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Ministry of Corporate Affairs announces winners and honourable mentions for National CSR Awards 2020

Posted On: 18 AUG 2022 4:51PM by PIB Delhi

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, instituted the annual National Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Awards to recognize companies that have made positive impact on the society through their innovative & sustainable CSR initiatives. These awards are the apex national level recognition by the Government of India.

In the National CSR Awards (2020), the three-stage process has been carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on the submissions by the companies and reports of the independent assessment by CSR experts and the Grand Jury, 20 award winners and 17 Honourable Mentions across the three award categories have been selected as per the list given below:

 

National CSR Awards – 2020

List of Winners and Honourable Mentions

Category 1:

Corporate Awards for Excellence in CSR

 

Sub-category 1.1: Companies having eligible CSR Spend equal and above Rs. 100 crores

Winner

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

Honourable Mention

Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited

 

Sub-category 1.2: Companies having eligible CSR Spend equal and above Rs. 10 crores and less than Rs. 100 crores

Winner

Tata Steel Limited

Honourable Mention

Tech Mahindra Limited

 

Sub-category 1.3: Companies having eligible CSR Spend equal and above Rs. 1 crore and less than Rs.10 crores

Winner

CRISIL Limited

Honourable Mention

Honeywell Automation India Limited

 

Sub-category 1.4: Companies having eligible CSR Spend below Rs. 1 crore

MSME Winner

Wingify Software Private Limited

Honourable Mention

Tata Motors Finance Limited

 

Category 2:

CSR Awards for CSR in Aspirational Districts / Difficult Terrains

 

Sub-category 2.1: Northern India

Winner

ITC Limited

Honourable Mention

Indian Oil Corporation Limited

 

Sub-category 2.2: North-East India

Winner

North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited

Honourable Mention

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited

 

Sub-category 2.3: Eastern India

Winner

Jindal Steel & Power Limited

Honourable Mention

National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO)

 

Sub-category 2.4: Western India

Winner

Tata Communications Transformation Services Limited

Honourable Mention

JK Lakshmi Cement Limited

 

Sub-category 2.5: Southern India

MSME Winner

Avantel Limited

Honourable Mention

Ashok Leyland Limited

 

Category 3:

CSR Awards for contribution in National Priority Areas

 

Sub-category 3.1: Education

Winner

Tata Steel Limited

Honourable Mention

BMW India Private Limited

 

 

Sub-category 3.2: Skill Development and Livelihood

Winner

Tech Mahindra Limited

Honourable Mention

Mahindra and Mahindra Limited

 

 

 

 

Sub-category 3.3: Agriculture and Rural Development

Winner

Mahanadi Coalfields Limited

 

Sub-category 3.4: Health, Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation

Winner

Hero MotoCorp Limited

Honourable Mention

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

 

Sub-category 3.5: Environment, Sustainable Development and Solar Energy

Winner

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited

Honourable Mention

Bajaj Auto Limited

 

Sub-category 3.6: Women and Child Development

Winner

Godrej and Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited

Honourable Mention

Mahanadi Coalfields Limited

 

Sub-category 3.7: Technology Incubation

Winner

Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited

 

Sub-category 3.8: Promotion of Sports

Winner

Central Coalfields Limited

Honourable Mention

Aditya Birla Insurance Brokers Limited

 

Sub-category 3.9: Slum Area Development

Winner

HCL Technologies Limited

 

Sub-category 3.10: Heritage, Art and Culture

MSME Winner

Elin Appliances Private Limited

Honourable Mention

Hindustan Zinc Limited

 

Sub-category 3.11: Support to differently- abled

Winner

Jindal Steel and Power Limited

Honourable Mention

ADP Private Limited

 

ABOUT THE CSR AWARDS

 

The CSR awards seek to infuse excellence in CSR interventions undertaken by corporates in pursuance of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013. Upto 20 awards are conferred each year in three main categories, namely, Corporate Awards for Excellence in CSR, CSR Awards for CSR in Aspirational Districts / Difficult Terrains and CSR Awards for contribution in National Priority Areas. Equal numbers of Honourable Mentions are also given to the companies having appreciable CSR interventions.

The awards in the category ‘Corporate Awards for Excellence in CSR’ are for recognition to a company based on total eligible CSR spend, the awards in the category ‘CSR Awards for CSR in Aspirational Districts / Difficult Terrains’ are for the recognition to a company based on their CSR efforts in Aspirational Districts, difficult terrains/ disturbed areas, challenging circumstances etc., and the awards in the category ‘CSR Awards for contribution in National Priority Areas’ are chosen based on contribution of CSR projects in National Priority Areas. One Award in each of the three main categories is reserved for MSME.

National CSR Awards adopts a rigorous three stage process:

a) Online nominations are invited on the National CSR Data Portal (www.csr.gov.in) through Ministries/ Departments of Govt. of India, all State Governments & Union Territories; three Professional Institutes: The Institute of Company Secretaries of India, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, The Institute of Cost Accountants of India ; and various Trade and Industry Chambers.

b) Shortlisting of the nominations is done and detailed submissions are invited from the shortlisted companies. Subsequently, the CSR projects of the shortlisted companies and claims made in detailed submission are subjected to field verification by independent expert Committee members, under the guidance of the Grand Jury of the Awards.

c) The Grand Jury considers and examines the reports of the expert committee and recommends the winners and Honourable Mentions across various categories and sub-categories.

First National CSR Awards were conferred on 29 October 2019 by His Excellency President of India in a ceremonial function held at the Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. There were total 19 winners and equal numbers of Honourable Mentions in different sub-categories of the award in the first cycle.

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