Page 2 - Csr Norms

Top 10 biz headlines: India Inc gets legal relief, OYO's coffee plan & more

From criminal offences in the Companies Act being slated to be slashed to banks possibly taking a majority stake in DHFL, here are the top business headlines for Monday

CSR initiatives: 44 listed firms included cows in charity work since FY15

It's now five years since CSR was made mandatory under the Companies Act, 2013

Companies Act: Panel wants further decriminalisation, easing of compliance

The panel suggests the government be authorised to raise the thresholds, which trigger applicability of Corporate Social Responsibility provisions

Just contributing money is not what govt expects through CSR, says Srinivas

What we urge upon you (companies) is proactive participation and not passive participation, said Corporate Affairs Secretary Injeti Srinivas

Aligning the CSR mandate

Corporations are careful to synchronise their social programmes with signals from the Union government

Is shareholder capitalism passe?

The emerging backlash against CSR and the resultant endorsement of shareholder capitalism make sense

How social impact companies may help tap impact investment funds

The high-level committee on CSR recently released a report that recommended the creation of a new class of companies called social impact companies (SICs) under the CSR framework

Mini Budget: FPI surcharge rolled back; no angel tax for start-ups

PSBs get Rs 70,000 crore; home, auto loans to become cheaper

Criminal offences in Companies Act to be slashed, govt mulls 65 changes

The offences punishable with imprisonment, a fine, or both are compoundable, and offences punishable with imprisonment and a fine are non-compoundable

CSR law flawed, India needs inclusive growth: US professor Aneel Karnani

There is no attempt by the government nor the press to even attempt to measure the outcomes

Breaking down companies

In today's world, who do companies really have to respond to?

Power to issue directions just grew

This power can be intoxicating. It can give any regulator a serious high

Top 10 biz headlines: Auto crisis worsens, India Inc gets CSR relief & more

From Amazon closing in on buying stake in Future Retail to Japan cautioning Andhra against reworking green power pacts, here are the top ten business headlines on Wednesday

Govt gets ready for reforms to fight slowdown; FM to meet FPIs, MFs today

FM Nirmala Sitharaman is holding daily meetings with industry in the backdrop of sluggish economic growth

Criminal proceedings for economic offences sets a bad precedent: Experts

Companies Act amendment to include penal provisions for CSR violations is seen as part of a larger trend of criminalising economic offences rather than going for civil proceedings

India Inc worried over three-year jail provision for violation of CSR norms

According to new CSR norms, a company has to earmark a part of its profit towards social activities and transfer all unspent amount into an escrow account (if it is an ongoing project)

CSR disclosure rules set to be tightened to increase accountability

At least 33 companies or a third of those on the S&P BSE 100 list have fallen short of the required CSR spending

CSR norms: Corp Affairs Min puts in place centralised scrutiny mechanism

A Special Task Force, co-chaired by Revenue and Corporate Affairs Secretaries, has been constituted to look into the matter of shell companies