Corporate Social Responsibility (3rd Edition)
- Year of Publication: 2021
- Edition: 3rd
- ISBN: 978-93-90854-44-8
- No.of Pages: 352
Corporate Social Responsibility is an attempt to serve as a guide pertaining to CSR implementation and compliance. CSR provisions have been amended by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019 w.e.f. 31st July, 2019 and the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020 w.e.f. 22-1-2021. The CSR Rules have also amended w.e.f. 22nd January, 2021 in the wake of Covid Pandemic and certain other long standing demands of the industry. The amendments brought in by this Amendment Act and the Rules thereunder have made subtle changes to the CSR compliances including requirements for transferring unspent amount of CSR to the Specified Fund, CSR impact assessment, allowing set off of excess spending, etc. on one hand and punitive measures for CSR non- compliance thereto on the other hand.
All companies with turnover of Rs. 1,000 crore and more or a net worth of Rs. 500 crore and more or net profit of Rs. 5 crore and more, shall have to spend at least two percent of their past three-year average profit every year on CSR activity. Unlike in the past, the companies will now be required to spend in a structured manner. The old way of writing a cheque for religious cause or an activity that benefits their own workers will not be considered CSR. This means that there will also be a need for a whole lot of CSR professionals and consultants and other specialists.
The book is equipped with the following features:
1. Corporate Social Responsibility – An Introduction
2. Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility in India
3. Corporate Social Responsibility under Companies Act, 2013
4. Companies to which CSR Obligations are Applicable
5. Mandatory CSR Obligations
6. Mandatory CSR Spends
7. Auditor’s Responsibilities
8. Practice Pointer Illustrations on CSR
9. CSR Spends Vis-a-Vis Charitable and Political Contributions Under Companies Act, 2013 and Income Tax Act, 1961
10. Business Process Integration and Shared Value
11. Business Responsibility Reports by Listed Companies
12. CSR Reporting vis-a-vis Indian Corporates
13. CSR Governance Guidelines and CSR Audits
14. FAQs issued by MCA and ICAI
CA. Kamal Garg is a Fellow Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and a First Class Commerce Baccalaureate from Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi. He has also qualified post qualification course on Diploma in Information System Audit (DISA) conducted by ICAI. Besides this, he is also an Insolvency Professional registered with Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI). He has also qualified Certificate Course on BRSR conducted by ICAI and Social Auditor Examination conducted by NISM.
He was also the member of Board of Studies (BOS), Study Material Research Group (2009-2010) of NIRC of ICAI and a special invitee member of Accounting Standards Board (ASB) [2012-2013, 2020-2021, 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025], Financial Reporting Review Group of FRRB-ICAI [2020-2021 and 2023-2024] and Ind-AS (IFRS) Implementation Committee [2014-2015 and 2021-2022] of ICAI. He is also a technical reviewer empanelled with FRRB-ICAI. He was also nominated as a special invitee member to the Committee on Banking, Insurance and Pension (2014-2015) of NIRC of ICAI. He is also the resource person for Peer Review Board (PRB), Ethical Standards Board (ESB), Sustainability Reporting Standards Board (SRSB), Research Committee, Committee on Economic, Commercial Laws and Economic Advisory (CECLEA), Corporate Laws and Corporate Governance Committee (CLCGC) and Committee on Financial Market and Investors’ Protection (CFMIP) of ICAI. He was also nominated as member of the Expert Panel for addressing queries related to Statutory Audit pertaining to Auditing Aspects by Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AASB) of ICAI. He has also addressed on IFRS for the members of ‘National Board of Accountants and Auditors, Tanzania, East Africa’. He has also contributed to development of study and regulatory projects undertaken by Indian Institute of Insolvency Professionals of ICAI under the aegis of IBBI. He has also been a resource person for training CBI Inspectors in Insolvency and Bankruptcy Laws. Besides being a regular guest speaker for IFRS and Management Development Programmes at various forums including ICAI and ICSI, he is also an author of over dozens of book(s) and commentaries on and including ‘IFRS and Ind AS Concepts and Applications’, ‘Audit Trail – A Practical Guide’, ‘Covid 19 – Guide to Financial Reporting and Audit’, ‘Covid 19 Guide for Businesses and Professions’, ‘Concise Commentary on Companies Act’, Company Resolutions, Notices, Meetings and Minutes’, ‘Borrowings, Loans and Investments by the Companies – Law, Accounting and Taxation’, ‘NFRA – Law and Practice’, ‘Ind AS – a Ready Reckoner’, ‘Standards on Auditing – a Practitioner’s Guide’, ‘Concise Commentary on Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016’, ‘PMLA – Handbook for Reporting Entities’, ‘Series of Books on Companies Act, 2013, ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’, ‘Guide to Tax Audit u/s 44AB’, ‘CARO, 2016 and 2020’, ‘Handbook on Company’s Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss Account under Schedule III, ‘Statutory Audit under Companies Act – a Ready Reckoner’, ‘Handbook on Internal Auditing’, ‘Consolidated Financial Statements’, 'Interim Financial Reporting', ‘Guide to International Taxation’, ‘Foreign Direct Investments in India’, Auditors’ Practice Manual’, ‘Understanding Goods and Service Tax (GST)', ‘Corporate and Allied Laws including Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code’, ‘Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code - a Ready Reckoner’ published by leading publishing houses, primarily published by Bharat Law House Private Limited.
