GUIDELINES FOR FUNDING RESEARCH AND STUDIES, WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES ETC. UNDER THE PLAN SCHEME “CORPORATE DATA MANAGEMENT” (CDM) OF THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS
INTRODUCTION:
1.1. “Funding Research and Studies, Workshops and Conferences etc.” is conceived as a component part of a Central Sector Plan Scheme, titled “Corporate Data Management” proposed to be implemented by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA). The major focus is to utilize the wealth of data available with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs by way of sponsoring Research Studies and Surveys etc. in areas related, inter alia, to corporate growth in overall macro-economic perspective.
1.2.This would also include funding of Seminars, Workshops, Conferences, Symposia and Publications (Reports, Books and Monographs) which extract knowledge primarily from the MCA database and other sources, having implications for corporate governance and faster, sustainable and inclusive growth.
1.3.This is to be implemented by the Research and Analysis (R&A) Division of the Ministry, under the supervision of a “Technical Committee” constituted under Paragraph 2.5 below.
1.4. The procedure for approving grant-in-aid, monetary ceilings, advances, instalments etc. would be as prescribed in the following paragraphs. Aspects not directly covered in these guidelines will be regulated by the provisions of the General Financial Rules of the Government of India.
1.5 The primary objective of “Funding Research and Studies, Workshops and Conferences etc.” is to better utilise the repository of corporate sector data available with theMinistry under the MCA2I e-governance system, with a view to extract knowledge from data that will eventually inform policy and facilitate decision making in a market driven economy.
1.6. “Funding Research and Studies, Workshops and Conferences etc.” will have two components viz:
(i) Funding Research and Studies, Workshops and Conferences etc. through outside agencies
(ii) In-house research in R&A Division, MCA by engaging Young Professionals.
