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The Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Amendment Rules, 2026.

Gazette (GSR)· G.S.R. 415(E)· issued 27 May 2026taggedamendingOfficial source page →

The document, verbatim

Changes applied to the consolidated text

Amending instruction, verbatim:

3.   In the said rules, after rule 4, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:-
“4A Corporate Social Responsibility implementation through zero coupon zero principal instrument.-
(1) A company may carry out Corporate Social Responsibility activities through a zero coupon zero principal
instrument:
Provided that the expenditure incurred for such instrument shall not exceed ten percent of the total Corporate Social
Responsibility expenditure of such company for that financial year.
(2) The company that has subscribed in a zero coupon zero principal instrument shall be exempted from undertaking
impact assessment of any project funded by such an instrument.
(3) The Not for Profit Organisation issuing the zero coupon zero principal instrument and raising fund therefrom shall
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(a).  undertake a project with a duration not more than three succeeding financial years from the issue of such
zero coupon zero principal instrument; and
(b).  on termination of listing of such zero coupon zero principal instrument, transfer the unspent amount to any
fund included in Schedule VII to the Act and submit its compliance report to the Securities Exchange Board
of India;
(4) The provisions of rule 4, except sub-rules (5) and (6) shall be applicable to the implementation of Corporate Social
Responsibility through a zero coupon zero principal instrument.”
[e-F. No. CSR-10/13/2025-CSR-MCA]
RAHUL JAIN, Jt. Secy.
Note:  The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i),
vide notification number G.S.R. 129(E), dated the 27th February, 2014 and subsequently amended by notification
numbers G.S.R. 644(E), dated the 12th September, 2014, G.S.R. 43(E), dated the 19th January, 2015, G.S.R. 540(E),
dated the 23rd May, 2016, G.S.R. 895(E), dated the 19th September, 2018, G.S.R. 526(E), dated the 24th August, 2020,
G.S.R. 40(E), dated the 22nd January, 2021, G.S.R. 715(E), dated the 20th September, 2022 and G.S.R. 452(E), dated
the 7th 

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