Report of the Grand Jury on National Csr Awards 2018
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Public Version REPORT OF THE GRAND JURY ON NATIONAL CSR AWARDS 2018 Technical and Logistics Support by Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs FEBRUARY 23, 2019 NEW DELHI INDEX Sr. Title Page No. Number Word from Jury 2 1. About the National CSR Awards 3 2. Constitution of the Grand Jury for National CSR Awards - 2018 4 3. Meetings of the Grand Jury 5 4. Process followed by the Jury 5 4.1. Mode of Entry 5 4.2. Criteria for Short-listing 6 4.3. Detailed Submission by Shortlisted Companies 6 4.4. Parameters for Field Verification 7 4.5. Considerations for Winners & Hon’ble Mentions 7 5. Way forward 7 Annex - 1: Scheme of National CSR Awards - 2018 10 Annex – 2: ToR for Grand Jury on National CSR Awards - 2018 34 Annex – 3: Summary list of 528 Deemed and Fresh Nominations (Category-wise) 51 Annex – 4: Format for Detailed Submission by Shortlisted Companies 60 Annex – 5: Format for Field Verification Scoring 100 Page | 1 L to R: Shri Anil Swarup (Member), Ms Nain a Lal Kidwai (Member), Shri Jugal Kishore Mohapatra (Chairman, Shri Ajay Shriram (Member), Shri Rajat Sethi (Member), Dr Madhukar Gupta (Member) A Word from the Jury National CSR Awards seeks to infuse excellence in CSR interventions undertaken by corporates in pursuance of the Section 135 of Companies Act 2013. During the last five months, the Jury has assessed submissions made by companies with the prism of category-specific objectives through a rigorous three-stage selection process involving shortlisting, detailed submissions and field verification. Though a challenging task, it has been a satisfying journey to select the winners and the honourable mentions from a pool of 531 entries. In this process, massive on-desk and in-field activities were carried out by Members of Expert Committee, drawn from four independent institutions of repute (IRMA, TISS, IIFM and DSSW). We appreciate their efforts in assisting the Jury in selecting the best CSR interventions. Robust all round technical and logistics support has been provided by the Secretariat of National CSR Awards at Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA). We acknowledge the able support provided by IICA staff, in particular Dr Navneet Sharma, Nodal Officer, Mr Ravi Raj Atrey, Programme Manager, Mr RL Arora, Consultant, Mr Sandeep Yadav and Ms Priti Boipoi (Project Assistants) at each stage of the Award process to bring it to fuition. Officials from Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) have fully supported the Award process. The Jury places on record its deep appreciation to the officers of MCA, particularly Mr. GK Singh, Joint Secretary, Mrs Seema Rath, Deputy Director, Mr Karthikeyan V, Consultant for providing their unflinching support during the tenure of the Jury. We sincere hope that in times of come, National CSR Awards will symbolize the Gold Standard in recognition of excellence in CSR in India. Page | 2 REPORT OF THE GRAND JURY ON NATIONAL CSR AWARDS 2018 1. About the National CSR Awards Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India instituted National CSR Awards to recognize corporate initiatives in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The Awards have been instituted subsequent to the recommendations of the High Level Committee on CSR and approval of the same by the Hon’ble Minister for Corporate Affairs. National CSR Awards seeks to: (i) Increase competition in various categories of companies to infuse excellence in their CSR activities (ii) Encourage companies to spend the entire amount i.e. eligible CSR spend (iii) Recognize the impact, innovation, usage of technology, gender and environment issues, sustainability, scalability and replicability of CSR activities (iv) Channelize CSR activities of corporate so that the benefits of their activities reach the marginalized sections of society and in remote areas of the country There are a total 20 number of prizes for National CSR Awards under three main categories: Category 1 - Corporate Awards for Excellence in CSR: Recognition to a company based on total eligible CSR Spend (four): (i) Companies having eligible CSR Spend equal and above Rs 100 crores (ii) Companies having eligible CSR Spend between Rs10 crores and Rs99.99 crores (iii) Companies having eligible CSR Spend between Rs1 crore and Rs9.99 crores (iv) Companies having eligible CSR Spend below Rs1 crore Honourable mention: In addition to four main awards, there may be four honourable mentions of companies, which have undertaken appreciable CSR activities. Category 2 - Corporate Awards in CSR in Challenging Circumstances: Recognition to a company based on its CSR efforts in challenging circumstances, aspirational districts, difficult terrains/ disturbed areas, etc. (up to five awards): (i) North (ii) North East (iii) East (iv) West (v) South One Award is earmarked for MSME only in this category. CSR intervention in alignment with Category Objective carried out by Small & Medium Enterprise with in section 135 of Companies Act 2013 & rules there in, shall