He has to his credit the contribution of ‘Gist of Accounting Standards and Auditing and Assurance Standards’ for Vol. 2 of Company Law published by BLH and various articles for NIRC and CIRC of ICAI Newsletter on FBT, MAT, US-SOX, CARO, FEMA, etc. and a series of articles on ‘Delhi Value Added Tax (DVAT) – Taxation, Accounting and Auditing Aspects’ for the Journal Tax and Corporate Referencer (TCR) including various articles on External Commercial Borrowings (ECB), Direct Taxes, and Foreign Investments for TCR.
He possesses a rich industry experience in the areas of Corporate Laws (like Companies Act, FEMA, Taxation, Foreign Collaborations, Joint Ventures, etc.), Audits and Management Consultancy.
Bharat is a 'trade-name' for a group of concerns, popularly known as Bharat Law House and Bharat Law House Pvt. Ltd. Bharat is one of the most reputed publishers of law books with an experience of over six decades. It possess a very diverse range of publications covering not only the area of taxation - direct and indirect - but also company law, insolvency capital market, finance, industrial law, foreign exchange, commercial, civil and criminal laws. The students publications for CA, CS, CMA, CFA, MBA, graduate and post-graduate studies have carved out a niche for themselves. The Publication House has a professionally qualified team with strong in-house capabilities. Their strength lies in the patronage of legal luminaries in every field. They strive for accuracy, authenticity and sincerity.
Similar Books
Ratings and Reviews
Overall Rating
- Year of Publication: 2021
- Edition: 3rd
- ISBN: 978-93-90854-44-8
- No.of Pages: 352
Corporate Social Responsibility is an attempt to serve as a guide pertaining to CSR implementation and compliance. CSR provisions have been amended by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019 w.e.f. 31st July, 2019 and the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020 w.e.f. 22-1-2021. The CSR Rules have also amended w.e.f. 22nd January, 2021 in the wake of Covid Pandemic and certain other long standing demands of the industry. The amendments brought in by this Amendment Act and the Rules thereunder have made subtle changes to the CSR compliances including requirements for transferring unspent amount of CSR to the Specified Fund, CSR impact assessment, allowing set off of excess spending, etc. on one hand and punitive measures for CSR non- compliance thereto on the other hand.
All companies with turnover of Rs. 1,000 crore and more or a net worth of Rs. 500 crore and more or net profit of Rs. 5 crore and more, shall have to spend at least two percent of their past three-year average profit every year on CSR activity. Unlike in the past, the companies will now be required to spend in a structured manner. The old way of writing a cheque for religious cause or an activity that benefits their own workers will not be considered CSR. This means that there will also be a need for a whole lot of CSR professionals and consultants and other specialists.
The book is equipped with the following features:
1. Corporate Social Responsibility – An Introduction
2. Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility in India
3. Corporate Social Responsibility under Companies Act, 2013
4. Companies to which CSR Obligations are Applicable
5. Mandatory CSR Obligations
6. Mandatory CSR Spends
7. Auditor’s Responsibilities
8. Practice Pointer Illustrations on CSR
9. CSR Spends Vis-a-Vis Charitable and Political Contributions Under Companies Act, 2013 and Income Tax Act, 1961
10. Business Process Integration and Shared Value
11. Business Responsibility Reports by Listed Companies
12. CSR Reporting vis-a-vis Indian Corporates
13. CSR Governance Guidelines and CSR Audits
14. FAQs issued by MCA and ICAI
CA. Kamal Garg is a Fellow Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and a First Class Commerce Baccalaureate from Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi. He has also qualified post qualification course on Diploma in Information System Audit (DISA) conducted by ICAI. Besides this, he is also an Insolvency Professional registered with Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI). He has also qualified Certificate Course on BRSR conducted by ICAI and Social Auditor Examination conducted by NISM.
