MANU/DCAF/0003/2021
Ministry : Ministry of Corporate Affairs
General Circular No. : 01/2021
Date : 13.01.2021
Notification/ Circulars Referred : General Circular No. 10/2020 dated 23.03.2020 MANU/DCAF/0052/2020
Citing Reference:
General Circular No. 10/2020 dated 23.03.2020 MANU/DCAF/0052/2020 Referred
To,
The DGCoA,
All Regional Directors,
All Registrar of Companies,
All Stakeholders.
Clarification on spending of CSR funds for awareness and public outreach on COVID-19 vaccination programme
Ma'am/Sir(s),
In continuation to this Ministry's General Circular No. 10/2020 dated 23.03.2020 wherein it was clarified that spending of CSR funds for COVID-19 is an eligible CSR activity, it is further clarified that spending of CSR funds for carrying out awareness campaigns/programmes or public outreach campaigns on COVID-19 Vaccination programme is an eligible CSR activity under item no. (i), (ii) and (xii) of Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013 relating to promotion of health care, including preventive health care and sanitization, promoting education, and, disaster management respectively.
2. The companies may undertake the aforesaid activities subject to fulfillment of Companies (CSR Policy) Rules, 2014 and the circulars related to CSR, issued by this ministry from time to time.
3. This issues with the approval of competent authority.
[E-file no. CSR-10/9/2020-CSR-MCA]
Yours faithfully,
(Shobhit Srivastava)
Deputy Director (CSR Cell)