Deadline: 30 September 2018
Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India is seeking nominations for National Corporate Social Responsibility Awards (NCSRA) to recognize companies that have made a positive impact on the society through their innovative & sustainable CSR initiatives.
The maximum number of awards that shall be given is up to 20 awards (including 3 awards for MSMEs).
Objectives
The National CSR Awards seek to:
- Recognize the companies that have positively impacted both business and society by taking a strategic approach to CSR through collaborative program.
- Recognize the companies that are leading transformation by integrating sustainability in their core business model.
- Recognize companies for implementing measures for conservation and sustainable management of the biodiversity and ecosystem in the value chain.
- Identifying innovative approaches and employing application and technologies that will help to build a robust CSR programs to further the cause of inclusive and sustainable development.
Categories of Awards
The NCSRA seeks to recognize outstanding projects in following three categories:
- Corporate Awards for Excellence in CSR:
- Recognition to a company based on total eligible CSR Spend (up to four awards)
- Companies having eligible CSR Spend equal and above 100 crores
- Companies having eligible CSR Spend between 10 crores and 99.99 crores
- Companies having eligible CSR Spend between 1 crore and 9.99 crores
- Companies having eligible CSR Spend below 1 crore
- Honourable mention: In addition to four main awards, there may be four honourable mentions of companies, which have undertaken appreciable CSR activities.
- Recognition to a company based on total eligible CSR Spend (up to four awards)
- Corporate Awards in CSR in Challenging Circumstances:
- Recognition to a company based on its CSR efforts in challenging circumstances, aspirational districts, difficult terrains/ disturbed areas, etc. (up to five awards):
- North
- North East
- East
- West
- South
- One Award is earmarked for Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) only. CSR interventions in alignment with ‘Category Objective’ carried out by Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise in accordance with the Section 135 of Companies Act 2013 & rules there in, shall be considered for National CSR Awards in this Category.
- Honourable mention: In addition to five main awards, there may be five honourable mentions for companies which have undertaken appreciable CSR activities.
- Recognition to a company based on its CSR efforts in challenging circumstances, aspirational districts, difficult terrains/ disturbed areas, etc. (up to five awards):
- Corporate Awards in CSR for contribution to National Priority Schemes (Up to Eleven Awards)
- National Priority Areas, as provided in the Scheme of NCSRA.
- Two Awards are earmarked for Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) only. CSR interventions in alignment with ‘Category Objective’ carried out by Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise in accordance with the Section 135 of Companies Act 2013 & rules there in, shall be considered for National CSR Awards in this Category.
- Honourable mention: In addition to eleven main awards, there may be eleven honourable mentions of companies which have undertaken appreciable CSR activities.
Eligibility Criteria
- In accordance with the Scheme of National CSR Awards 2018 the following have been designated to make nominations under different categories as mentioned above:
- Ministries/ Departments of Govt of India
- State & Union Territories (UT) Governments
- Professional institutions: ICSI, ICAI, ICMAI
- National Level Trade and Industry Chambers
- CSR programmes/ projects completed before 31.03.2018 are eligible for NCSRA – 2018.
- Only the companies registered under the Companies Act, 2013 are eligible for NCSRA.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply online via given website.
Eligible Country: India
For more information, please visit NCSRA.