India: Healthcare to Swachh Bharat, how firms spent CSR funds
Forced to spend a portion of their profits on activities linked to corporate social responsibility (CSR) to meet the requirements of the Companies Act 2013, India’s top 50 companies that make up the benchmark Nifty index at the National Stock Exchange claim to have spent over Rs 4,600 crore in the financial year ended March 2015 on social initiatives. Healthcare, education, environment and Swachh Bharat initiative dominated the sectors where money was spent by these companies...