Union Minister of State for Law & Justice and Corporate Affairs Shri P.P. Chaudhary said in Rajya Sabha today that the Ministry has established Centralised Scrutiny and Prosecution Mechanism (CSPM) in April, 2018 for the financial year 2015-16 onwards on pilot basis for enforcement of CSR provisions. CSPM has been tasked to start with examination of records of top 1,000 companies mandated to spend on CSR. Based on inquiry, preliminary notices have been issued to 272 companies.

This was stated by Union Minister of State for Law & Justice and Corporate Affairs Shri P.P. Chaudhary in Rajya Sabha today.

Corporate Social Responsibility enforcement prompts notices to companies under a centralised scrutiny and prosecution mechanism. A Centralised Scrutiny and Prosecution Mechanism has been established as a pilot enforcement program to examine records of the largest companies with mandated CSR spending, to identify potential breaches of CSR duties and to issue preliminary notices following inquiry where non-compliance appears indicated.