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