Tutorial 1

This is the first tutorial for  the CSR class 2014.

I explained to you the details of Schedule (VII) of the Companies Act 2013.  There are ten activities identified in the Schedule that can be taken up for CSR activities by companies.

I have asked each one of you (not in a team/group) to propose 5 CSR projects falling within the Schedule VII activities for a company which has to spend Rs.10 crores in the financial year 2014 -2015 (i.e.year starting from 1 April 2014).  Your proposal should clearly explain the project and its specific details with the budget requirement.  Your tutorial should be presented in not more than one A-4 size sheet. You should submit your completed tutorial paper to your course coordinator, preferably as a soft copy before Saturday, 08 March 2014.  Please note that marks will be deducted if the tutorial submission crosses one A-4 size sheet; marks will also be deducted if "copying" or "team work" is inferred by the teacher.


An extract of Schedule VII is given below.  These are activities that can be included in the CSR policies of companies.

i) eradicating hunger, poverty and malnutrition, promoting preventive health care and sanitation and making available safe drinking water

ii) promoting education, including special education and employment enhancing vocational skills especially among children, women, elderly, and the differently abled and livelihood enhancing projects

iii) promoting gender equality, empowering women, setting up homes and hostels for women and orphans, setting up old age homes, day care centres and such other facilities for senior citizens and measures for reducing inequalities faced by socially and economically backward groups

iv) ensuring environmental sustainability, ecological balance, protection of flora and fauna, animal welfare, agro-forestry, conservation of natural resources and maintaining quality of soil, air and water

v) protection of national heritage, are and culture including restoration of buildings and sites of historical importance and works of art; setting up public libraries; promotion and development of traditional arts and handicrafts

vi) measures for the benefit of armed forces veterans, war widows and their dependents

vii) training to promote rural sports, nationally recognized sports, para-olympic sports and Olympic sports

viii) contribution to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund or any other fund set up by the Central Government for socio-economic development and relief and welfare of the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, other backward classes, minorities and women

ix) contributions or funds provided to technology incubators located within academic institutions which are approved by the Central Government

x) rural development projects