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The government today invited nominations for the first National Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR Awards from ministries and departments of Central and state governments and professional bodies by September 30.
In a statement, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs said an organisation can nominate up to 10 entries in all categories of awards. There are 20 prizes for National CSR Awards under three categories, it said.
The award categories are Excellence in CSR, CSR in Challenging Circumstances and CSR in National Priority Schemes. One award in the second category and two awards in the third category are earmarked for small and medium enterprises, it said.
Apart from government bodies, professional institutions — Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of India (ICMAI) and national level trade and industry chambers can nominate entries. Even individual organisations can also directly submit their applications.