He was also the member of Board of Studies (BOS), Study Material Research Group (2009-2010) of NIRC of ICAI and a special invitee member of Accounting Standards Board (ASB) [2012-2013, 2020-2021, 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025], Financial Reporting Review Group of FRRB-ICAI [2020-2021 and 2023-2024] and Ind-AS (IFRS) Implementation Committee [2014-2015 and 2021-2022] of ICAI. He is also a technical reviewer empanelled with FRRB-ICAI. He was also nominated as a special invitee member to the Committee on Banking, Insurance and Pension (2014-2015) of NIRC of ICAI. He is also the resource person for Peer Review Board (PRB), Ethical Standards Board (ESB), Sustainability Reporting Standards Board (SRSB), Research Committee, Committee on Economic, Commercial Laws and Economic Advisory (CECLEA), Corporate Laws and Corporate Governance Committee (CLCGC) and Committee on Financial Market and Investors’ Protection (CFMIP) of ICAI. He was also nominated as member of the Expert Panel for addressing queries related to Statutory Audit pertaining to Auditing Aspects by Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AASB) of ICAI. He has also addressed on IFRS for the members of ‘National Board of Accountants and Auditors, Tanzania, East Africa’. He has also contributed to development of study and regulatory projects undertaken by Indian Institute of Insolvency Professionals of ICAI under the aegis of IBBI. He has also been a resource person for training CBI Inspectors in Insolvency and Bankruptcy Laws. Besides being a regular guest speaker for IFRS and Management Development Programmes at various forums including ICAI and ICSI, he is also an author of over dozens of book(s) and commentaries on and including ‘IFRS and Ind AS Concepts and Applications’, ‘Audit Trail – A Practical Guide’, ‘Covid 19 – Guide to Financial Reporting and Audit’, ‘Covid 19 Guide for Businesses and Professions’, ‘Concise Commentary on Companies Act’, Company Resolutions, Notices, Meetings and Minutes’, ‘Borrowings, Loans and Investments by the Companies – Law, Accounting and Taxation’, ‘NFRA – Law and Practice’, ‘Ind AS – a Ready Reckoner’, ‘Standards on Auditing – a Practitioner’s Guide’, ‘Concise Commentary on Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016’, ‘PMLA – Handbook for Reporting Entities’, ‘Series of Books on Companies Act, 2013, ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’, ‘Guide to Tax Audit u/s 44AB’, ‘CARO, 2016 and 2020’, ‘Handbook on Company’s Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss Account under Schedule III, ‘Statutory Audit under Companies Act – a Ready Reckoner’, ‘Handbook on Internal Auditing’, ‘Consolidated Financial Statements’, 'Interim Financial Reporting', ‘Guide to International Taxation’, ‘Foreign Direct Investments in India’, Auditors’ Practice Manual’, ‘Understanding Goods and Service Tax (GST)', ‘Corporate and Allied Laws including Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code’, ‘Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code - a Ready Reckoner’ published by leading publishing houses, primarily published by Bharat Law House Private Limited.
He has to his credit the contribution of ‘Gist of Accounting Standards and Auditing and Assurance Standards’ for Vol. 2 of Company Law published by BLH and various articles for NIRC and CIRC of ICAI Newsletter on FBT, MAT, US-SOX, CARO, FEMA, etc. and a series of articles on ‘Delhi Value Added Tax (DVAT) – Taxation, Accounting and Auditing Aspects’ for the Journal Tax and Corporate Referencer (TCR) including various articles on External Commercial Borrowings (ECB), Direct Taxes, and Foreign Investments for TCR.
He possesses a rich industry experience in the areas of Corporate Laws (like Companies Act, FEMA, Taxation, Foreign Collaborations, Joint Ventures, etc.), Audits and Management Consultancy.
Bharat is a 'trade-name' for a group of concerns, popularly known as Bharat Law House and Bharat Law House Pvt. Ltd. Bharat is one of the most reputed publishers of law books with an experience of over six decades. It possess a very diverse range of publications covering not only the area of taxation - direct and indirect - but also company law, insolvency capital market, finance, industrial law, foreign exchange, commercial, civil and criminal laws. The students publications for CA, CS, CMA, CFA, MBA, graduate and post-graduate studies have carved out a niche for themselves. The Publication House has a professionally qualified team with strong in-house capabilities. Their strength lies in the patronage of legal luminaries in every field. They strive for accuracy, authenticity and sincerity.
