To promote the culture of volunteering, the State of Haryana has created a dedicated and authentic platform for facilitating collaborations amongst corporate, government, NGOs, and local communities to maximize the utilization of resources. They have constituted the Haryana State CSR Trust and Managing Committee to achieve this objective.
It aims to catalyze sustainable and inclusive growth across the State by identifying the thrust sector for every region and creating an enabling platform where corporate, government, Civil Society, and local community shall work hand in hand towards utilizing CSR funds in the best possible way.
The State government is confident that corporates will be able to avail maximum benefit of the information available on the website and become an active participants in the economic and social development of the State by channelizing CSR resources utilizing the services offered on the CSR portal of Haryana.
The Haryana State CSR Trust Board aims to aggregate various social initiatives spread all over the State. The Board shall endeavour to facilitate and support CSR investments of companies/organizations through indirect and direct interventions by encouraging collaboration between CSR stakeholders in businesses, government, and civil society to create and improve the public infrastructure for the welfare of citizens.
The potential size of the CSR fund is huge because 80% of Fortune 500 companies are in Haryana. The Board will work towards channelizing this fund by creating collaboration among corporates, government, NGOs, and local communities. The Haryana State Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Trust, headed by the Hon’ble Chief Minister, provides guidance and advice and reviews CSR activities in the State.
With the inception of the New Companies Act of 2013, the various welfare activities/projects under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by various Companies established under the Companies Act in the State of Haryana have assumed significant importance as Govt. attaches due importance to the welfare activities in the Social Sectors covered under HDI for the well-being of people of the State. A need has been felt for optimal utilization of the CSR Fund through facilitating both the Public and Private Sector Companies concerning their CSR spending.
In view of this, the State Government was actively considering the matter related to establishing the Haryana State CSR Trust under the administrative control of IMD. Its objectives include ensuring that every block of Haryana gets adopted by at least one Corporate.