be considered for National CSR Awards in this Category. Page | 3 Honourable mention: In addition to five main awards, there may be five honourable mentions for companies which have undertaken appreciable CSR activities. Category 3 - CSR Awards for contribution to National priority Areas Upto 11 Awardees to be chosen based on contribution to National Priority Areas so as to motivate corporates to spend in these areas. (i) Education (ii) Skill Development and Livelihoods (iii) Agriculture and Rural Development (iv) Health, Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation (v) Environment and Sustainable Development including Solar Energy (vi) Women and Child Development (vii) Technology Incubation (viii) Promotion of Sports (ix) Slum Area Development (x) Culture and Heritage (xi) Support to differently abled Two Awards are earmarked for MSME only. CSR intervention in alignment with Category Objective carried out by Small & Medium Enterprise with in section 135 of Companies Act 2013 & rules there in, shall be considered for National CSR Awards in this Category. Honourable mention: In addition to eleven main awards, there may be eleven honourable mentions of companies which have undertaken appreciable CSR activities. Scheme of National CSR Awards – 2018 is placed at Annexure – 1. 2. Constitution of the Grand Jury for National CSR Awards – 2018 Government of India constituted the Grand Jury in 2018 having the following composition: 1. Shri Jugal Kishor Mohapatra Chairperson Former Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development Government of India 2. Shri Anil Swarup Member Former Secretary – School Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development Government of India 3. Shri Madhukar Gupta Member Additional Secretary Department of Public Enterprises Government of India 4. Ms Naina Lal Kidwai Member Former President Page | 4 Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) 5. Shri Rajat Sethi Member Senior Advocate Supreme Court of India 6. Shri Ajay S. Shriram Member Chairman & Sr. Managing Director D.C.M. Shriram Limited Terms of Reference (ToR) for the Grand Jury on National CSR Awards – 2018 are as placed at Annex – 2. 3. Meetings of the Grand Jury on National CSR Awards As such the Grand Jury held six meetings in Mumbai and New Delhi since its inception to deliberate upon National CSR Awards processes. A chronological list of its meetings is given in below table: 1st Meeting 13th November 2018 India International Centre, New Delhi 2nd Meeting 3rd December 2018 Indian Oil Bhawan, Mumbai Sub-group 8th December 2018 O/o Shri Ajay S. Shriram, New Delhi Meeting 3rd Meeting 15th December 2018 India International Centre Annex., New Delhi 4th Meeting 8th February 2019 Hotel Radisson Blu Delhi Airport, New Delhi 5th Meeting 13th February 2019 India International Centre, New Delhi 6th Meeting 23rd February 2019 Constitutional Club of India, New Delhi 4. Process followed for NCSRA 4.1. Mode of Entry According to the Scheme of NCSRA 2018, mode of entry in NCSRA was through nomination. The following categories of organizations nominated entries: (i) Ministries/ Departments of Govt of India (ii) State &Union Territories (UT) Governments (iii) Professional institutions: ICSI, ICAI, ICMAI (iv) National Level Trade and Industry Chambers A nominating organization was allowed to nominate up to a total of 10 entries in all categories of Awards. Companies were also allowed to directly submit their application/s in a suitable category to these organizations. It is also to state that Government of India initiated process of National CSR Awards in the financial year 2016-17, however directions on the revision of the scheme were received from PMO. Accordingly, the revised Scheme of NCSRA – 2018 came in to existence. Direct Page | 5 applications received in financial year 2016-17 were also considered as deemed nominations for the National CSR Awards – 2018. 4.2. Short-listing of Received Nominations The Jury constituted earlier in 2017 had selected four institutions of repute namely, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) and Delhi School of Social Welfare (DSSW) for assisting it in terms of field work. Engagement of four organizations as members of “Expert Committee” viz. was continued for assisting the Jury in short listing as well as field verification. These four institutions acted under the guidance of Jury. Short-listing and Scoring criteria for deemed and freshly received nominations were approved by the Jury in its first Meeting. Jury approved short listing of companies prepared by members of Expert Committee in respect of 19 categories of NCSRA out of 20 categories since in one category there is no nomination in its second meeting and sub-group meeting. (Please refer minutes of the first meeting at Annex - 3). A total of 528 entries for NCSRA – 2018 were received and consolidated (deemed and freshly received nominations). 379 applications were received for the Year 2016-17 treated as the deemed nominations, these deemed nominations were also mapped according to the new architecture of National CSR Awards Scheme 2018.