President Kovind to present National Corporate Social Responsibility Awards on Oct.29

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New Delhi : The President of India Ram Nath Kovind will present the National Corporate Social Responsibility Awards (NCSRA) to select companies for their outstanding contribution in area of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on October 29, 2019, in New Delhi.

The National CSR Awards has been instituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to recognise corporate initiatives in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to achieve inclusive growth and inclusive and sustainable development. These awards are the highest recongnition in the domain of CSR by the Government of India.

This year 528 entries were received for NCSRA. After shortlisting as per the prescribed criteria of the jury, 131 companies were invited for detailed submissions which were then followed by field verification of the claims made by the companies. Based on the submissions by the companies and reports of the independent assessment by CSR experts, Jury recommended 19 winners and 19 honourable mentions across the three award categories, according to a PIB release.

The Awards was instituted in 2017 subsequent to the recommendations of the High Level Committee on CSR. The objectives include increase competition in various categories of companies to infuse excellence in their CSR activities, encourage companies to spend the entire amount i.e. eligible CSR spend, recognise the impact, innovation, usage of technology, gender and environment issues, sustainability, scalability and replicability of CSR activities, channelise CSR activities of corporate so that the benefits of their activities reach the marginalised sections of society and in remote areas of the country.

This year the composition of Jury includes Jugal Kishore Mohapatra, Former Secretary, Rural Development, GoI (Chairman), i Anil Swarup, Former Secretary, School Education, Ministry of HRD, GoI, Dr  Madhukar Gupta, Addl. Secretary, Deptt. of Public Enterprises, GoI, Ms. Naina Lal Kidwai, Former Chairperson, HSBC India, Ajay Shriram, Chairman and Sr. Managing Director, DCM Shriram, Rajat Sethi, Sr. Advocate, Supreme Court of India. In addition, a 16 member expert committee was drawn to assist the Jury with shortlisting and field verification of the received entries for the Awards.