Committee to review the enforcement of CSR provisions

Question- Recently, the Central Government has constituted a 12-member committee under whose chairmanship to review the enforcement of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) provisions?
(a) NK Pray
(b) Manmohan Juneja
(c) Seema Rath
(d) Chandra Mohan Ghosh
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:

  • On April 12th, 2018, the Central Government constituted a 12-member committee to review the enforcement of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) provisions under the Companies Act and recommend a similar approach for their enforcement.
  • Regional Director (Western Region) Manmohan Juneja will preside over this committee.
  • While Deputy Director (CSR) Seema Rath will be the convenor of the Committee.
  • Other members of the committee include Joint Director (Law) Sanjay Shore and Joint Director (Policy) N.K. Dua.
  • Representatives of top bodies of chartered accountants, cost accountants and company secretaries will also be part of this committee.
  • Apart from this, there will be two sub-committees – legal and technical, which will examine various aspects of compliance with CSR provisions.
  • It is known that under the Companies Act, 2013, the profit making institutions in specified categories will have to spend at least 2 percent of their 3 year annual average profit for CSR activities.
  • This rule came into effect on April 1st, 2014.

Reference:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/govt-appointed-panel-to-review-csr-enforcement-under-companies-law/articleshow/63699792.cms