National CSR Awards 2022

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National CSR Awards 2022- Relevance for UPSC Exam

GS Paper 3: Science and Technology- Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology.

Recently, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, announced winners and honourable mentions for National CSR Awards 2020.
20 award winners and 17 Honourable Mentions across the three award categories have been selected for the National CSR Awards 2020.

About: the annual National Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Awards was constituted to recognize companies that have made positive impact on the society through their innovative & sustainable CSR initiatives.
- National CSR Awards are the apex national level recognition by the Government of India.
Associated Ministry: The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India instituted National CSR Awards.
Key Objective: The CSR awards seek to infuse excellence in CSR interventions undertaken by corporates in pursuance of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013.
National CSR Awards Categories: Upto 20 awards and equal numbers of Honourable Mentions 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.
First National CSR Awards: 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.
- National CSR Awards 2020 were got delayed due to COVID related lockdown and constraints.

Corporate Awards for Excellence in CSR: These are for recognition to a company based on total eligible CSR spend.
CSR Awards for CSR in Aspirational Districts / Difficult Terrains: These are given for the recognition to a company based on their CSR efforts in Aspirational Districts, difficult terrains/ disturbed areas, challenging circumstances etc.
CSR Awards for contribution in National Priority Areas: Awards in this category 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.