Companies (CSR Policy) Amendment Rules, 2022

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

G.S.R. 715(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred under section 135 and sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 469 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014, namely:-

1. Short title and commencement. – (1) These rules may be called the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Amendment Rules, 2022.
   (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
   
2. In the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), 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. 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.’.
   
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

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