbatim:

in rule 3, -
(i) in sub-rule (1), after the proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: -
“Provided further that a company having any amount in its Unspent Corporate Social Responsibility
Account as per sub-section (6) of section 135 shall constitute a CSR Committee and comply with the
provisions contained in sub-sections (2) to (6) of the said section.”;
(ii) sub-rule (2) shall be omitted.
3.

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Amending instruction, verbatim:

in rule 3, -
(i) in sub-rule (1), after the proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: -
“Provided further that a company having any amount in its Unspent Corporate Social Responsibility
Account as per sub-section (6) of section 135 shall constitute a CSR Committee and comply with the
provisions contained in sub-sections (2) to (6) of the said section.”;
(ii) sub-rule (2) shall be omitted.
3.

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Amending instruction, verbatim:

In the said rules, in rule 4, for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely: -
‘(1) The Board shall ensure that the CSR activities are undertaken by the company itself or through, –
(a) a company established under section 8 of the Act, or a registered public trust or a registered society,
exempted under sub-clauses (iv), (v), (vi) or (via) of clause (23C) of section 10 or registered under section 12A
and approved under 80 G of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), established by the company, either singly or
along with any other company; or
(b) a company established under section 8 of the Act or a registered trust or a registered society, established by
the Central Government or State Government; or
(c) any entity established under an Act of Parliament or a State legislature; or
(d)  a company established under section 8 of the Act, or a registered public trust or a registered society,
exempted under sub-clauses (iv), (v), (vi) or (via) of clause (23C) of section 10 or registered under section 12A
and approved under 80 G of the Income Tax Act, 1961, and having an established track record of at least three
years in undertaking similar activities.
Explanation.- For the purpose of clause (c), the term “entity” shall mean a statutory body constituted under an
Act of Parliament or State legislature to undertake activities covered in Schedule VII of the Act.’.

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Amending instruction, verbatim:

4. In the said rules, in rule 8, in sub-rule (3), in clause (c),-
(i) for the words “five percent”, the words “two per cent.” shall be substituted;
(ii) for the words “whichever is less”, the words “whichever is higher” shall be substituted.
5. In the said rules, for Annexure-II, the following Annexure shall be substituted, namely:-
“ANNEXURE -II
FORMAT FOR THE ANNUAL REPORT ON CSR ACTIVITIES TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BOARD’S REPORT
FOR FINANCIAL YEAR COMMENCING ON OR AFTER THE 1ST DAY OF APRIL, 2020
1.
Brief outline on CSR
Policy of the Company:
2.       Composition of CSR Committee:
Sl.
No.
Name of
Director
Designation
/ Nature of
Directorship
Number of meetings of CSR Committee
held during the year
Number of meetings of CSR
Committee attended during the
year
[भाग II—खण् ड 3(i)]
भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण
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3.
Provide the web-link(s) where Composition of CSR Committee, CSR Policy and
CSR Projects approved by the board are disclosed on the website of the
company.
4.
Provide the executive summary along with web-link(s) of Impact Assessment of
CSR Projects carried out in pursuance of sub-rule (3) of rule 8, if applicable.
5.
(a) Average net profit of the company as per sub-section (5) of section 135.
(b) Two percent of average net profit of the company as per sub-section (5) of
section 135.
(c) Surplus arising out of the CSR Projects or programmes or activities of the
previous financial years.
(d)  Amount required to be set-off for the financial year, if any.
(e) Total CSR obligation for the financial year [(b)+(c)-(d)].
6.
(a)
Amount spent on CSR Projects (both Ongoing Project and other
than Ongoing Project).
(b)
Amount spent in Administrative Overheads.
(c)
Amount spent on Impact Assessment, if applicable.
(d)
Total amount spent for the Financial Year [(a)+(b)+(c)].
(e)    CSR amount spent or unspent for the Financial Year:
Total
Amount
Spent
for
the
Financial Year.
(in Rs.)
Amount Unspent (in Rs.)
Total Amount transferred to
Unspent CSR Account as per sub-
section (6) 

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